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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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F2 G7 Y! N4 X4 d Love me, love my dog.3 }6 B& e8 f, a9 \' c# s U) j6 l0 Q
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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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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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不遗余力
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7 j, N( G& I0 f' q 不打不成交
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new+ C( ^8 o8 }: E3 h! A
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, V- p7 H% ^ Y3 k- e 大事化小,小事化了5 t0 q5 J6 v/ s8 T
5 h5 L4 A# X% r" D try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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the country flourishes and people live in peace3 N3 M V3 ?! r5 U/ @
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: S1 H: i9 a! R+ U G going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;, w: l4 ?" d" b0 i0 R/ s
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too much is as bad as too little
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) N! A) z' S9 z1 q% d" S 好事不出门,坏事传千里4 W, b' a& |' K
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7 y d/ }8 B9 `8 i 和气生财 {# \& `3 c! T/ [, j( W/ Q+ p6 K& B
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' F4 W5 H% c& h( B& w friendliness is conducive to business success
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既往不咎
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金玉满堂
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3 o* z* I3 M+ a* q5 b 脚踏实地
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) {+ ]- [% t& L# L 脚踩两只船
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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A hedge between keeps friendship green., k4 O! W4 d+ ~# E: s* B+ @# p
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老生常谈,陈词滥调
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, p9 {, E3 M; X7 C 马到成功
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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gain both fame and wealth
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be suddenly enlightened
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% n0 d/ [ Y) z8 S 没有规矩,不成方圆8 m- j7 y3 I9 O! g9 E$ Z6 O
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* K( F9 `# |. Q' Y2 n4 m& s5 ^* K# F On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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0 ?3 Q; G* e M; z/ m- H& ? 谋事在人,成事在天
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" e6 T3 \' C: ~- B* i' J' I 赔了夫人又折兵6 z1 f9 V6 O. r2 w0 N. n/ r
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2 ]0 s& K1 B5 j( w0 K: [ a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale# n/ ?2 Q1 v% O
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One can't make bricks without straw.
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" S6 Q w0 z: [1 g' M, b& c a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
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; V! B( G# W5 x% W6 c The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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9 X* d8 C' d! C O a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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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.& [1 ?2 r2 ^- y2 m4 ^6 l- T7 v
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A ship rises with the tide
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$ }! x$ H0 y/ } i 杀鸡用牛刀
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实话实说
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8 D2 q7 M5 h+ v! k! j: l% a speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is7 L& N. G! o" d1 P; d- V/ J6 f
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韬光养晦
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天有不测风云
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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3 I* T; c/ n' ~! d( O5 w 无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air; y# ]" ^ R( u$ W9 U* h
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1 D1 k. D$ l4 |8 V There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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7 O. [& B; D) X; E9 ?7 t 徇私枉法
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose% }, {1 t6 i9 o2 f7 w. w4 ~) M6 ~
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新官上任三把火
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a new broom sweeps clean
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6 ^* u+ ]2 u8 G: } 蓄势待发
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accumulate strength for a take-off
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心想事成
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May all your wish come true
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" C& W/ G2 b0 Z/ ]" ^ have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation4 D7 l; M: }7 [' s
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先入为主9 k2 p1 v1 j+ ^3 ^2 C$ N6 h- f
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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8 d9 K/ r2 s- j. v9 ^: D 先下手为强
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% t D" {2 ^2 C! S& `, o! ` He who strikes first gains the advantage.+ i L/ m8 ]' ^5 ?. D9 g" J* `
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4 i) H' g+ j: P) Y/ t0 d% ~0 y 热锅上的蚂蚁
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9 u( c5 j1 n, _4 L A ants on a hot pan- J+ s' _8 D& }
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现身说法
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/ X# `5 \6 C- t warn people by taking oneself as an example
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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! p7 R1 Q0 Y6 s- g. p' X* g6 V# B) ` 严以律己,宽以待人
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5 x1 L5 m5 u e! q! Q 有情人终成眷属
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. ~; l/ A4 T: x( A4 {# { Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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, F; h7 g3 U3 ` 有识之士
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a man of insight83
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有勇无谋
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bold but not crafty84
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" F* ?: w c- e6 B 有缘千里来相会0 l% W$ @* U# V1 E$ r, n2 s- y
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Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85
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3 x9 v. U( _* ~( v0 R' n k3 x 与时俱进
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: \! `, x3 s( X+ {& }" m! K# v+ T keep pace with the times86% n `! n+ h8 h# T1 y# M! f
S- \7 ?" v% I2 |9 J. z( {* r 以人为本
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teach students according to their aptitude
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- V8 K8 q0 C+ u 欲穷千里目,更上一层楼
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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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Great minds think alike.
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冤家宜解不宜结
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( g, ], n. \$ Q. ?/ ?6 ] Better make friends than make enemies.
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. x* M( a- ? y% p0 m 冤假错案: {/ I8 @5 ]5 Y2 m0 K
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: {0 }1 P; D- x( X; W1 B9 p A promise is a promise.
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bring in wealth and treasure
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become debt-ridden
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$ x# A/ p p# l& C( Y9 X 纸上谈兵
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.
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左右为难
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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