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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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百闻不如一见
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One look is worth a thousand words.2 @7 [3 W# p1 t0 @* `- K3 O
" p9 Y8 W! }: V d# N, K Seeing is believing.
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比上不足,比下有余! _2 u2 y& O! U+ \$ W' }4 u X
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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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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best+ s& q) {7 L& F- @2 w- U
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4 i1 Y, ]7 |/ Y r0 p& d( e4 M 拆东墙补西墙" n) _: u5 e5 K8 Q! U6 \
/ V, T: P/ g4 c. B. ^) p0 P3 O rob Peter to pay Paul
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/ [. `3 u2 B; o 大事化小,小事化了
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- w5 S6 d, ?" @" N6 z' E ? try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all- _9 _* Y5 s4 u0 ?! m; O
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, f4 B) B: J" R# c1 G 大开眼界) X A! X9 v, ]* R
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) k6 A3 [3 \ e$ c" f going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
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too much is as bad as too little6 `8 W y+ H* O
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7 A5 t* M, Z7 z3 ~- J0 d once on shore, one prays no more
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^+ ?* ^0 a0 G6 y" r Bad news travels fast.
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8 X. C5 r6 r8 e! m 和气生财
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6 E9 b8 `: j2 E harmony brings wealth;
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7 l- `1 T' v' c7 t8 H# J1 p 活到老学到老
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6 q2 @; T" g& m% i, n# _+ E never too old to learn
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8 V% C& q3 Q! p3 }$ C' m 金玉满堂
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- F0 |1 ~" }: I, f1 Q, a: ~ Treasures fill the home.; q4 K# Q5 _( K, t9 e# c) I0 F7 h
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp" ~' L' G" n. B* v) ~* k- `; K
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, c0 t6 ?0 P% G( Q1 ?( E 君子之交淡如水5 r/ z/ ?2 s4 M6 b$ Y3 A
7 o9 V: |) }) v+ ~& s2 o: u& o A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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老生常谈,陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché3 }2 H) w3 h9 J. n% _( R
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礼尚往来
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$ t- ?2 H$ i8 S) v& z Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
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- @, i) A; I2 @4 f Where there is life, there is hope.4 @! _4 b. N; a& c
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% C! o4 w" p" T, _. w achieve immediate victory; win instant success F7 k4 `8 R1 h8 r, \
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) {* W% E; x/ f5 L 名利双收3 y: B8 u- r, S) t' W. y
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% ^, [; I# @: L3 f! Q 茅塞顿开
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be suddenly enlightened
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$ D: G4 o, ?& n 没有规矩,不成方圆
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Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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, h1 V' R7 s: D) e 每逢佳节倍思亲
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a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
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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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强龙难压地头蛇
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4 F1 b7 b, j. P6 Y The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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4 ?8 X! G# r' q! N2 H2 i% z 人逢喜事精神爽
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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Where there is a will, there is a way.
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世外桃源
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0 E9 Z8 S/ o1 D) q+ B a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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; D8 M6 j. V6 v% Z1 r4 ?" K a blessing in disguise;
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5 n# U) w; x$ @4 k; h: P5 A Every cloud has a silver lining.
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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. }' b0 c6 N# x$ @' l3 L; l
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; ^4 N, }1 j4 ^% z" E 实事求是
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说曹操,曹操到
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speak of the devil
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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韬光养晦
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! G8 A& m6 P+ e7 J; L, i 团结就是力量
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Even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean - there's nothing one can do to clear one's name
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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: _: A6 L, l. K0 m0 }& s7 v a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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+ O, S$ r2 F& [4 E: t& a* M 无风不起浪
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. h/ @, S% k& _* f! j" }% o; _ There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.& W: [" f M; Q1 Y, ?! z
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徇私枉法
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose7 D7 _: ^6 u# q. ~" A; j. ^' Y9 }
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新官上任三把火5 X. X! ]- n. f3 ]
4 V( v. j2 Q. p: A4 c3 M. p a new broom sweeps clean. o) U9 ]. G1 |1 L9 c
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e1 n5 r% P" c: z$ R- R$ v. ] 蓄势待发
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4 _1 F: G/ r# N9 ? accumulate strength for a take-off
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" P4 J* ?8 `# ^) } O 心想事成: B$ x: `/ H' q+ ?) A! F
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# l: Z: E L9 E3 ` have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.3 F8 J% j6 ]6 i' F! a% f
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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ants on a hot pan
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0 s: n5 E' l# u% _5 s pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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6 x8 n4 l g0 c! ^; J" v proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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, ]: e! h8 u$ d$ U/ e 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* ~2 g1 T" c7 t
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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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keep pace with the times86
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# V/ p$ E, a. m1 |3 b: ?; w4 T 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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More haste, less speed.
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冤家宜解不宜结
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" o2 Q& h7 @' d- S: q( A2 b' f cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases9 R' d2 x( D' R( H ]6 J, R/ O
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become debt-ridden
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" D" R* n; e* q! v be an armchair strategist
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纸包不住火
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9 J8 \1 v( r: M D You can't wrap fire in paper.
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