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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!; Q9 z$ E& q% R, x) Q/ F, m* K
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爱屋及乌
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( x" G+ u' V% M6 J- D5 f 百闻不如一见+ x, X( K, d- q* g: }* H
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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9 s4 i6 @; H% D0 L% w1 z 比上不足，比下有余
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9 \- d* q3 Q& k- a/ i7 X5 r8 j to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst5 x. h1 ~2 h, b6 [0 r
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* I. C$ a; v0 C bid farewell to the old and usher in the new* Q5 G6 a2 a9 d! p* u: A3 B# R
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) [. f+ a5 g/ V2 N7 }2 z2 ` 大事化小，小事化了
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M" B# C, q$ c7 J& V) i 好了伤疤忘了疼# V2 V" Y: [) f) O4 r
" ?+ p( m9 B" s6 c' S once on shore, one prays no more
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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D9 X. `( ]6 @8 F) b 君子之交淡如水
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4 q; [( J/ e7 g6 Y* C+ { achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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8 z& ~1 ]) @# T' T; M 没有规矩，不成方圆/ i" X5 b" Y! H" ]& e( Z/ j; ]) ^4 ?' \
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1 A# _- i7 W! D. c6 T c) q 谋事在人，成事在天8 @5 f1 n/ d' t4 R2 j7 u3 O
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8 `1 ?3 P9 j) c# C Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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实践是检验真理的唯一标准
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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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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.' p/ w" Y& s5 t$ A+ i: `
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徇私枉法
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- w1 m/ L* N, J% w 新官上任三把火 k" h! H6 ~, e5 z L/ x
( W( F4 R! S; L$ A7 s7 G2 ] a new broom sweeps clean: _$ C6 s; K5 m# Y( k
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蓄势待发
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" R3 V$ b- o' a4 n 心想事成
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) K* B% ^, J$ B May all your wish come true$ p2 Z8 \+ F, R- g& `6 |
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先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.5 Q( U! j% e6 h* H
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先下手为强
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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# ~& f, ]! T2 W The best defense is offense.
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热锅上的蚂蚁
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ants on a hot pan
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W; a5 |! r# _$ j# J, E: H 现身说法
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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息事宁人/ h9 v) d/ d, u4 r% m/ A" y
3 [8 }) {: l! e( C+ Q8 x# g 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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严以律己，宽以待人
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be strict with oneself and lenient with others; {4 U9 D1 \* R
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4 \3 p, G t: r* _ [ 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.827 ~7 O8 D' h+ a" Q( i9 H
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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.858 {+ e0 X6 O. g: c
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以人为本6 |. } U. b O7 I- o- n# U
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1 Y+ K0 V4 n5 t teach students according to their aptitude
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to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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欲速则不达
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优胜劣汰2 J3 R( k1 F& C, R
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9 S& d9 p9 n# z% h r 英雄所见略同 A% b" Q% ]. F' ]1 S
- p9 E2 M* ~! b# E1 P% U Great minds think alike./ `% g t/ k6 ^. r* n
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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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7 T1 T" A' n% @4 E$ n) T 一言既出，驷马难追
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4 k" ?" w* a: _; y2 y, c, E 招财进宝: D9 I& B* O/ L, l% b0 F
6 O" [5 h- m0 Z" b0 K! Q; M% @ bring in wealth and treasure
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债台高筑
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become debt-ridden
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众矢之的( G/ w0 @0 s, N0 y
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target of public criticism
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纸上谈兵
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左右为难
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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