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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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One look is worth a thousand words.
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比上不足,比下有余
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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* }) h. U% _4 g4 ] C A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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" Y* L8 `5 f: w+ }! m8 m 不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best" l& A: J: z& S- Z
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No discord, no concord.
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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& {8 x3 C$ d# B: J% Z try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all/ T/ k$ Z& S5 r ~
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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过犹不及
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once on shore, one prays no more
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和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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friendliness is conducive to business success' A9 [+ q* P/ z/ `1 H8 x9 K3 w8 M
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% x2 l, e3 m$ o. x8 @* k* M 活到老学到老
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There are spots even on the sun.
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; N4 o. S/ ]3 v9 _" P* m Treasures fill the home.
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脚踏实地
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, _: }( K% h& j# ~, z! b3 o p+ v' O 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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) J7 o F1 Q3 \1 V 马到成功
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: K* U* D( r7 n achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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茅塞顿开
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5 F0 `$ T5 c5 w7 Y. \ On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.1 B* ~+ m" h; |% f* ?7 M6 U
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cut off all means of retreat;burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
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; O9 }8 g0 S" |. w+ K 前事不忘,后事之师
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* H) T9 ~) V1 s 强龙难压地头蛇
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A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year
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人逢喜事精神爽
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说曹操,曹操到
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8 u0 u" [( h2 @: Y 实话实说
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天有不测风云
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跳进黄河洗不清
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests& Y4 j% E; u- K+ V0 w) B
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air" d; x* ], a: ~8 a
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无风不起浪
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5 y+ S ?+ p f1 V There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.( L. K5 _9 x9 P) ^
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- J/ [' F" a$ R9 }/ f+ L0 j 徇私枉法
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( T1 Y6 s0 n3 B twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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新官上任三把火- D7 n$ A" h1 k1 R7 D
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% Z& G* b- n$ u2 D 心想事成
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May all your wish come true: v0 k" Z2 F" M+ V
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心照不宣
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* p; X0 v. n9 B0 j; B have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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* S/ ], E" l# z, O; i" D 先入为主
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$ K: X# B$ q- B& s/ b( N0 v% D9 t 先下手为强, f0 N4 z. l* ?! ?; X& A
" m' W( ^/ v; |8 O( s2 R2 A He who strikes first gains the advantage.. v( i- @; d N% l4 a+ b' ]
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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, X' T, Q, y I+ b( ` 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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V$ _+ ^' P; m3 ^6 z 有钱能使鬼推磨+ Z6 t+ s0 L7 S
* O4 [/ {: a6 M1 R, P( t Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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! H! c3 S) h8 G7 b w9 d# x 有勇无谋" |7 Z: ]/ S C! {4 g' z7 _
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7 t1 R7 k7 U1 Y; U& ~ 与时俱进
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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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Haste makes waste.
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Great minds think alike.
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; T( D/ K# p" Y0 O! o 冤家宜解不宜结( y4 S( W& D0 U, P, |* C
( k7 R; F+ d4 Y f0 ]- f Better make friends than make enemies.
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一言既出,驷马难追
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target of public criticism
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