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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!4 {/ J7 E8 v& ^8 F$ s
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爱屋及乌
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百闻不如一见
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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: _* v" a* d- D; r1 m- V 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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笨鸟先飞
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.- ~$ S) k0 R7 q( J
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all% \6 f! J" T: h+ A1 w! O7 {0 B7 z
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国泰民安
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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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# O# @- E" K7 V- k2 H6 [ Bad news travels fast.
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7 J B4 ^! ^% q- ?9 j: n 活到老学到老
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never too old to learn6 D$ Z% k" W6 C- v# r; w5 ^- D6 K
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金无足赤,人无完人
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I6 b1 P' H, t5 S: l: Z 金玉满堂
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2 k. F" [- U3 a5 Y 礼尚往来
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留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
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Where there is life, there is hope.
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gain both fame and wealth
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; A( R7 C. I; ^8 g$ Z 每逢佳节倍思亲8 G* i8 K: y( U |6 F0 Z! K
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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4 B9 o1 I1 s3 o, Z 抛砖引玉
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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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# [4 O- Y1 @: z' P* Q) H; o" G 世外桃源5 h- g; L4 d4 n2 M7 w. S
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5 O4 |$ F* g! a I" L4 W; ^ a blessing in disguise;% i) S9 \1 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.$ ? b4 s8 U1 H$ Z0 M4 m- t. }3 }
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6 Q; s6 U. v1 l 水涨船高
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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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4 U$ v9 `" W$ ]+ e9 x 实话实说
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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跳进黄河洗不清
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. \4 |1 \2 R1 [) T3 c/ o0 p8 Q There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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徇私枉法
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+ C% b1 _1 d% c- [ 新官上任三把火( o4 D& e% n- w; o' h$ \/ ]/ Q
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/ ~" B. j' N J) i+ Q accumulate strength for a take-off
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+ X p. S* S. K, W 心想事成
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May all your wish come true) J5 J& w, r. G
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心照不宣% `$ W" q0 z5 O% |3 Q0 `* [' L9 I& G
8 K6 n, e+ ?0 D; l5 C have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation: i+ y; D G; W. |1 e) V& D" s
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1 H9 s4 D% M+ m. ~, h+ o 先入为主, e9 s; T% E, H1 N! r7 ]8 k
5 c/ ?% _& Z" } First impressions are firmly entrenched.. Y. t- z- q! m6 G1 U3 B
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$ }+ l3 O) Q/ E" Y) Q! H 先下手为强
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4 I/ |" ?7 D1 O1 E7 `( G, t7 ~6 e He who strikes first gains the advantage.3 H8 a5 L& R3 I1 L5 F
' j$ e9 D5 y. @% t1 l+ c2 _( D The best defense is offense.4 e0 J1 s3 B# E& l) z3 P9 ]
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热锅上的蚂蚁
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2 I4 P6 E6 F3 f1 w 现身说法" r# s1 j# U7 M+ `: H% P
! ^; m- u; N. q; x M warn people by taking oneself as an example
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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/ n* U0 N( t2 {6 ^+ E, V1 G7 j( J 循序渐进1 I5 P. E- p2 G+ }2 z1 J
, n4 d7 b7 g4 S0 t6 F proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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% U3 }6 A% X. t) R 严以律己,宽以待人
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82, i4 Z* `6 S, S7 @# a3 b( J
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3 w/ g6 n2 g. t 有勇无谋
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与时俱进
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keep pace with the times86
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以人为本
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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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欲速则不达
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; G1 ^1 T4 ]1 _0 y+ e( H Haste makes waste.
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优胜劣汰
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英雄所见略同
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1 y/ _( O5 \* P, f; ]- ? Better make friends than make enemies.
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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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become debt-ridden
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纸上谈兵
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3 J' ?& F* Z2 t9 l' x be an armchair strategist3 t) L2 R9 i1 c% X
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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