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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!. k* G7 n) J( e8 Y4 Q/ ]
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5 y: r( O/ Q# X b4 J 百闻不如一见
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$ R5 l0 i9 Y6 L) M One look is worth a thousand words.- [( t" c& G( H" c* n6 ^9 V6 J7 b2 O
% j+ E6 V) r# o" r% t4 K Seeing is believing.. Y6 o! K# M/ l* D6 l% O% j& X
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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2 T: W$ s& ?& z8 r% U8 P( z& ~ 辞旧迎新$ S8 O, Z+ E2 N2 O
5 U) F, L, z- U, y9 _) X3 t bid farewell to the old and usher in the new: ? o% E' t5 B: k+ H! ?" X
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% j) o( C" c" K7 [: h2 u 大事化小,小事化了) ^9 M+ x0 I# q" Z
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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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和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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* Z/ k! Y4 t: H! ~7 Y# t There are spots even on the sun.
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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. j G3 ]& i% m4 }1 a9 P 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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; Z2 u: P1 j% R( ^4 D 茅塞顿开
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) v2 U% O4 e* W- y, C1 t. E 没有规矩,不成方圆
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4 h' d+ B: V: Q+ x! B7 l1 j. j: U 抛砖引玉
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8 y X5 A; s, T1 s: L a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
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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
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$ ?& C: y9 m% ^4 W 强龙难压地头蛇
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; V: U; X- j2 ~4 s 瑞雪兆丰年
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; @7 v- R" R5 g Where there is a will, there is a way.
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2 ~/ ~( H9 ~- m2 z6 n3 n6 D" X Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.% a! W+ n( {. x) m
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. X* U4 o/ a' x$ _ M* z) p- `) ~ 徇私枉法
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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) \( C9 u# q% Y* ^. `* n' L D- s accumulate strength for a take-off7 D- Z: V9 N# b( ^2 c. V
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+ P1 b% s( Q- c 心想事成3 t4 Y, s$ [9 e( f3 I4 ^7 P
+ Y3 \( n8 A$ V* G& ^1 f+ y8 E May all your wish come true
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心照不宣
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( @; y$ F8 A3 W0 K0 t) Y9 N& w0 \ First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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3 [2 D1 M2 N( e* Q ants on a hot pan
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息事宁人
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned# e }. V1 k9 Q$ K7 Z. g7 f
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: \8 s3 s% h f0 Z0 Y! a" K 循序渐进2 r$ l3 G- _ e6 i4 m8 o
8 ?. @6 e. c( l proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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! u" `( q$ [0 E! w- n; b# o 严以律己,宽以待人2 Y5 i+ @0 @# b1 M* x& ^5 B
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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( S- S) y+ P: w 有钱能使鬼推磨8 s6 B3 V9 v' I/ L; j0 Y* v3 i
7 I* B8 g3 Z z1 }' L Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82& ]' O' i0 K8 {% d' }4 ?
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有识之士
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, v( }, o A2 k6 y. c 有勇无谋
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6 _7 \. E1 G% u h0 W2 @8 U bold but not crafty84
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有缘千里来相会1 |& J" v/ e3 [6 ~
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Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85
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以人为本
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teach students according to their aptitude
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优胜劣汰
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survival of the fittest
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Great minds think alike.
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases1 f) |2 X' |( m# s1 A
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一言既出,驷马难追
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6 I0 P/ Z0 g3 l7 M6 ]9 p# a A real man never goes back on his words.
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招财进宝, p' o$ _& L( C! ?
# A7 [7 H) j2 N) `7 p. t bring in wealth and treasure
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债台高筑
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target of public criticism
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6 b" G% u' v( i* k ?/ i! p( E/ ] 纸上谈兵4 N X0 q5 P/ R! {5 ?
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be an armchair strategist
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What's done by night appears by day.
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