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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!4 D4 F8 `9 ?. I
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Love me, love my dog.
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: |6 ?4 o( j7 b a# U9 X7 l 百闻不如一见
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6 y. A- r/ G, @ q# J2 w- n One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.2 Q7 E5 w& ]) M( ]1 l
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+ A |2 `+ ]5 _3 ` 比上不足，比下有余
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst/ I4 x0 k& n' \' h( R4 l
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9 e1 W8 u: q2 A1 { 笨鸟先飞
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" I7 B2 G! P+ b" W A slow sparrow should make an early start.. V- g) A. E5 a
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" ?4 d! H! c/ C) j" L3 `& c 不遗余力
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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/ V5 g. B7 n' v; ^ 辞旧迎新
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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5 U; M7 ]( {7 ]! A9 }& f: G) i 大事化小，小事化了1 y! r; ~& g# A4 i
; H: O# Z; q- W9 l/ e+ e, F try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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国泰民安
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;/ W- r0 I+ p& }6 j! E" c1 {! p
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' o* F* u1 {: ^9 D$ a" _ 好了伤疤忘了疼
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6 M/ J; O, c1 d' G4 ]; L, { once on shore, one prays no more
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和气生财
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" w1 r7 O& h, t. c# m 活到老学到老% @- j# K0 L; |; k: o" ]
: K; H$ `+ @- G never too old to learn
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! j, {/ F6 X% F/ v* q5 z9 `# K Treasures fill the home.
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" {$ a% t: c/ o& x 君子之交淡如水
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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2 L9 T* |$ I1 w/ { a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
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人逢喜事精神爽
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人之初，性本善
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Humans are born good.
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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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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$ L+ v9 Q: R5 v% u G 天有不测风云
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, t' u% r( a+ a- s1 [ a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air$ j: V! t, X: G0 m; T: K9 V# q
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& O( h4 T1 |8 w' A/ g6 | 无风不起浪
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$ b B- j) Y$ o" E8 l There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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+ H8 x1 ?! `. T: S3 }2 N a new broom sweeps clean
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accumulate strength for a take-off0 T! Z: N6 M7 w: a s
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3 O% _9 t! K n% b- ]3 d. F 心想事成" t, l, k3 N3 q: g, S/ C7 N
; t3 y |9 b( o7 p May all your wish come true
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_. {' y5 t" t7 r8 J have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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先入为主
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9 T- Z6 n9 [+ d. y/ v6 n 息事宁人
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1 ]2 h- t5 V. z, W+ |' ^$ ] 循序渐进+ P% {3 |8 I! A* E, c0 C
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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' Q5 n) G/ X: K1 Q c ]3 X# ] 有钱能使鬼推磨! T, u! S+ S( {
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82. o- T9 a+ O, L& E$ B5 ]
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% T9 A6 r3 H7 `: I/ `, I$ J0 E2 O4 ? bold but not crafty84
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Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85. c' u; r/ X$ G& ]+ @9 O9 l
9 l H5 G4 L. H 与时俱进
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keep pace with the times86
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因材施教2 J% h( F6 E6 r& h x3 W# g; ~
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+ k/ H% S$ m- L# j' B 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼
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5 d S) C' F1 k1 V/ D: E5 c Great minds think alike.
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, S- m$ z9 ?4 P! e& V- f& u 冤假错案
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$ |2 `7 V- o7 C" |+ a, f& e# v5 D cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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A real man never goes back on his words.
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债台高筑
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become debt-ridden0 \) h* l) d/ W0 [4 H' B( @
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众矢之的
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target of public criticism) o2 y9 d, e& G# p3 {$ `+ S6 t
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What's done by night appears by day.
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