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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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+ O4 c% R) ]+ M 百闻不如一见- f' P6 a' I5 s, U/ |# C+ ~0 M
6 [4 a2 V O/ h* _% F One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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3 ~# A+ w& l' U/ b& e" o2 s7 X 笨鸟先飞; V! N$ D2 m0 E. @# z
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& Z! C9 B; r2 { 不遗余力
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不打不成交
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拆东墙补西墙
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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; `- I8 C8 r9 b5 c1 \3 x$ Y, ?. v 大事化小,小事化了/ v& H" V1 ? v2 N1 M+ |& [
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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* D* p5 O6 U2 q+ V3 T 大开眼界
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国泰民安
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% g* ~) Z; o- K/ z 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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Bad news travels fast.
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1 P$ N# x- @, m- n 和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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- z3 ^; g" r$ z% M! | let bygones be bygones
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6 q! p. W3 p% J 金无足赤,人无完人
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2 p m3 T A" x Q# S3 [$ n There are spots even on the sun.
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; g8 E/ C3 I+ q' @. V# s 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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/ A# l1 {9 l% {: n. A 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché
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礼尚往来
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8 M- j9 H% b- T 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
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马到成功
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be suddenly enlightened
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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9 [1 `/ _; r) b0 ~7 C6 L 弄巧成拙
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赔了夫人又折兵
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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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" q5 ?; R2 k2 p( T1 ^# P 巧妇难为无米之炊
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3 _6 w1 j6 q Q) G2 u 千里之行始于足下
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fear wolves ahead and tigers behind; hesitate in doing something
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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8 V; d3 @7 Q5 ~+ B! Q Humans are born good.
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Every cloud has a silver lining.
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说曹操,曹操到
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9 d- }" x# X7 w# T: O: u There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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徇私枉法
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c: O# R! p* j/ l, u 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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8 s, X( p) Y) |3 R { 先入为主
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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: Q) M- k/ S# m3 l6 { 热锅上的蚂蚁9 I& u S" T6 z
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( I" N6 [ @5 \9 V: f warn people by taking oneself as an example
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( u+ c) Q- x# d 息事宁人
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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) ?, k$ o7 b8 z6 {* l 循序渐进: n% c5 U, Y1 \$ T$ h0 l$ O5 m% L
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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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7 ^9 s& h: X4 r- Z) Q8 k 有情人终成眷属1 \: \& t. J7 a, Y( [4 |: @ v6 r$ i
r3 t3 @- D" r- r Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81/ ]* S5 s/ R1 M
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# Y7 F& ~- U0 j6 ~& s9 p 有识之士
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2 u+ H9 b# V+ i5 t! ^1 c7 X$ J0 z4 s, Z 有缘千里来相会7 W" `7 S' y ]" r: ^7 ?) n
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/ A% b: _$ U+ u+ Y! f' W1 o 与时俱进
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5 D6 d5 [; ?; S: S- V7 `$ V; T: |" o Haste makes waste.6 z. C- `& d2 ~
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优胜劣汰
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Great minds think alike.
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! A5 `( r5 V; m% W# s3 y; B* ~+ m 招财进宝2 o7 y* ~+ q+ z6 q
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: }7 N$ {+ |# j( K. h+ X N: p 众矢之的
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target of public criticism
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8 R' B8 |1 X6 c- T be an armchair strategist1 n' Q0 X% Y+ O$ j' B7 T- F
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纸包不住火
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# G. `7 o& |5 V# ]0 r What's done by night appears by day.
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