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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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爱屋及乌
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6 Y7 i3 Y2 G! y4 N: z6 L4 W" O One look is worth a thousand words.7 I/ [: x( B) W/ l7 P( h
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Seeing is believing.
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3 Y5 l! ?6 S! ^: z$ W! N A slow sparrow should make an early start.8 R% N- S7 k! X* a! r& J5 U
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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5 ^( C- H; ^1 C! Z- _ 辞旧迎新( b7 f" v! l5 y: ]
1 K8 p0 `( C+ u: U) K8 e bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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! Y5 Z, W' |3 H2 Y 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 all6 @. Q2 M2 e X( v
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大开眼界
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;2 _5 z, v8 T2 L# s5 j! j
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! b6 ?) m- n# z" ]% r5 c! t once on shore, one prays no more, N! Q) M6 \! C. ^1 M
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Bad news travels fast.1 F8 a2 M) l$ B% r: Q
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. [7 [& J& f' k$ P' b7 q+ t 活到老学到老/ |# F/ g: Q0 [# v) `. S
; b' W) I. E, J never too old to learn
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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$ `. _: W$ _, O% K cut and dried; cliché
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Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
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a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale! I, _* `3 C2 T+ r7 N% b$ E5 s
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a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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) q3 N4 F8 F6 e2 b8 o+ x 上有天堂,下有苏杭% h+ A4 s d/ q: V* _
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) Y, z! d4 q5 ^ 塞翁失马,焉知非福
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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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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望子成龙
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% Y; x' Q. K4 r9 j1 z5 I7 \ O- v0 } a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air4 l) u3 p: `+ S9 q
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2 r8 i# m* J: s* C0 f There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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) I# E% O% ^; x" V 徇私枉法/ t6 h w) g m2 k' B: c: I
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1 g, |( f" X( j& N" u) { a new broom sweeps clean! @* Y- s! h0 Y
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蓄势待发
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* O) I/ }% n. C! l May all your wish come true/ z5 H) @7 F ~/ w3 q/ R
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4 z/ S6 \8 K4 [, V9 X 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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4 y% W9 ]7 J2 {. r First impressions are firmly entrenched.! O2 J! G4 M8 a* ^% o- M; ^* T
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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6 K j4 o. d2 m. l# A a3 ]. x* Y7 z The best defense is offense.
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, l6 i4 \ O& O6 `/ { 热锅上的蚂蚁
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1 R5 Q% g* \& t/ g ants on a hot pan
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/ I @* i. v- H1 Q pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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8 B7 A& k" |$ O( C+ Y+ q3 ]! u 有识之士6 U' \, F, y! W' O
9 u( g2 p* i8 @ a man of insight83# P4 C6 Q1 j1 m# M2 X {: i
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有勇无谋
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1 F$ z" Y/ g" f0 ^' V( Z7 `+ ?6 d 有缘千里来相会, H# ]% l0 n: ?- W& O) g
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; p, G1 x6 I; l 与时俱进
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欲穷千里目,更上一层楼
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优胜劣汰
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survival of the fittest
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Great minds think alike.
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" F3 P/ h, n' U1 P! `, k 冤家宜解不宜结
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases2 p4 a% K. |8 A+ T$ q O5 K, @9 Q
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; ]6 z3 M) z+ ] A promise is a promise.
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5 ^: P* Q4 S0 S, Q% X8 B, z4 ` You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.
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