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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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! D3 B7 p: t; j, O+ ?3 V3 h Love me, love my dog.# t. y; D. O/ |( N& H; `! K" v8 @
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6 d, @ W, b n G" L0 t' I 百闻不如一见$ T; H. U+ ]; J% c6 J
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Seeing is believing." X+ |+ @7 c) G ]' S, P9 |: P
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst* q, G/ [6 }2 e3 \& S7 j
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& `/ r6 [2 ^4 z* e 不打不成交
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No discord, no concord.
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- v" ?: u9 G1 Y 拆东墙补西墙
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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/ L' H: }! d6 U7 _& F 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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7 E4 r3 J4 B1 r( a 大开眼界
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1 M# V6 @; j1 s Z! L, H broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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6 e" A- g0 Q' s4 g 国泰民安* |" h) q" T. @+ P
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过犹不及
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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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好事不出门,坏事传千里
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1 A" S0 @2 {% p 和气生财
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' {! e" ~. j3 d3 A) S! d- U* J 既往不咎
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金玉满堂
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be down-to-earth
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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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! L' S. S: ?+ x& V 老生常谈,陈词滥调0 j' {& b# N* F" a9 _
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7 P3 p8 ]8 L6 r6 U" P8 \ 礼尚往来
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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名利双收2 L6 f) b' M" J/ J! |" |! S# Q1 M
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茅塞顿开
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( _7 n* h& k1 A4 X be suddenly enlightened
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0 C0 } i. l" D+ j6 B- o4 ] Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.$ T, @1 l2 K3 {
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale/ U, R; n+ x& B6 s4 W8 z" V+ r
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$ h8 {% _8 u( q) F6 T 前怕狼,后怕虎
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世外桃源# ~) C6 ^7 s) e, o
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a blessing in disguise;
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# K) u4 C, {' \; g A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
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use a steam-hammer to crack nuts
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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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说曹操,曹操到
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天有不测风云
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物以类聚,人以群分
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Birds of a feather flock together.
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4 H5 w8 ^% H- |+ d 唯利是图
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests& H( K6 h; `( x' b. a
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无中生有6 U2 y' ^- n% b! n3 [
, l T" r6 I% ~6 K: c a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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1 c+ N" Y- O5 D" S. u 徇私枉法
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蓄势待发
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心想事成5 [1 P+ _% f# M: z5 N1 r. M
9 C+ Y7 ~. B7 m' T9 d May all your wish come true: Y# u( z$ I* ?3 H) T" t" c" ?' r Y6 v
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: c9 h1 P6 C1 o# @: Y 心照不宣
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation0 Y6 K! i0 u' _! Q
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. s% f" W# k: k5 s4 d9 ]- E' u He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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ants on a hot pan
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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7 L8 |$ ~9 P8 Z 息事宁人
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$ A/ `( b, s& N6 r e& t1 G pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned4 p: _: d( u+ E$ z
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! V6 F( v3 Y9 | 有情人终成眷属7 C! o/ g: x3 Q' m: v
" m% y9 F8 m6 |" n5 P) O6 I7 U Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81$ R' e- m) p0 i/ G$ ^
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# D$ Q+ I2 r( x6 k 与时俱进
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因材施教
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$ O. C0 u I( i 欲速则不达1 J* T" G* U+ V) r. L6 G
( X" x* V# u0 O. t Haste makes waste." f- z# x/ v* O8 \* B9 a" }
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/ ^+ `9 T3 y, U9 ~. Q, w# n5 k 冤家宜解不宜结" g0 D6 F n- x4 d. S
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/ V1 `+ R5 f" C I be an armchair strategist
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9 v+ v! O* [3 M/ k You can't wrap fire in paper.2 f( F. Y" ^; O/ F( q! F; Q
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