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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!! m) y: q$ V6 Z( H& s
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7 g* i$ f, z- m( n8 ]& A1 D9 h/ q 爱屋及乌+ R& r* R; ?2 o3 f* E0 r3 h- A
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Love me, love my dog.
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百闻不如一见
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.$ [% ?' a1 j; o$ S4 E1 D* i
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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! D/ {1 ?1 D4 W5 y# h0 z+ h 不遗余力4 G9 ^+ f u* W6 x# I
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7 f) Y1 E+ v& X4 ^( t0 \% k 辞旧迎新
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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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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( W0 e8 I4 D1 }7 ~ H- Q broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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过犹不及
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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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too much is as bad as too little3 y9 }2 [; P V7 J( R' o- c8 r* | n
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; W6 l& |2 _- y0 K* j 好了伤疤忘了疼
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好事不出门，坏事传千里
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Bad news travels fast.
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. i/ e: Z3 |4 n* H. H8 ?0 c harmony brings wealth;
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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活到老学到老
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let bygones be bygones
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There are spots even on the sun.
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. t: t2 ]0 u# D" F" |3 _ be down-to-earth
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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% E; P) p4 f) m. K6 P 老生常谈，陈词滥调
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6 @& Q& a% E5 d9 w! r8 e: k cut and dried; cliché
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" S7 |. ~( n( ~5 q0 F 礼尚往来0 u o% R( F/ l+ P$ H* a) A$ o m% u
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7 M2 ^; H: u. Z" l achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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" I3 K, C$ B( }- b( X" J 名利双收
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茅塞顿开
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7 U: z S/ _/ g$ E, U On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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4 d: v3 L) B( V: H 破釜沉舟
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O& Q! R$ t* G! h" L0 ^ 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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2 b1 Y) ?0 W( ^5 m 千里之行始于足下
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Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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* e# Z# w/ o9 i, R/ T( I 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 earth
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( A5 R, \( o, }1 V( G 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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无风不起浪
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, d% g) w" C: g! w g There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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4 P- F6 J/ U/ L/ |5 \" c8 ?* O6 x 徇私枉法
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' I: F" r% o: b. }1 K! O twist the law to suit one's own purpose6 \2 U% @' j U/ }# e# @& T
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新官上任三把火
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9 X- I' p, C$ u% y' T! d0 P 蓄势待发0 J# ~4 S- Y* l8 D) X, X
% g# J% C9 {, ^) a* H9 K accumulate strength for a take-off
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心想事成, w b. j7 }/ z
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May all your wish come true' F. K/ Y# N/ _9 T
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation, x7 B9 F3 p* ]+ g
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先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.) u/ W0 [3 ^6 N# s$ Q6 Q2 E
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warn people by taking oneself as an example" V$ v/ {/ A1 u
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息事宁人; ?" w) l; [ P7 H/ N& m5 c" c
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be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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有识之士
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以人为本
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5 H7 R8 u9 @+ v- e 因材施教
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to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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survival of the fittest
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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冤假错案
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases/ E0 [6 K- I% ^1 H
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一言既出，驷马难追
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8 d5 L/ g* R7 P& t A real man never goes back on his words.
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" T5 y) q1 X( X3 ^ g 招财进宝# x" F, b) A$ A' ?, x1 N: g
& M$ ~* T, R2 X3 M; _ bring in wealth and treasure
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become debt-ridden
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众矢之的
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target of public criticism& o6 e" G1 e2 G# O7 x% }* b ?
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纸上谈兵
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& X2 \+ I- K9 s0 m be an armchair strategist1 V' g7 M3 A0 R+ d& i7 ^, z
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& N0 P0 N* a7 M( ~ m7 n: c What's done by night appears by day.
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6 _; U8 w T- q2 [ 左右为难
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1 F4 c1 t5 x: s( \2 R caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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