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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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/ H- _6 N8 L9 q7 b) Y 百闻不如一见
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/ j+ ^1 M' q& X. S. T& L( g3 H0 K3 j One look is worth a thousand words.( M' S4 R, R) N: P, m
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Seeing is believing.$ [5 T1 i% L8 x( W! @
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) v; |( n t. o3 ] 比上不足,比下有余
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% q6 E/ @( K; n: R0 \- E3 _ to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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' n$ z+ R) l# j$ p. E A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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不打不成交
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5 n, k2 t" s$ a 大事化小,小事化了
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# Z$ W0 n- c# t: T+ G6 m; Y try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all# E; V9 d+ H; `0 J; c: u% M
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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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J2 Q. Y8 O0 C. y! Q$ L0 f' W3 q2 j too much is as bad as too little
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好事不出门,坏事传千里
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]" v9 m5 B0 R& s) S: L* \9 ]3 ?8 V2 q 活到老学到老% V- T# v1 L2 U+ | c2 u# K, X
. O* A# c# g4 X, A3 M8 P never too old to learn
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! E% O& M, z6 [3 A 既往不咎
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/ P% t* `; m# p, Y3 ] m1 ^ let bygones be bygones; {. v9 c3 {9 S' d9 S7 T
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+ d. v- F$ k" L1 @; H/ R There are spots even on the sun.
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5 } ]/ C/ F! B. B. O7 f O7 i+ x 君子之交淡如水
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留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
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be suddenly enlightened
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3 D- H1 n7 W; D6 z) B 没有规矩,不成方圆
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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( C7 [5 o y% ` C5 _ 抛砖引玉
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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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- D1 U+ c6 g: Y( L' x6 b 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( }4 v4 L- Q% Y* R
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8 T4 E. M. N' {% H6 M$ D 强龙难压地头蛇
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/ c/ H2 h$ N: k* E 人逢喜事精神爽
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" v/ h0 L5 U# u3 M6 e Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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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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$ e* f: u% @6 B) u 说曹操,曹操到
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speak of the devil
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is8 T, c/ ^# E$ p. T a1 Q: O
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望子成龙
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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: t" J/ E. V2 ~6 g( l a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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a new broom sweeps clean
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1 f9 t' p, B- D& j3 h* K 蓄势待发 ^6 t& e5 `& r6 ]
4 D# r5 t6 T/ ]# K accumulate strength for a take-off8 e0 _" ~+ D! O7 B( M# O% Z" y$ @% h
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$ |" I" N2 S7 F% c 心想事成# j0 v ?% f% Y7 h
) y6 F4 x7 T c9 m" \ May all your wish come true
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+ W+ s M/ A1 ^/ [ 心照不宣" t) ~6 a5 n+ p% p5 }* q
% S( I) G. ]. `' g$ Z/ p. x have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation8 H9 |. `3 b0 t6 t/ J- U
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2 W+ j. q' }, k, x w2 n$ ]/ ~; v 先入为主8 o, x, I: M: b. Q3 }
+ i* f2 ^2 f1 L' J9 l First impressions are firmly entrenched. w* C9 ]2 M1 ]" Y: L
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2 |$ O F! P/ F% s He who strikes first gains the advantage.& j2 m9 h- c) e2 X. N4 y
6 R' X5 l5 @( r: \" q# D The best defense is offense.
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热锅上的蚂蚁
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ants on a hot pan
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现身说法
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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$ i. [3 p$ M5 g% W 有缘千里来相会
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n3 c2 v8 P, S' G! b 与时俱进
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teach students according to their aptitude
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1 Z- P/ `) t& f; I0 e# e5 u' T% ^. G Haste makes waste., j' U3 P: t" {2 ]7 ^
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( z$ w0 _. t- u& }1 j Great minds think alike.* ]" a3 j* r5 F" T
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6 c3 N/ B( w4 {% S. x& R Better make friends than make enemies.
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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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1 x( d7 P, j. y8 ]: f2 A: r3 a$ g 纸上谈兵
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be an armchair strategist0 H& C, x; k/ @' W( z. L- `5 q/ @
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纸包不住火
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5 d6 L" e# H; I4 f, D4 m- ~ What's done by night appears by day.) v3 l X! T# @' q
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