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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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爱屋及乌: I; F" |% O. h0 K8 J
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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比上不足,比下有余4 X% j' u* g1 V V' Y
3 F" f6 p0 H7 I$ p to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst7 Q2 `7 D; m. N
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* b" K6 ~3 }4 L3 e5 O 不打不成交
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No discord, no concord.
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4 G- z( Z7 c, r& ] 拆东墙补西墙
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# F, a# @ h! s% r! `! G- q rob Peter to pay Paul
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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7 J' u( y' J( I' X3 E" R6 z try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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' D2 A2 j" U+ ~" }* x 大开眼界
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过犹不及
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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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5 H/ l' A5 w: x; S% q6 @: ` 好事不出门,坏事传千里
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Bad news travels fast.2 s; ^9 D8 v% _: {5 O; c
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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6 F% ~% Z( e s3 \/ H1 A 活到老学到老
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never too old to learn
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P4 o$ @4 d/ F 既往不咎
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金无足赤,人无完人
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$ w( z; v, E! K9 S: [; [ There are spots even on the sun.$ V# \9 }( f M% U6 x( k' q
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+ y' H/ @ S" w- p2 D* ^2 ^ Treasures fill the home.
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# P$ I4 L7 q$ X9 R 脚踏实地
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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老生常谈,陈词滥调
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" d! v. P, ?9 b4 D 礼尚往来& a( J3 Z7 J. k+ ^6 K! y0 a: Y
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Where there is life, there is hope.
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gain both fame and wealth
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没有规矩,不成方圆
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' I: c8 Q: d- L( s 每逢佳节倍思亲% t9 Z; _5 @ v* X) ^9 I
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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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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1 l4 g( k$ N+ Q; r! ~ 巧妇难为无米之炊
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Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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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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人之初,性本善
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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* [3 `( `' j; _- M* ^6 F Every cloud has a silver lining.2 i- f1 }( Z4 r5 G8 k+ K
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3 `' I6 `& A1 I" @ 三十而立
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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韬光养晦
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' @& \3 C4 a# z 天有不测风云
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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$ F* l9 v: E% `" ^' Y2 \% C
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, K; O$ g% e# P1 e( G0 K 无风不起浪
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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徇私枉法
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9 ~- T$ O9 w8 K, l9 c 蓄势待发2 {( r5 b' i, b. i
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# j7 L+ C4 v7 A1 b 心想事成
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation/ n, i" t/ R) M9 U
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息事宁人
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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有识之士
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More haste, less speed.
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W* a4 p9 C: K What's done by night appears by day.
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