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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 Z$ {( }' o& X% E: Q 百闻不如一见) i2 I6 M+ i2 {& V; F
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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, B m# _+ s# k' r4 U" g' i# e# t 比上不足,比下有余0 }, e1 `; A+ d" |$ B
9 w+ A0 r% s: m$ P! l8 r to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst- [# k3 o# i& @ Z7 N7 `+ [
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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不打不成交
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7 B* }5 q7 j! ^* J) ^ 拆东墙补西墙, I: A1 n% Y: u4 S( L: T& d
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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/ I; N, {: l" j8 t 辞旧迎新
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8 W1 X; L) _# n bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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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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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;/ h m9 y% a8 D: Y7 y% s& m! s
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好了伤疤忘了疼
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" [$ q5 Z1 U5 P5 o, @ 好事不出门,坏事传千里% Q7 ]1 l& p. _+ L% ~# ^4 p+ H
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Bad news travels fast.
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harmony brings wealth;
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活到老学到老
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never too old to learn
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2 ]1 X7 H; z5 O' G 既往不咎
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let bygones be bygones
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脚踏实地
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be down-to-earth
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; `* Q/ D% Y# T8 x 脚踩两只船2 C9 o6 X# z! K2 J i) g' _# M
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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cut and dried; cliché
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Where there is life, there is hope.
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谋事在人,成事在天
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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弄巧成拙
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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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Where there is a will, there is a way.
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! s9 x* Q3 h9 Z Every cloud has a silver lining.
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天有不测风云
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) Y" w( j# _( B$ Y a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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+ e7 V0 l0 C7 d" S: Y0 q, Z% W& t 徇私枉法
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a new broom sweeps clean
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/ E* E3 l- w8 X1 i 心想事成/ U% B! B7 r. K7 _! X# d6 Z4 R
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* S9 `% h) C- ~- j" A( u 先下手为强
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ants on a hot pan
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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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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英雄所见略同
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be an armchair strategist
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纸包不住火
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( h: }* t' n7 q$ j What's done by night appears by day.0 D, d q% J) p7 u; t6 n, m! d# v0 X
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左右为难
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