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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!1 a* K& N0 W8 q7 W8 @
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百闻不如一见
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- |1 f3 }% N! Z$ F: I" j: N One look is worth a thousand words. }8 T- @$ |3 ]7 I( S5 v+ A4 ?3 B
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Seeing is believing.
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) {; X$ O* x' h. U9 v+ m 比上不足,比下有余
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+ K- n; z/ |1 ] A slow sparrow should make an early start.: x; E O0 L$ N2 }. w% o
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不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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No discord, no concord.
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/ b2 C' n( Q* h 拆东墙补西墙
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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; Q+ b! J( I) H2 c* r/ {7 M 辞旧迎新
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0 Z: _. }: R* v+ W- ^( P" b bid farewell to the old and usher in the new) i! y/ l f. y+ h6 T" n
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% ?1 W- i6 r! N# {3 ~ 大事化小,小事化了6 V. n1 y+ `1 [/ G1 H
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all" m# j% j& F1 l* ^
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* V/ v: O* s# n$ H5 x0 K 大开眼界, F2 v5 V' n* z5 ~1 M
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
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too much is as bad as too little
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once on shore, one prays no more
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好事不出门,坏事传千里
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和气生财
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let bygones be bygones
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金无足赤,人无完人
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There are spots even on the sun.
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9 x- D# | b* e, i 脚踏实地
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, h5 ]( y3 j$ [ N* M' V5 h. } be down-to-earth
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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cut and dried; cliché
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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0 {9 |1 X: k" |% b$ l1 D Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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1 d( o4 j- P8 N Man proposes; God disposes.
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2 B" g C/ e+ U4 y: n a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
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强龙难压地头蛇
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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Where there is a will, there is a way.
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世外桃源
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Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue607 ^# U+ S. g' ^% P1 Y/ H" X( d9 r( H
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Unity is strength.
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Birds of a feather flock together.
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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# f4 j# A1 l' R! V There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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心想事成
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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! _) ]% ~; m$ t# f: T: F teach students according to their aptitude
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英雄所见略同
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become debt-ridden
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target of public criticism5 B6 \7 c( N5 r ~
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纸包不住火
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