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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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2 K; {' S! x2 c4 L3 | 爱屋及乌
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Love me, love my dog.
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.2 A+ N6 f6 T8 T, e
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$ g* U b1 [# r$ q' ^ 比上不足,比下有余
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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笨鸟先飞
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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不遗余力
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No discord, no concord.
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: L c, y9 o) {$ l1 t( B% O/ y 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
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大开眼界
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;- e! i2 e9 E& _
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2 K% B) E5 K5 H( W 好事不出门,坏事传千里" ^9 i9 u1 o; n9 N! ^8 z* e3 l
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Bad news travels fast.
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和气生财
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活到老学到老
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0 P5 A! L) U# Y% m& |6 H' | never too old to learn
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There are spots even on the sun.
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2 L9 ^- G# a4 L, O0 S* O9 H/ C& Y 金玉满堂
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2 `6 y! C1 d z3 {( M Treasures fill the home.
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be down-to-earth
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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% s; h4 A6 B& o/ U7 k8 x6 F% K 老生常谈,陈词滥调0 z2 J3 z/ b- J/ s8 l5 x
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cut and dried; cliché
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留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
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% }. ?2 @; h% c+ \9 r! Z5 Q 马到成功
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% M' C* [/ A5 X/ {$ ~: [ 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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" ]* U% ~) s8 j 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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Man proposes; God disposes.
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. \1 B& k4 _' u- [" q$ J6 } make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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" `: X+ t9 U( G3 y7 x i cut off all means of retreat;burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end4 W" g/ m1 F: M. S# e8 o% P$ k+ G7 ~
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8 _, u3 n x5 ~( _4 X 巧妇难为无米之炊7 S' x2 H! O; Q, M# T* ^! K+ d
) b! Q7 ^& F" ~( p+ _ D# j3 u/ Y) \# L One can't make bricks without straw.
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a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step7 b4 o# h+ C' U/ g: F' y
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9 A X/ F7 R; c( d A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year
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3 A8 Q5 p7 |4 ]- A, A- Q4 L, Y! P2 h9 o 人逢喜事精神爽
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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Where there is a will, there is a way.
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世外桃源
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% N, c3 u( j( o, ]5 a& u 三十而立
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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.2 s: o5 }( D8 t: N" V7 ^
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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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实践是检验真理的唯一标准
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糖衣炮弹
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1 Y; D2 C6 w; Q7 _' ` Even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean - there's nothing one can do to clear one's name
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hold high hopes for one's child
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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$ `4 k! W$ P2 u8 L. Q/ G There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.( x& P, a2 l m7 k4 x' w) Q
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5 Z, V; z5 q4 Q. l 新官上任三把火/ ~# t5 N2 T% t. x) g6 \
1 I/ T" b- n4 ~& Y& @. ~ a new broom sweeps clean
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; w. A ]+ m' j' H6 o+ A! @/ V6 K 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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6 B" V, l# r, t3 s1 y1 `' G6 t 先入为主
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7 n; Y; }& ?) k/ v First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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8 f/ j9 ^! o* o+ _/ j 有钱能使鬼推磨( H/ ]5 _6 I8 D$ y* V ?0 V7 o
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5 f" [% B% k% ]0 E5 B5 T 欲穷千里目,更上一层楼& W( e0 i: t- N |# ?' n0 L# R
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