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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!
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! V" m& B3 b) r. c 百闻不如一见
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9 s3 o4 U1 M3 u2 l; W One look is worth a thousand words.$ ^' N4 i9 I2 s2 [* V
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Seeing is believing.
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8 s3 k+ E# ] k- A! C 比上不足，比下有余
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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3 ]7 x- z$ k$ U. I7 T 不遗余力
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5 z: z* n+ @3 b- E1 I' C; e- a& t No discord, no concord.
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拆东墙补西墙
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rob Peter to pay Paul7 {" h7 D* |8 W! E, T: c" U. y7 n
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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* L9 `7 e* m3 k3 q9 Z try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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j6 p( x7 W! n# \3 Z 大开眼界
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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国泰民安5 D1 ^( s0 K3 b) m8 @4 b% I
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the country flourishes and people live in peace2 L) Z x+ P; M$ ?
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过犹不及
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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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2 c4 [1 |+ S( z8 r b5 B# O 和气生财
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There are spots even on the sun.
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! l: a, i' {5 T 金玉满堂
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脚踏实地
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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老生常谈，陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché
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8 x9 t. y5 ~1 Q4 n Courtesy calls for reciprocity.6 m8 t) I. \+ {. v$ ]& j
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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gain both fame and wealth
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1 R$ f8 c5 l. Y( _( B' ] be suddenly enlightened* B. G# \# ~9 T3 `: @
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; ?1 ^: E% m) a 没有规矩，不成方圆4 E, v/ A" L" a( [! r
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每逢佳节倍思亲
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away., ~6 P- o2 _/ h; ?
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9 A5 W7 f; Q( Y" a& ~ 谋事在人，成事在天
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9 g$ J9 ^. i/ h" m9 ^ Man proposes; God disposes.
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. v0 z8 o4 V9 d' O E( Y 赔了夫人又折兵
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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cut off all means of retreat;burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end3 n( Z; W9 W0 I
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7 S! [, \7 N4 \& C! _& S 世外桃源4 J+ i) w- P4 ^3 E; ]
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2 \+ y' u* C# P1 s2 x 人之初，性本善
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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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( U; K6 b( u; \( l" Q seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts5 A2 J* v( e6 j9 v8 t+ g* q9 K' n% T
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3 f; C7 v3 a4 m 韬光养晦
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3 |5 S, N9 s: ^+ Z 糖衣炮弹
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团结就是力量
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Even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean - there's nothing one can do to clear one's name
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歪风邪气
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air' I( u' M" z% b) B7 g( v* h
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; s/ x# S( S x: y) e( Y 无风不起浪
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing./ i! \3 v; \& E% y% l/ x# y
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徇私枉法
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+ F- ? j! P6 j a new broom sweeps clean
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心想事成
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May all your wish come true! A4 d {3 j& D' y1 B- O
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心照不宣
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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先下手为强0 A' y. N# D8 v, l0 ?5 \- D
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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5 k0 w3 z% ?% R% K0 v, m The best defense is offense.0 f' Q! B% D& f2 l8 H) i( L$ n: @# I
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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0 W; z% k" f" G# l 息事宁人
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严以律己，宽以待人! ?' ]9 H) e& D" d! ?2 x
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be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82/ Y) a- f |0 w2 a. o
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' j. H# {: S) c1 x 与时俱进
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keep pace with the times86
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3 ^# S- x+ H( Q% z- [/ b( {0 l: ~3 X 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼
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欲速则不达
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Haste makes waste.
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More haste, less speed.' A% d8 S( c6 O% T" z p
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survival of the fittest
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{% @# W( R* T Better make friends than make enemies.
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6 K! J, j) e7 H: L+ V% R$ ] 冤假错案
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8 K a1 p0 l& @, K+ q cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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bring in wealth and treasure1 U9 ^) U9 P4 b- {2 |3 L7 i# T/ O' x
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become debt-ridden
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: O9 G$ {! g, f1 E0 K5 C+ Y 众矢之的' u$ d% E' ?1 p
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target of public criticism1 w* Q) I/ f, E
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be an armchair strategist
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day. E& b3 N0 Z6 S
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