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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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+ c( S: n% }7 c$ ] 爱屋及乌
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& X* h" o3 W$ _& j4 d8 l6 R% L6 ? Love me, love my dog.
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百闻不如一见
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+ g0 z; q: I3 l5 U5 Y# M One look is worth a thousand words.6 ~8 }! r# N/ V
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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_4 r3 W4 c+ t' v( h 不打不成交
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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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大开眼界
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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/ i, T' }: h, E F going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
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. ^! X( l- }8 z7 _! e too much is as bad as too little4 E4 D' T( X. q+ B0 ^) }( i9 O
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好了伤疤忘了疼
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' @6 k- i4 J/ |9 b0 s 好事不出门，坏事传千里
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Bad news travels fast.
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活到老学到老
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4 E1 J3 Z/ F9 L0 t9 _& L2 k 金无足赤，人无完人7 j7 D' |: p7 U Q* E1 Q
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老生常谈，陈词滥调
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2 b/ u: X/ Q) v, Z 礼尚往来
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Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
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& e9 q0 h2 e/ ?5 j achieve immediate victory; win instant success5 I+ c6 A+ m2 ?
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" d* p% I9 E* R* P0 I 没有规矩，不成方圆
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Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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9 @7 p& m* r" ?1 x0 }* E: h) N 每逢佳节倍思亲
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弄巧成拙
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& ~$ `0 C/ A P) x( P 赔了夫人又折兵% b8 k' y$ C1 q6 ?# K5 }2 t) H
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( ~' f2 i8 `( a( _2 U1 M$ H 抛砖引玉
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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- b. i. K! Q8 x3 S! `* I& J
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( a* ~9 z2 @ `* G1 n5 S, Y& | 巧妇难为无米之炊
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前怕狼，后怕虎
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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瑞雪兆丰年
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A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year
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人逢喜事精神爽. y V2 c( q a8 _) A
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; G9 O( w. Z1 i; l2 V3 S 世外桃源0 [' y6 t K3 Q6 {3 J% F5 \
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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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" B1 J7 c* L: T7 K; x 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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A ship rises with the tide
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use a steam-hammer to crack nuts
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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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实践是检验真理的唯一标准
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物以类聚，人以群分
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests. C( F1 E# m1 q/ ?
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无中生有
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2 V9 f( ^: Q5 @- L# d+ m 无风不起浪0 S! F# j' d5 A6 y# Q
- v+ C4 {6 X6 s$ L' b P: y* N There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.0 N1 G, V' } j) C+ q
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徇私枉法
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose6 s6 K( {4 {( p9 d" e
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6 g) v6 a' s |5 f6 | accumulate strength for a take-off
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h) A) n O- n; h: G 心想事成 ` c. I2 f- d! j
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May all your wish come true
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4 c( J% z; x, H4 `! R have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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1 s3 W) s* R5 n# B) d 先入为主! {- P- x. v+ ^* e
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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ants on a hot pan6 {% ~$ k. ~) _) X3 E
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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
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有识之士
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6 v# n6 e4 g" y _/ C( V4 e Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85; `: ]" J8 [: `9 z9 s2 P
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases! {, \: d7 ~& A" _, `5 p
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债台高筑
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become debt-ridden
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target of public criticism
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$ k" V" F7 S2 C be an armchair strategist* l0 N( F2 H. s# Z" }
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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