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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!+ y% F- P$ o: N$ `* z
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爱屋及乌
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Love me, love my dog.- T7 h1 f7 M$ y7 T$ P4 w b
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. } w( Y2 c$ C' _0 h5 N 百闻不如一见
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% s1 g4 J, E3 o. J One look is worth a thousand words., a+ u5 g6 T, {& K2 j
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Seeing is believing.
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# L7 [, d6 _5 w! k' Q8 ` 比上不足,比下有余
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst6 W0 d" T) M* [) h' e$ q
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笨鸟先飞
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: n% z3 T6 |1 @* _! N1 B$ Z spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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! w1 o+ t2 i$ T2 o' ~ No discord, no concord.
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' T( O" z9 L5 F 拆东墙补西墙
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new/ J* @; V# x, i. z4 I8 H# O
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大事化小,小事化了
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8 V3 o6 y* Z# I try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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: u! a. {) ?9 j+ z 大开眼界
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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国泰民安7 z, Q) O7 U2 K# {2 ~/ L* b( b
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the country flourishes and people live in peace& I2 y _, y e
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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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harmony brings wealth;6 \7 N- ^4 X P* { S
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2 g9 t8 J% G8 f 金玉满堂
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, P! G, v& i% U, {( y" `" P be down-to-earth" T! {5 m" A V
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' ^; T) b2 Y- e a& D 脚踩两只船
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp4 I. x7 i' K7 M9 `0 o& H
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: F' O2 `, {' x/ A- r 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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) N m- }3 A3 ] cut and dried; cliché
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4 y% u0 b0 E! D. ?. U 礼尚往来
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; Z) A6 X- d; Y$ y5 P* b 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧9 ~! C8 g7 g+ {
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; \8 f* ~" P S9 K/ h7 Z0 K 名利双收
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1 Q9 f; J, P, ~/ L+ B- f1 I& L 茅塞顿开6 ^, I( c2 x( ?4 B0 @& V! O
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Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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" l3 ^$ b, y3 S3 J K 千里之行始于足下6 V. S" G, Y2 y& X8 a
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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O3 K- N4 Q) t5 E' i T" P 人之初,性本善3 y# q1 r3 m8 I' H2 ?& \+ V
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a blessing in disguise;
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Every cloud has a silver lining.
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' K8 ~, j( v$ ` A ship rises with the tide
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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7 V) S% a+ ^9 g6 Y! y: h 实践是检验真理的唯一标准
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Unity is strength.
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]8 r+ J0 J, U, j% @ a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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1 Z1 s9 Q' X$ u8 V 无风不起浪
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徇私枉法( E7 D+ P$ n) _ l/ [+ e
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a new broom sweeps clean
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心想事成
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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$ t8 h. O* Y, x" ?2 { First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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W! c' w }& s @% L. C7 { He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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ants on a hot pan
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3 {1 f5 M9 F" j; [1 a2 i 循序渐进 D2 m4 Q! \7 I7 O. N
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严以律己,宽以待人
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9 i1 L6 ~; l# B. b7 s3 d) f7 I Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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4 Z2 l K/ S) o- M2 J 有钱能使鬼推磨& {, Y1 K* w! J* U7 o5 n- K% F
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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7 }* T/ d3 e1 j2 h7 u$ o+ ^ 有勇无谋
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有缘千里来相会
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4 Z* ?; G- y+ h" K* c 与时俱进
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people-oriented
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欲穷千里目,更上一层楼
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; {; z( a6 F2 X1 v to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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$ r$ c# m& w+ M( U4 S8 V1 { Haste makes waste.
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Great minds think alike.
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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冤假错案
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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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众矢之的
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target of public criticism; g$ A' z1 F: r4 P% F
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纸上谈兵
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be an armchair strategist
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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