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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!, S. v) l/ y+ x1 ]% G
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爱屋及乌
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百闻不如一见
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" i0 n+ X0 ?4 k- Z) ^1 ]2 U One look is worth a thousand words." H& k$ _# a0 N7 L7 z; x
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Seeing is believing.
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& r1 [6 F: ^' a O 笨鸟先飞
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: E B# e( N+ l3 { 不遗余力
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1 S/ {( {* ?: x( F$ n& r3 { spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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4 |7 ]6 @/ B# E 不打不成交
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9 `5 u! q$ b* l/ N 拆东墙补西墙
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* p3 i5 G$ B: D7 w2 k E' g rob Peter to pay Paul
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; h1 r' @3 g( c$ z/ {% L 辞旧迎新! a4 _: k2 w3 O
# {: u" ~- ]7 i1 o bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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- L/ z. g, T# ~5 L7 R- i6 i 大事化小,小事化了0 `3 ]! f) H {) R! _8 N2 I
' O' {+ F) t: K6 L# B5 I8 a try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all; y$ k: w- X1 O% Q4 r, ]
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6 p- c7 g$ D" f4 K; e 国泰民安
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5 e9 E0 \) d' l I! U 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;# W" r1 p5 g! O+ g
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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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和气生财
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% \8 k+ h: [; z$ `0 ` never too old to learn
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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cut and dried; cliché
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p) `/ g3 }7 e2 Z/ m4 x 礼尚往来
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R1 N$ H9 d+ k x( k; O$ w be suddenly enlightened
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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/ H# O* V- B0 x5 g7 T0 { 弄巧成拙
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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( X' H) o8 e: Q8 V4 x5 X a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale6 i' I& o3 X: A$ B7 |/ `" z: J
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4 \ {8 H5 @% q; D) d o0 _ The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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# {' q& ?. t: c& t 人之初,性本善
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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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糖衣炮弹
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Unity is strength.
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Birds of a feather flock together.
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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, Y0 B8 ~2 M2 O2 D 无中生有) k! S2 p5 y2 ~* ^/ w) C1 U5 T
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air( g2 A _" u' c+ @
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无风不起浪
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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9 B+ y0 y; l# o: M; `- P 徇私枉法
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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a new broom sweeps clean
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) Y/ G" g' h) h" s! g( ` 心想事成: G. }# E+ H; W. O5 n9 P7 o8 ]4 i
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; N/ m/ p l5 Y% V* F 心照不宣
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" ^; W" J% ^9 e8 Z0 r; v have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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先下手为强
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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The best defense is offense.
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热锅上的蚂蚁
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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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有情人终成眷属
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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Y5 f1 `: k: i/ Y/ O, k Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.829 B! I* `; \1 F! x
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有识之士
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9 j& C5 B1 x8 e9 Q0 T6 U Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85
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* I9 @! y+ o6 P$ j2 b 欲穷千里目,更上一层楼
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Great minds think alike.
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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A promise is a promise.
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.
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