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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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百闻不如一见
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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W' S. I* y3 O. V" E A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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No discord, no concord.
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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2 z; f4 C# Y6 O8 b+ G8 E5 e try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
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too much is as bad as too little
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好了伤疤忘了疼
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once on shore, one prays no more
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好事不出门,坏事传千里
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和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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never too old to learn
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% ]; h4 ?; P" U3 |8 a Treasures fill the home.
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) H: Z- t, O" g% `% ~; C 脚踏实地
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be down-to-earth
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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君子之交淡如水
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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: Y8 x [' f! M: u 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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! h4 E6 J% T( B5 j* O, K 名利双收
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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谋事在人,成事在天
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破釜沉舟
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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
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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Every cloud has a silver lining.
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7 ]8 W9 q2 V) N6 x1 Z) l 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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韬光养晦
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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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无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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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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: G4 L6 t) Y; o6 Y2 [. K May all your wish come true
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1 W7 ?$ ^: p7 l% I* M First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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bring in wealth and treasure
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/ H5 U2 n/ [, k _. H6 J# w2 d% J You can't wrap fire in paper.
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