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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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爱屋及乌
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7 S! c" D2 I& m6 _ One look is worth a thousand words.! v4 i; r# Y; t% ]5 P* `& Z$ J* E+ Y
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$ x( [9 N1 a) ~+ o spare no effort; go all out; do one's best( t; W, y$ w( g8 f5 R& ?/ b
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* z1 k8 g8 B4 R' ], U 拆东墙补西墙; d- L% y7 D9 O2 Q
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O+ [( m. w$ _5 e a 辞旧迎新
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) \* H' ~" a5 }! [ o 大事化小,小事化了' I7 l3 f% O# {7 M
" Y' H* W: l* k$ z. f try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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8 b1 c; [( z$ F, U; _1 ~ 大开眼界$ R8 v; d5 M& n
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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$ _4 Y4 ?2 M1 d( G/ {9 e+ U going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency; L) Y5 ^' L D' c; r
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: K9 a1 z7 `+ H' Y: T6 d! v 好了伤疤忘了疼/ `: s2 _( x0 y: [4 O; h5 o/ G1 T% ^
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* M# x) k/ g- `4 x 好事不出门,坏事传千里
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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) i* x# R2 d1 V0 A 活到老学到老0 z& w' m3 }0 p: S; m
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never too old to learn
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Treasures fill the home.
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脚踩两只船
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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q- g2 c" K6 o% b 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché
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+ p- G" ~6 K9 o+ X; ?& K Where there is life, there is hope.
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名利双收
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gain both fame and wealth
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$ `+ k( }- W$ @& K: m7 p& Z 茅塞顿开
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0 R1 M: e7 j/ ?% D" k 没有规矩,不成方圆( N9 W6 [! v# E7 b; v: @
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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! h9 G, W4 q/ m; |# ` 抛砖引玉
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千里之行始于足下
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fear wolves ahead and tigers behind; hesitate in doing something
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A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year
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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.' n8 y$ c1 [$ I; s
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韬光养晦
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9 z! l9 m- X& N8 H* T9 A" K 团结就是力量% {) h+ D, ~4 Y$ n8 `- a
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Unity is strength.
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Birds of a feather flock together.
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无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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) U- N- P; ]1 a! N There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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2 e7 E0 l; G5 A/ j 徇私枉法9 u2 t& m. o# V4 v7 M. B
! P8 u9 A0 `1 l 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, T* ^; D; C% g. F
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1 n5 `# ]4 s/ o 蓄势待发
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1 O1 v1 g, N8 E% r( _3 ] accumulate strength for a take-off
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O- X7 W& V7 ]% Q4 p 心想事成
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May all your wish come true' x" K7 @# m) M
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$ m7 i( ~6 a3 z0 E% t# H 心照不宣1 |* f% P: N" b: l. S+ f
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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( l5 c* n! o4 R+ G. I# f! C( | First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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k2 v9 b- v, N. W% W ants on a hot pan
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( W9 l- ]% n/ H 现身说法
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: F1 e- F4 Z% Z" t pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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4 N. ~* e. F# x @2 _! S 循序渐进
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: F0 z1 U4 @. ~" v% B. i proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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3 U; y& s6 W6 Y$ l7 p9 a be strict with oneself and lenient with others/ H# A3 f. r- Z) b
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t# c/ k p/ Y/ l! s! G 有情人终成眷属5 T5 ^$ `% ?5 W* O
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82* I1 _5 g$ P! U7 ?
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有勇无谋
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有缘千里来相会
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Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85
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1 h3 ?+ ^9 d7 A, ^/ P7 A 以人为本
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people-oriented
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' s9 ]9 C9 p- }& {4 t to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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$ G% j% i/ d% Y 优胜劣汰
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survival of the fittest
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英雄所见略同
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7 l2 _, G/ Q$ Y3 [8 ?2 g Great minds think alike.
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" Q) L4 j( z( u4 ] 冤家宜解不宜结
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) `# D p3 N/ j! R cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases3 x' y0 P% D1 U: q
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7 p* t% |2 {. H& t* x+ Q& L% F) O 一言既出,驷马难追
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w8 H1 m, G6 P 纸上谈兵
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be an armchair strategist
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