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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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One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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/ Z4 _3 U+ w% O 比上不足，比下有余
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笨鸟先飞
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: ~2 T8 H, g& ?' Y$ f( W 不打不成交
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- Q5 a" ]9 W$ C3 x9 t" Q No discord, no concord.
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9 ~% |5 N6 @% J3 b' w2 Y 拆东墙补西墙9 ~$ D8 p* M4 J) s% A) s! D" y/ H
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大开眼界
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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too much is as bad as too little4 a7 r; ]* N. ] `3 p* f
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Bad news travels fast.
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活到老学到老
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既往不咎
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There are spots even on the sun.
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( q$ W r4 R2 m% A$ \& y 君子之交淡如水
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老生常谈，陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché
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1 M) O" ?* k8 ^- e2 H/ R 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧1 K g* G7 K. Y( @9 y8 j: B! ?
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2 t2 J3 J! M- b) z4 K7 p. Q. L 茅塞顿开
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/ g" D x; E+ i 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.
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1 M: B9 W; x6 a: A/ h3 h1 O 谋事在人，成事在天
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弄巧成拙
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) L/ m! Y1 g" G Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
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( i( O1 y. w) n, r; g( Q 强龙难压地头蛇
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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Where there is a will, there is a way.
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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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" }& P& v5 g+ s* ?9 G 时不我待
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speak of the devil
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韬光养晦
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糖衣炮弹
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) p, ^' _5 l2 J, U, A 团结就是力量9 W; ~6 v" I3 K) u
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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无风不起浪( ]( l6 C0 U0 N# E' y
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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蓄势待发
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accumulate strength for a take-off- _8 E( A/ V! a2 u$ e
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1 V% g, l3 V) |+ U! B | 心想事成
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May all your wish come true3 x$ X) n2 e1 J8 I3 M
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心照不宣
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( s5 X: k5 {: u( k& N' E have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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d, ^" [; _0 Q7 l7 i. } 先入为主2 o/ L2 B" U* u o2 X) g
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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先下手为强( N: A8 I% h- G$ v: N% {" H
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ants on a hot pan
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现身说法
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/ `, f3 w! a0 A# E2 P: e; ?9 |# N pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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' A! H5 M0 S) w, A0 [: R proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order8 w: N% C" M+ x+ T! M2 Y9 \
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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: [- Y+ ]: E: ~6 m5 O' R 有勇无谋
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& Y# q" T6 \: O4 E- n2 A3 D 与时俱进$ a; G" q! S5 ]. C; ]: `
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! ^- Q: h0 E/ M$ r1 s8 E) ? 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼
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Haste makes waste.
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More haste, less speed.6 \+ U- N# Z$ n+ K
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英雄所见略同
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases& N& X, S2 T0 I$ }- \7 c2 R
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be an armchair strategist
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What's done by night appears by day.
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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