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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!& H4 A/ A" I' J
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% V( I2 W: |* h$ C. U4 H 爱屋及乌4 W- n. ]. S/ u6 o a! L4 Q
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' i$ c& Y/ ~* ^1 L& o 百闻不如一见; Y. N k8 S3 V% d2 h& M
1 c5 P0 Q8 P! l3 ~: e2 c1 a; E One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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0 B2 d+ Z4 Z/ q: V: t 比上不足,比下有余
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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不打不成交
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, \3 h7 |- T6 | 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 all' k' x f. I4 N- ~# x
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$ Q5 n% i2 q* w( Q0 w0 |+ w broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;0 A, r9 s: E! V2 t) ]0 r6 h
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6 U, X- ~% H" K5 P& [. u 和气生财* `$ @% X( `* t
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never too old to learn
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1 {+ s# e, w8 F. {) q 老生常谈,陈词滥调; u* b6 j" y3 p: w$ o: z
. H$ w! r. b' i) \) K cut and dried; cliché
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7 i: y% B+ M# A9 N8 @% v7 J Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
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# A6 M3 V9 @# N. B. E; F 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
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2 O9 m: P: Z& C: S 没有规矩,不成方圆
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8 k2 z0 V! z$ R$ | 每逢佳节倍思亲
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a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
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( M1 e* N* @# K; ^$ C' E4 h One can't make bricks without straw.
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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Unity is strength.
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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, X; T: z& Y0 Y 无中生有
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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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徇私枉法6 f" B7 t2 r& m% |6 G
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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2 f5 E3 H% b5 @9 {8 p a new broom sweeps clean0 `4 M) A) t9 A- ^0 x
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蓄势待发
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accumulate strength for a take-off: J0 s6 e' X$ f5 p$ D5 p* {
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心想事成
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( z3 G- f, V, t$ C3 m ?/ E* X+ N* d May all your wish come true
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation& n0 K9 t$ e/ Q) f9 L) Q2 p& y' Y
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8 u% Y7 o( m$ l5 G0 c 先入为主! z" y7 K% n: u5 } e# N
6 b" l, @% H0 a% v8 } First impressions are firmly entrenched.7 W; \. A4 j* I7 W o
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# s& d9 B0 |0 Y- W2 C, P 先下手为强
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8 M4 B* w0 W3 B7 T! m+ D 热锅上的蚂蚁7 c0 O) Q# a1 r, [$ Q; H0 e
" b: e. M: U3 y6 h ants on a hot pan
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" e: w" q4 V' `0 Y6 W 循序渐进
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order3 \0 M& d( ] f2 K: b9 }% Q
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严以律己,宽以待人
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有情人终成眷属
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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! ?5 f+ O! s& f9 Q+ @# S) T 有钱能使鬼推磨
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$ i% Z3 B% k. D8 u! H6 |) I 有缘千里来相会9 Y4 n" D% M% m& G
! E! r9 l: x" [* Y* Q4 H; F Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.855 {! n! p0 V7 f) |' R- L% ?: R6 ~$ {
( K) {: i2 ^0 E& `* ]2 o- D 与时俱进
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以人为本
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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A promise is a promise.
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5 A, i6 T/ J4 m 众矢之的
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be an armchair strategist
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& H; h6 T/ w! `, W( Z. c2 J What's done by night appears by day.
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