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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!; ~- q5 E% R( t
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Love me, love my dog.
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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) u, [: ~. g1 @6 s$ I 比上不足,比下有余6 W) ]" H- P# ?2 @/ g5 E) Q. E
: K6 G2 ^) Z7 o% T! e6 c* J to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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! }& b7 Q% R' Z' D+ X 不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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/ D& D1 t) f. l' @6 m No discord, no concord.
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% x$ h5 T; f% U 拆东墙补西墙
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: ?0 F* n2 f' n 辞旧迎新
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Z* H2 }2 N' A/ q$ D% v 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 all
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; D P% H) X5 I6 N* b 国泰民安
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w* h; v0 x* k once on shore, one prays no more
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! t0 k! [# X4 k+ o' S Bad news travels fast.
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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! `/ }9 ]) O d7 E0 |9 V
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7 R! _8 K% L4 j: k 活到老学到老3 a4 e: B, B6 }4 U6 Q) c
/ i0 n4 u( u! C3 p+ [ never too old to learn/ H# |( \: @" _' W; p
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7 W5 t6 ~' T' y" V4 x 既往不咎7 ~( ?# R* S" w7 ^
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. V1 J' R; K/ Q There are spots even on the sun.
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1 A3 }7 |/ K Q) O8 F% l 金玉满堂
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! G d* Z$ V, |4 a% T be down-to-earth6 A" X/ B7 L3 O. H$ C/ H& c" M' Y
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( d/ ]/ |0 J6 A0 I5 o2 [* v 脚踩两只船0 y$ R2 c( d- ?- T+ F
6 q: l) |. D1 w. O0 n- ?4 R6 F sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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5 Q" s# q7 z1 Y' B% I 君子之交淡如水
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3 F J: g1 S6 f2 d1 `: O 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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! s7 p( J8 @, V. Q8 V5 z2 a S! S cut and dried; cliché
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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' ^% h( H2 }: ?7 Z/ T! Q- Q 茅塞顿开
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6 p" u* x$ J6 o6 n 每逢佳节倍思亲8 |7 [# P! W4 l' a4 J" j
`' c0 g( `2 h! }- M+ s0 l On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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' @6 N; N: c X& ^0 w/ W 千里之行始于足下
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a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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: B/ p& I' g @$ R" ~$ f 团结就是力量
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Unity is strength.
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unhealthy trends and vulgar practices
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物以类聚,人以群分
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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- @6 e1 F+ O7 b+ c 无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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6 b$ q3 i2 q) z& L There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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徇私枉法
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8 H! J2 z; y3 F1 ^% x1 } 蓄势待发3 c9 z- h+ I$ J4 n" W! Y
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' r4 O! Q7 ^8 p7 z# b First impressions are firmly entrenched.* B$ u' \' A$ C6 ]1 I4 `
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先下手为强
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热锅上的蚂蚁
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, t2 F1 Z( b' Z5 v9 j" p) V 现身说法
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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息事宁人
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& c& H: H; M# C0 ?9 d; c& V 循序渐进
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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+ C5 [0 ^" W2 S. @ 有识之士
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Haste makes waste.
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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become debt-ridden
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4 o' f, r1 ~ {. s' E What's done by night appears by day.
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