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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!' ], k+ M- ~# A; f
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Love me, love my dog.
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% V; Z% ^- R) [ Seeing is believing.
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9 R7 l: m w7 C( x) D1 D. f 比上不足，比下有余7 ?7 S. J8 t' |2 b1 Y5 @
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7 c9 r' [) m: r- N X A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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/ J6 I2 v, W. g7 Z0 d 不遗余力
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/ k! x" m: N& P 不打不成交# J) `7 c6 _* V' W9 [
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No discord, no concord.
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1 L4 M$ Z3 } J4 M5 C5 L/ K2 J 拆东墙补西墙
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6 ^5 u& f" E9 f. w* G bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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% `1 f9 b$ m8 C6 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* ~" @% P4 o- I# e
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大开眼界
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! D" k4 W7 ] V3 X5 B& [/ | broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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& e6 R4 V. z: W; n4 u 国泰民安* r: W2 l9 h7 w/ t* w( u5 T
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! t. }! a' l+ R5 H2 N4 Y 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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once on shore, one prays no more% ]4 v9 }) [! G; J1 g. T
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' a3 B6 x5 _4 i8 U1 t3 c harmony brings wealth;
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1 ~1 V$ S9 v5 t* w8 @ friendliness is conducive to business success
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, J% A" _# r' ?' i0 x( B6 \. r 活到老学到老% W7 m# o' Y5 U. S, }& P
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既往不咎
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let bygones be bygones
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$ R4 Q& V3 f: Q& E) S/ z 金无足赤，人无完人
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8 ~% \0 V: _3 k% c There are spots even on the sun./ m: s# R7 V8 A& b: I
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金玉满堂
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脚踏实地
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" R6 C5 d$ q g6 w- Q, l+ A4 ] 脚踩两只船
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君子之交淡如水
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* y" k% F6 X# I A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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老生常谈，陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché
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马到成功
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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. A8 x$ J2 t5 N* z( q. h gain both fame and wealth
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7 B" m( I5 c0 P2 f9 k" p 茅塞顿开
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' `/ ?( I; @# M/ D 每逢佳节倍思亲
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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7 T( O* \% j: {2 k9 a ? 破釜沉舟
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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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4 I/ e9 G# O9 F5 Z: G0 E One can't make bricks without straw.
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世外桃源
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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a blessing in disguise;
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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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9 X7 K! v7 h5 i seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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5 o& I {9 W Z$ E! q, N/ { speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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跳进黄河洗不清
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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' O x8 l1 h# i! L 无中生有
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z" n' D- U: @1 t! @5 I a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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; i, H+ Z7 y# p% M" ?( F5 y There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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/ s+ g$ \$ X3 }( ? 徇私枉法0 K5 @8 y9 n) k/ I* d4 Z" I
4 n! o p/ ?% V twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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新官上任三把火
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a new broom sweeps clean
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, V- d, J6 K& f. |" H! c 蓄势待发
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5 z1 g+ C$ X U8 o% z( v" m; L0 i accumulate strength for a take-off; `3 {$ V7 M; M0 U1 M, `$ `
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心想事成
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1 Q! h) v1 N: M; K0 Y" x1 M* M. r May all your wish come true
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心照不宣! k# ]3 Y! J! P" R4 `
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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先入为主# E ]1 q o# E" f' V/ X. K
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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, D/ ^8 m' }8 a1 R9 l) M# t 先下手为强
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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现身说法
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warn people by taking oneself as an example5 {4 f) N0 j7 P. S a
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4 ~ [0 G7 A1 g$ j8 w 息事宁人
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned \8 E: @. v, n- l
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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2 Z4 @! S. v0 v! U% \9 X. t 严以律己，宽以待人) e7 W# b' `9 S6 I4 [
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be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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- L& ]: R' Z9 Z/ f4 | 有情人终成眷属
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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( J& H+ i, ~8 b# \ 有钱能使鬼推磨4 ~2 g; ]+ z% g. E; j x
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, [. a- v/ D' C& f5 M 有勇无谋3 ^$ f: J* ]3 G/ }
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有缘千里来相会5 b" d+ g7 E7 y' p1 p
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与时俱进
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teach students according to their aptitude
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优胜劣汰
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英雄所见略同
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Great minds think alike.
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冤假错案
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一言既出，驷马难追
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A promise is a promise.
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4 X$ R7 [% M# P0 ?* F 众矢之的
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You can't wrap fire in paper./ d: m- l' R' ?
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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