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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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, m# d0 X& g4 _, X' O) v Love me, love my dog.
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- \/ J4 g+ }: g* N# m* S 百闻不如一见3 ]' M) C4 N6 H$ I7 l- n$ u6 P t
- W, J& n+ X& x+ v, Q One look is worth a thousand words.0 x% I& ^0 m) ~! I4 H! u
/ ]0 @. S9 \7 M7 r* D+ J: f2 Q Seeing is believing.5 B. @* @) O4 Q4 Q( O y
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C0 k" }- Y$ g! }3 y# A 比上不足，比下有余- m2 z5 y$ `$ _1 j! _# q/ s+ w7 I6 V
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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; P6 u+ z6 }1 J6 A. a 笨鸟先飞
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& P0 d* ]& L0 M: E, d7 [3 g A slow sparrow should make an early start.3 H* [- @+ X; x1 y: M3 i2 r
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' M0 g/ m& r( N 不遗余力
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5 O/ i S) V; S! q, y7 m 不打不成交5 T0 {3 x5 U- q, h6 m! i% n6 |
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5 h' S1 m! R+ L7 B2 K5 w" T) d" X bid farewell to the old and usher in the new$ u1 f n5 ^% z/ @3 V$ I9 X1 ]
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2 ^5 j) }2 [3 S% b* u$ ~6 H2 n l 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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大开眼界
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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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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too much is as bad as too little
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once on shore, one prays no more
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& O; C5 Z9 N: z& ?" ~2 j let bygones be bygones
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9 e/ k" a! h5 Z2 q 金无足赤，人无完人
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" W1 X/ R( |9 l( V m 金玉满堂
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8 `/ }4 D& ?+ B2 U! J3 j! w/ E& O Treasures fill the home.
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脚踏实地
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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* s; M& H+ x: c& E 君子之交淡如水
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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cut and dried; cliché
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% |5 Q9 S; x& v% m! A, H Where there is life, there is hope.
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茅塞顿开
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be suddenly enlightened
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4 w5 u3 x P7 \; o- H On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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/ u! x5 G" \( d3 Q! i Man proposes; God disposes.
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6 O0 f1 l+ `0 k9 V0 m9 N 弄巧成拙
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e) r9 ~ b1 k" T0 w 赔了夫人又折兵
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8 Q- `) i8 V5 q/ y a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
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) A0 N' y. A0 Z. s* b 千里之行始于足下0 ]6 }$ r( _) [* }
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前事不忘，后事之师
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& _; B7 _( y0 z$ X( B The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.- ^: W1 S, u- F
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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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世上无难事，只怕有心人
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Where there is a will, there is a way.
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( T2 i( W' A7 Q' Z3 Y, } a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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6 s4 q2 \" |6 C% C seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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Unity is strength.
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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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无中生有
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2 m8 y6 f& ?* K) M& a2 s# `0 @( V a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air, f& Z3 V! { P% k
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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3 o% k8 l( t" V 新官上任三把火
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a new broom sweeps clean0 R% U0 q: ]3 A
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+ l- }; W- [" e1 ^6 [- B4 k# ? accumulate strength for a take-off
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: g! ]4 L2 |2 f5 A7 I9 { 心想事成
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* @* n7 ~0 w6 r4 ^5 d May all your wish come true0 w6 i: T! W+ K1 ]
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0 A4 g& l7 g* V+ l3 z' i/ z 心照不宣
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先入为主
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9 b( v W: y6 ^7 t1 a8 D: E First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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先下手为强) I5 l; u6 \( v
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0 i. J- I, ^, Y7 h 息事宁人
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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: l3 f, k5 M0 U3 X/ T; z 有识之士" L, n* r3 i0 e. }/ q! f% j6 [6 I
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) T6 ^4 R3 m4 p* n Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85
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因材施教
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+ |' K" U. }! [) W$ H! |6 l Great minds think alike.* p0 {9 ^ v: G, t6 A1 ^+ b
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bring in wealth and treasure
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be an armchair strategist
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纸包不住火
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% Z6 A0 ?# g2 c% h: V$ Q+ U What's done by night appears by day.; X I1 D0 b% c( u4 Q' d' T
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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