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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!" A+ Y: E- s# }
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爱屋及乌
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. _2 u' f/ H% |. h1 q Love me, love my dog.
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( G8 g" R3 V8 I+ `- Z1 V 百闻不如一见1 \( b0 F- y1 M
/ A: W( D$ f2 x' _; l/ S3 t& ^ One look is worth a thousand words.1 t* ]3 V) W6 D' J2 l
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst! W5 |3 K1 u) O0 s
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$ w8 N" Q, n% ]/ z- A- v A slow sparrow should make an early start.9 H- f S o; s- r
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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3 I8 T: S/ G- U. ]( @ 不打不成交
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1 o6 c3 O9 z9 @- y& u- ]9 y try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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3 Y- D% P& Y7 b! Z- P going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
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+ F9 \; e* |9 z0 ?9 R- o 好事不出门,坏事传千里* _) u0 Q3 Y7 q$ Z
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j/ j; ~" n) s+ z" i friendliness is conducive to business success
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let bygones be bygones
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There are spots even on the sun.
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. ]. M4 R8 u; Y3 F; l0 B3 [. W. o! T Treasures fill the home.* \: w! u8 z; l% `/ I- N% h
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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5 s- R) V2 k$ W: h cut and dried; cliché/ I/ _! o0 S4 ^
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9 d8 N. q9 D+ Z( }* `1 ^ achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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茅塞顿开
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be suddenly enlightened
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9 {: `. C. @; U2 V 谋事在人,成事在天% X7 Z0 `! S1 C) z- g$ C
. {0 a! H3 d, l$ R3 X; ^) R: q8 {8 Y Man proposes; God disposes.* J3 s% |! ]4 x/ Y7 s
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a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale) N- I2 @" I$ H# ?
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|& w& N3 N/ K9 R 千里之行始于足下
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a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
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2 K. @: k8 y$ w5 G5 x4 `; k0 t Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
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世外桃源
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a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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/ a( t$ y. E/ D! \# |" B4 W$ T) j- S 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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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is% T" R! s$ e; m6 i& q
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Unity is strength.% |: a! a) a/ j/ [1 C8 r0 m/ f
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: |+ ^/ x( L/ `% t6 n/ F9 L! u& v a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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无风不起浪3 e: v$ D& R8 V% p0 S; U0 N, O
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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! _' I6 y2 g x8 W( O+ d, C 徇私枉法
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3 |; n+ @& O- t5 B7 w6 t 新官上任三把火
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accumulate strength for a take-off
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May all your wish come true
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t; @- P$ R4 E. B$ m4 } K have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.3 a" F/ B, y( W# u) Y% E
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; X" G3 e2 E7 P' o; ~" E, j warn people by taking oneself as an example
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) k. m1 D9 D( X8 c4 P, g 有情人终成眷属
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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有缘千里来相会
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people-oriented
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to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.* v, h- R: t; k+ J
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冤家宜解不宜结
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases5 M% r- D% u% w+ E7 V
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一言既出,驷马难追
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become debt-ridden
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, M, m7 F! H5 _- [" X+ S You can't wrap fire in paper.
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" F l' b. @% `3 G What's done by night appears by day.
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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