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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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Love me, love my dog.
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百闻不如一见
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# \7 D5 u' V4 g5 r( H# P One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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笨鸟先飞
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4 t& i, H0 B3 J5 s3 a" _ No discord, no concord.
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拆东墙补西墙
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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, m& Q( T, D1 n4 Q0 R! q# Z bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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4 E2 j; a& T$ H; ]* i5 ~( q! k 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 all7 e2 G0 t4 e8 m `$ _
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9 F! Q5 V& e+ k( p8 H 大开眼界
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener3 B A) D+ F9 ]
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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过犹不及
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3 P3 b* L3 A8 \: h% x9 z% f$ U3 P 好了伤疤忘了疼
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1 |4 j1 w/ C. _ 好事不出门,坏事传千里
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: K1 P8 q+ o; b' D 和气生财
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8 f# y. X- j- d- a0 t There are spots even on the sun.
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F' n2 m% P9 K* g _ Treasures fill the home.
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! o+ o3 a$ Z+ P 脚踩两只船2 j* o n$ e; S' N% J) K; L& c
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Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
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gain both fame and wealth( k" F( A. @' R; y) j0 b. q$ s
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- i* N" P* R b( |% x 没有规矩,不成方圆
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$ @/ n2 F' \1 k% J& e Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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! | F, m3 z' k$ D; @. o( H 每逢佳节倍思亲- y# A: u& \, _, s9 Q
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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7 f C; O; X; I, ?4 e" P/ O 谋事在人,成事在天5 O6 U/ U, x) ~" ]! g' d
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a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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人之初,性本善
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" {3 i; j3 M9 N( T; E$ l 上有天堂,下有苏杭
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a blessing in disguise;
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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.% E( m% w- \5 `( A" u
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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韬光养晦
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; n1 N3 [9 n0 K5 G/ _. g Even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean - there's nothing one can do to clear one's name
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests& _% R5 h9 R+ F
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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" x( U5 e, f. y/ K) z/ A4 a 徇私枉法- W1 ]$ M' |) }2 l, l
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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新官上任三把火
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" l! q( B2 Z7 l0 x; f% ] 心照不宣
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$ G3 u0 Y4 ^( T6 H) H2 a have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation; n' ?3 |1 U; ?3 B' G$ P
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! O# L& X& o; S" b 先入为主
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2 H( D, _ h$ f2 b First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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2 a% Q0 q0 v) x" w+ g2 ^ S- i% N% J 先下手为强0 G# S" v5 h9 o- e0 t+ a( P* S
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' r3 l8 f& s$ o' b 现身说法7 h' j6 c8 Y' L2 z4 B* N
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order* [, e2 n- h8 S8 }
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: u2 j. R8 r- _. M0 y) o 严以律己,宽以待人' B: V3 i) c- Y# N) n% s; W
% v) G/ Z4 j) f. x7 o! v be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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有情人终成眷属
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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有识之士
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与时俱进
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以人为本
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& Y$ G" C1 G4 Y. [ J+ Z 因材施教
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9 Z3 j- v. A, U: ^ to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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bring in wealth and treasure
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众矢之的
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6 Q+ Z; g7 c0 V You can't wrap fire in paper.! R5 ?" [7 e9 T ~3 T$ [. ~
8 I- r" `3 _3 N+ Y: R What's done by night appears by day.
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