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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 f9 k9 k" Y- p. c5 S: _
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" \3 Y" U. i7 Y* r( o+ F Love me, love my dog.
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$ v5 r1 ~, R- y+ _0 z Seeing is believing.
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: a# u, _* I2 q; N4 G. m 比上不足,比下有余
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$ p" I5 c5 L- j8 R- W& t+ ]* j 不遗余力1 V* f9 a, v+ s! w3 n! e: _ `# B( P
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No discord, no concord.
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, ]% I+ H# {9 @) u, ] 辞旧迎新& Z/ g; m1 ` j
# E( V- }: P/ z J bid farewell to the old and usher in the new5 Q* D& N9 V z e
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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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0 {1 m2 Y1 Q( i8 Q# I 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;
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: C2 }7 W- q! C1 b6 ?1 \! e Bad news travels fast.
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3 Z- T j! U* w( b 和气生财* P, j* Q1 d/ z1 R$ J) }1 J
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! X( K7 }! J- A) j- j4 X4 l" S c 活到老学到老
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never too old to learn
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There are spots even on the sun.
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" x4 f# l. \: Y( S 金玉满堂
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Treasures fill the home.
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+ |8 Q9 R$ V9 B& O1 b. B 脚踏实地4 G6 e. h" {- p' E3 K
9 R! g3 {+ [' E! Q% w& h be down-to-earth- z- K0 R) Z0 x; t% b
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君子之交淡如水
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2 m$ ^; E8 ]8 f. G' G7 o A hedge between keeps friendship green.9 B7 s$ C0 _% B D4 p l
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. u* _3 g3 ?0 i 老生常谈,陈词滥调$ J5 O* w4 y; L: }+ k; g
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$ i0 s- C! K" s( w 马到成功
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be suddenly enlightened
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; T; J" H: X1 m4 J5 b 没有规矩,不成方圆* h& m5 y9 l8 c) S, S
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3 O# C; k. b1 x0 I. c8 Y 每逢佳节倍思亲
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.! ^1 E0 [ q& r; s3 S; E6 l
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5 Y. f; p9 k9 w, T w 谋事在人,成事在天
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# J% m, T- `+ C1 I suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish' j7 a) |7 D6 p; t$ a
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+ s9 R7 t! d; H! k2 I 世外桃源
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" s" q8 \ b5 K) O7 z) n 上有天堂,下有苏杭6 T. I# B- C7 C, g
2 S- m3 t+ j, c+ x& \ Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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7 V1 v2 z: R# T$ |; G' C. |. ? Every cloud has a silver lining.
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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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Time and tide wait for no man.
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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May all your wish come true
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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1 \% ?0 P% ~6 \* z pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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teach students according to their aptitude
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survival of the fittest
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A promise is a promise.
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be an armchair strategist
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What's done by night appears by day.
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