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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 K3 \! ]5 V5 C$ F& `) d3 \6 w! I: Z
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6 f/ F4 u) X7 i, ~0 p' U( i 爱屋及乌 U6 f5 B- v' J# D5 j
) E/ T! y3 k3 V5 ^+ v Love me, love my dog.# L4 K1 z1 C: c3 Q. n" k R+ P) X
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.* \2 N' H( k, i& @ O' J
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$ H1 M9 K" @! E# i' ?* S% M 不遗余力
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. v1 x) q9 b9 k( g spare no effort; go all out; do one's best* y7 j% u- r4 B9 o, Z' O: P
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" x6 A/ X: b9 [: A9 ` 不打不成交# A& I+ l$ w: T( ]6 b5 f
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! O& D) |& H- D9 |- s 辞旧迎新
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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大事化小,小事化了
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all4 F' T5 N. [/ ?: p" }* r0 w
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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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好事不出门,坏事传千里
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和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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# ~' J, X% X' M; ~ let bygones be bygones
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+ z0 T/ v" Q% @( B There are spots even on the sun.
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金玉满堂
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Treasures fill the home.
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp8 b* ` l. V$ A4 w5 {% f# d
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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$ f* q# I/ d( w& h 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché
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# B! T7 Y% j- Y0 ?7 \9 u( w 礼尚往来
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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茅塞顿开
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. `2 w6 K: |) ?* R2 I 没有规矩,不成方圆
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5 Y! v% G% s# \. @ Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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6 W1 d' Q1 F. r; }" t( f" f 赔了夫人又折兵- K5 j% ]* }! g( k. V7 o* J& H
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! ]" O" d% D9 N: R7 }3 n9 u+ ~ 抢得先机. \5 t# I$ g1 _% @; {5 D- x
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One can't make bricks without straw.
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人逢喜事精神爽
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.3 W6 e1 d! ^/ O' [" G* p
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世外桃源
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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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`/ F9 u8 K; a1 G( }0 v 杀鸡用牛刀
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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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# M& [ S, L9 u 徇私枉法$ h% f3 l/ j ^: T1 B
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a new broom sweeps clean
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蓄势待发
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accumulate strength for a take-off
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: m; Z$ m; D# T$ h have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation* I' p @9 G) j. @7 l6 B4 g
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, _/ d' {* _2 s8 R- }: u! V 先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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& @" a& M# w3 N( n8 ^ 先下手为强
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, P- S% K% z* g! n& J 现身说法# e) Q, p! j' J( Q/ l2 Z% K* `
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8 B, q2 m" M* S. {; ]. v# m$ P 严以律己,宽以待人& c4 V: [* M. J9 Y* R
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be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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5 i% Z7 D+ ~7 x: G. }4 u 有钱能使鬼推磨
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与时俱进
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5 h/ Z4 i, S- r0 } people-oriented
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to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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纸上谈兵
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纸包不住火
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1 j ?" l6 F( o8 @/ y You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.
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