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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!+ M4 g) u# C5 }" V6 ]0 E$ j6 L" G
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* C( p$ ~! ]4 _, m One look is worth a thousand words.$ M, K1 {/ h* @9 r! s' z
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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& Q3 V& U3 z: v) v spare no effort; go all out; do one's best& l( X6 ^& j* s* a
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No discord, no concord.
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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# @$ H& e* E+ J* Z/ l" X 辞旧迎新$ ~" T0 F W9 {7 P1 A
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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+ z" [9 |( v) y4 s try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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( J0 b5 q3 o6 J, q 好了伤疤忘了疼
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Bad news travels fast.
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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8 d5 h+ }. R5 H5 V7 t 金无足赤，人无完人
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3 V& G, D. S, D There are spots even on the sun.
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Treasures fill the home.
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; ?' ~) G/ U( |, ?6 @ 君子之交淡如水
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3 _2 }: S4 S5 V4 [. S2 ~/ } 老生常谈，陈词滥调
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* N% W! u1 i) @$ P 名利双收' \0 p) P- j" ~1 |6 F2 @6 n4 Y7 L
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茅塞顿开
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. F0 t2 y4 A. }! D+ X 每逢佳节倍思亲
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' L# H" r% m9 {+ L 谋事在人，成事在天
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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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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9 K1 i( f" S7 E T8 \! |9 u One can't make bricks without straw.
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世外桃源
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is2 ^3 l" D7 B. f* o6 b, e
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/ z6 p- C6 Y4 Q Unity is strength.
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unhealthy trends and vulgar practices
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/ [8 n# L' L9 ~" _% A/ O 无中生有
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. a& k6 E5 O) M/ ^$ {* E* A, X' L a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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无风不起浪1 U/ ?9 c5 B% a
4 | a9 F2 k5 J2 J! y There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.# @' @3 l; a4 X! d
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: n1 x1 V; V% B' @ 徇私枉法# t7 x0 f( i3 P0 a: ~! r
% B, g B' }/ P* a9 G* X4 P' E twist the law to suit one's own purpose" \. y& V$ Z% P7 k
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新官上任三把火
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a new broom sweeps clean2 D; D' H) T0 `; j: `; i+ ^
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蓄势待发- I# z B; I6 ^( h$ C: S- K
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accumulate strength for a take-off
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心想事成; j" k9 z5 k% ]4 ~9 Q! k [6 a
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May all your wish come true
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C$ {# K( z$ z; k6 P; B& p5 K% l 心照不宣
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation+ U# d, A% k9 c! r8 Y- s$ R
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先入为主
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1 I) e. u: }: H7 G First impressions are firmly entrenched.7 G- c. |8 y# w- h" _7 |
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先下手为强! Y1 D% R2 ^( y% m
( |# g% }/ K5 W: j' ^ He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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The best defense is offense.
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* z- \4 [; S. s7 d& d 热锅上的蚂蚁
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ants on a hot pan
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# o2 `' B O* C3 I8 i' V 现身说法) x$ x7 C0 f, ?2 N q- @ j( B Z" q
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warn people by taking oneself as an example/ `& y8 t0 ^3 z
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息事宁人3 T! M) `. p, }4 q
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned: h: ?) \% P. h4 d9 r5 h
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' N A- U; p$ H0 M% W 循序渐进
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order. c9 {) m3 _4 a7 \1 ?
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0 N, Y" |) t T7 u" f* L5 R 严以律己，宽以待人
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6 l7 S3 C' t' l$ q" K4 i# L be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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- T3 @% D" u3 x1 A5 b) W6 z 有情人终成眷属
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g4 E8 D( m% @- q Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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有钱能使鬼推磨& g9 H0 v, V- ]7 I) ]
6 n: j( y$ O9 i Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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% q# ?; O: H$ o2 K& V 有识之士
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a man of insight83
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; v1 @" k1 L; c$ l 有勇无谋4 C1 S( N5 M' u+ t E
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bold but not crafty84" w1 r6 ]& b3 u; s: J! J; t% G
1 h( m) d/ N6 d6 ^1 m! @ 有缘千里来相会' @* r) q1 L. B3 e' d0 a
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Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85, o B- S- j" P, k
7 O0 S# c: M: _1 O# } 与时俱进/ A, q* \& B( e8 r
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- \& d2 @. Y& C! J 以人为本' ]$ }. P& l& Q
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people-oriented
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因材施教
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teach students according to their aptitude
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欲穷千里目，更上一层楼
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to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.. x4 `7 q' n f* B3 ^' _% H
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+ C" ?" q/ ]# |$ Y3 K: o) T 欲速则不达
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6 F* `( O6 F* [1 d Haste makes waste.
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. a( L$ [& `$ o- |/ X2 D More haste, less speed.
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$ }& v9 V! ~1 i: X 优胜劣汰
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survival of the fittest' B ]# l; I; t* C7 F
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; h8 l T5 L/ a0 N# e 英雄所见略同0 \# p0 d* I- w! x! O/ I0 ]
4 r# I( B) L8 B" S Great minds think alike.) h7 m) r6 _. t
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; q2 `, [: X" F8 f5 R) `" O+ R9 V& I 冤家宜解不宜结5 @* B! n2 A Y4 o1 K( A8 k
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Better make friends than make enemies.* t; K1 ]$ }; d' a9 F( l* ]' \
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! n" w4 P$ b' L; a" m 冤假错案4 I' M$ e4 s3 P' ]9 K' N: z* M3 c
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases1 @( A% W8 f9 D
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9 l) s7 I0 F- O- W2 h 一言既出，驷马难追& c" T3 x4 b+ b; a. R
+ U6 U- |/ q2 D7 L6 T2 _. { A promise is a promise.
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A real man never goes back on his words.+ C4 U! D0 o1 @" p0 A3 U( Z
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" _: ?8 E' o6 V2 \$ j7 Y! X 招财进宝2 S0 S# [: W; ^* s
' _$ ^: P3 H" d5 O2 F- L bring in wealth and treasure# r7 S! p# [* \1 I: @4 s
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; f* d* h% N1 N! A; Y 债台高筑
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4 s, U Q! |0 [) O) |" L2 ` become debt-ridden
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/ r5 |' v3 q+ V6 n, K, w 众矢之的) b0 ?! C9 {5 y% }4 W# x: [
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target of public criticism7 t/ C# w5 t# J! y3 x" Y
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纸上谈兵
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be an armchair strategist
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# b1 }' h8 { c You can't wrap fire in paper.
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/ O% e' D: s3 a5 D. J What's done by night appears by day.
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左右为难
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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