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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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One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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$ B2 h0 j! N; A8 Y1 r) V) | 比上不足,比下有余. {- Y2 ^" }8 J" i o3 z9 J
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( E7 Z5 K/ T, V 不遗余力) b8 m$ x7 w& g& K2 Z; c
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best n) b- _: _0 J4 T; u. }
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9 v |- \! s& e: H. Z$ i& h) g 辞旧迎新+ e5 D: F, c5 B6 D" f* b
' E) N2 }! ^ R% B' x: @ bid farewell to the old and usher in the new' |1 b/ J9 D0 B7 G/ a4 ?
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国泰民安4 _7 J; g& w/ \
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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! `. C0 O* D' ^, _5 b: C going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;! y' J. i! ?& B, Z' u- @& i2 }
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9 M* X' N( E1 J& K. ?3 }' I 好了伤疤忘了疼
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once on shore, one prays no more7 k% t5 w/ M5 T% r7 l2 O V3 M7 S
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0 v2 z! O1 Q0 U, M7 _. O 好事不出门,坏事传千里
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harmony brings wealth;
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既往不咎
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let bygones be bygones
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There are spots even on the sun.
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! m4 z% @ J' S% P; s; d9 T 金玉满堂
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脚踩两只船
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君子之交淡如水
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老生常谈,陈词滥调
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: d7 O& e# Q3 v1 N6 R* M cut and dried; cliché
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5 K8 `1 u" H$ q+ ^ Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.0 U q5 L' V% m6 V+ @# B* l
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: z/ d: m/ O" y* Q( M2 S; c8 m3 ] On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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+ {1 i6 v; a: a Man proposes; God disposes.
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弄巧成拙
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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
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' [6 \$ w' u% f( c2 v 破釜沉舟/ B8 g: m+ B# P% _6 `$ W, J1 l% E0 d
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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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抢得先机
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take the preemptive opportunities
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One can't make bricks without straw.
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千里之行始于足下
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a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step/ a# l3 ^# [" p" X! f. L
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. x( @' k" x( M3 v& @& \ 前怕狼,后怕虎
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5 w* y% l( e/ B- z& G: m" U 强龙难压地头蛇
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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, M4 f+ i. w: @- B People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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7 b j# ]! t' q 世外桃源
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" }* H6 Q% x8 m3 f2 } a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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人之初,性本善
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Humans are born good.
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上有天堂,下有苏杭
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth6 F7 t( @! ^$ t3 ?5 i; u+ p
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h- }0 U$ G- H3 ]# L 三十而立
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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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A ship rises with the tide
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说曹操,曹操到
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韬光养晦
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糖衣炮弹
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+ n7 `, ^ X; V3 I+ o5 o 天有不测风云
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8 I( T5 c- k' P* b/ i# E- o! I+ z 团结就是力量
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跳进黄河洗不清
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3 x; i h0 i# X6 W0 A8 J/ W a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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F! v) W# @. P; f$ K0 N# v There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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" |% i, x# G' e2 q; m a new broom sweeps clean. A% H( s8 B+ c" U5 L0 H
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蓄势待发
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% N; {) L7 C0 e+ w" Q May all your wish come true
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2 D6 l9 C$ n E* _ 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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- v2 E0 Q& z1 D1 w; _ 先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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ants on a hot pan
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' p% z7 x- c" g9 O warn people by taking oneself as an example
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( U0 v; U9 Y( d7 l/ q 有情人终成眷属( J. V" s5 U4 ^" n2 Y
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+ ?9 z8 P @ `, n: ]8 G 有钱能使鬼推磨
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8 U, E- v* ]( Q3 y% v Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82/ J3 Q6 W$ O7 Z2 T: A) i
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有识之士
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# R' e, e/ S9 ~% l# w 有缘千里来相会
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4 F, ^% _9 G: F to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.5 k- A0 o# A# z. r, x7 V
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优胜劣汰
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8 F- V: p X# m# w: J7 r! A survival of the fittest
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become debt-ridden
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9 {, N. M4 X- s$ Q$ g 众矢之的
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7 ^0 W" q" M* p& }4 u! K7 A You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.
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