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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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" @4 n, t1 w# h8 r+ ]: A/ Y Love me, love my dog.& B* _( L# O* k& Y3 [& ^/ [
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百闻不如一见
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/ o# C0 p. ?9 q! ` One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.! U% \/ Z, M. W/ x6 h/ z
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# z! v+ M: t4 r7 s7 k to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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; |( Q# b2 B9 I1 C+ j A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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5 Q3 ^/ c5 C Q) Q# Z6 t5 [ spare no effort; go all out; do one's best R8 p0 f0 F. M! `+ T/ L
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No discord, no concord.
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5 T- @$ u' p' E) t0 F& \$ V 大事化小,小事化了& u1 N& q+ C4 m
z' ^/ m. k {# h* t try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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大开眼界
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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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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好了伤疤忘了疼
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好事不出门,坏事传千里7 _: e. s% y8 b- n& b
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和气生财
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3 u/ y* p/ C, k" F. T y 活到老学到老 p3 t: o. a! M8 E& i
- g/ o4 S2 R- h+ r* P/ ~ never too old to learn
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, x; S& [' g- g; U3 ^& P 金玉满堂! J% c$ R5 W, c2 \ G9 t
7 D0 U" z, L: T) h5 P# i1 P j Treasures fill the home.2 g1 u' I6 s7 a' m7 ~
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* y# w* I4 S8 ^6 z$ ^" C4 \ 脚踏实地3 d* C; U9 s' y2 U$ V
$ V& k! P0 s0 q E6 W& K [/ Z be down-to-earth9 R, t1 d' X/ p7 n$ ]! V4 E. j
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# d' H6 t" M# |: h- A0 E 脚踩两只船* Q8 W: D& Y' {
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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君子之交淡如水
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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Where there is life, there is hope.
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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% X A% [7 h `/ j# J" V ? gain both fame and wealth
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没有规矩,不成方圆
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7 V& [. b B& o: \" g 每逢佳节倍思亲
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! Z1 [& c7 ^- S& n, ? 谋事在人,成事在天
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8 m5 X, {9 O" ]. h4 c- R 弄巧成拙
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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抛砖引玉
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4 u+ ?1 H1 w7 _4 {' ^ 巧妇难为无米之炊
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瑞雪兆丰年
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Humans are born good.
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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塞翁失马,焉知非福
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8 ~1 \3 \9 g9 j, `- y 三十而立4 Y) ]* `$ f: m5 n
2 f+ P4 Z" O; D* H7 O A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.. ^/ U8 `- ?" `9 W
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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: ?8 @' X% D& E6 z 天有不测风云
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4 I: p4 |/ Y) W" K# W% S Birds of a feather flock together.
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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徇私枉法
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. g9 U* G: S; z1 A; n+ | twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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accumulate strength for a take-off" e. O+ F; j1 H7 q+ n! i" _# F
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1 F7 \& x1 x. {+ O 心想事成
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May all your wish come true) w, X- `; p, }' B+ u
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$ i! f4 ]# L5 O8 W/ W; g3 j3 k ]8 P 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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先下手为强
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s$ n9 F% K# p The best defense is offense.( L" ?: v6 H# y" O. \
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现身说法
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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) e: ^* ?2 L3 V( P+ } O 有情人终成眷属
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/ Z: h, v1 Q; _8 s Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81# T) W% d3 U) u! f. ?/ N& u0 C
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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( f8 C$ p. ]' V+ B 有勇无谋
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有缘千里来相会
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Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85
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/ h" q( k. U9 ^0 j) Q 与时俱进
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people-oriented
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Haste makes waste.
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英雄所见略同
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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A real man never goes back on his words.
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7 t4 d( E% O& K# M# Q& i become debt-ridden
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' U/ x& }. y/ E1 \. ] 纸上谈兵
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be an armchair strategist
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( [ }. J9 a. a/ M 纸包不住火
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What's done by night appears by day.
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