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中华文化博大精深，成语俗语都是智慧结晶，但翻译成英文如果表达不当，却容易引起误解。所以，一起来学学常见中文成语的英译很有必要!$ }8 `, W: q! w$ l$ S3 w
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爱屋及乌
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B8 I+ @2 l! w0 I) y7 a8 u4 X, _3 ] @ Love me, love my dog.
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* ~8 h7 X8 [9 u 百闻不如一见
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: ~/ i. {+ ~& @5 {" u/ r$ A 比上不足，比下有余: G3 |9 a: I/ s' ?& b6 ?* D
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- I: d8 ]* N& j: L5 O; m 拆东墙补西墙% Y) O8 L2 K+ y. H( v8 j
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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8 |& r' p. s" c) m try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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国泰民安
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the country flourishes and people live in peace1 a# s5 d6 |& t
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好了伤疤忘了疼
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3 \/ t+ ]6 a+ ?6 w0 g% [1 j8 u0 k 好事不出门，坏事传千里5 x, [& k3 W! P& {) a
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never too old to learn
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脚踏实地
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. i4 S3 [9 N9 U4 E5 A 脚踩两只船
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. @& c3 |; }5 p 老生常谈，陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché
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1 t# J5 ~( @5 D# Q 礼尚往来9 Z# k6 h3 H& s$ ]
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) n6 g3 f, {# X8 j, [! h Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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7 j4 p. ^% W, K+ d 每逢佳节倍思亲8 U% @9 }& P: z5 p V) t1 J
3 q8 H9 W2 [/ b1 F/ r3 o! { On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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- D6 E z8 P) v" I 破釜沉舟
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巧妇难为无米之炊
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2 \! h" |& p ^) t* C 前怕狼，后怕虎
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0 g- W( x6 E% D4 b6 K 强龙难压地头蛇0 Y1 W {/ A9 S: _
: w9 Z' G0 @- e6 l3 ^ The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year
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世外桃源
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( n/ ^. Q8 H W' E$ | 人之初，性本善: U, G/ _" I' _' \* y
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8 s2 R" a) N6 B% ~; t, l 上有天堂，下有苏杭 T3 m& Z. A4 L4 M; X
3 y! h+ O1 }3 H1 J1 o3 c Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth% U: d5 b3 d; d: ~$ w# P$ Q2 f
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9 `4 g2 [: I; C7 \% [6 X0 J a blessing in disguise;/ y' h4 n6 U$ M1 u* I, n# s
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三十而立
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A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
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6 Q" k5 [7 g5 K2 x seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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' {6 }- B% X3 v: U) O. O 实践是检验真理的唯一标准
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/ H7 a" |3 V7 o 无风不起浪
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* g& P$ E' T; z* m+ ` 徇私枉法
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a new broom sweeps clean
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accumulate strength for a take-off
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7 Y4 R4 v1 Z% b+ ]" H have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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; N- ~& D$ O. H) m3 m 先入为主
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: X) m9 x; Y% [7 |! p' T) ^5 d First impressions are firmly entrenched.( M7 ?5 N" m9 \0 N+ [ F
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ants on a hot pan
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" H1 \% s* @3 O& X6 A1 [ proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order) j6 x7 K! Z0 k2 p* [
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有情人终成眷属
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81 b4 ^8 h. f/ z( @
# u" I4 d- }1 }. [, x+ J7 ?; f 有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.820 O6 S m% { f* Z& T4 m( @6 |
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; M; y- O) t1 `" R0 l" Y 有勇无谋
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people-oriented
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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A promise is a promise.
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