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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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: p! r) L% D% K, g/ n One look is worth a thousand words.+ ^4 m; l% W5 l5 T. c6 P
8 H! w) c/ B' P* _ Seeing is believing.
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) p- B0 T* j; ^ 比上不足,比下有余& j9 Y$ S% y3 o/ j
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}8 H4 R- R+ s- w0 r1 m4 p 不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best. f4 e; y' D" O# c% D
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# k2 ?/ T! g3 j7 Y* M No discord, no concord.( q+ a I1 V- D, e
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/ C: X1 {3 S- l4 G- h 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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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;; y0 Z, [; q/ w# e; l$ P
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Bad news travels fast.
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和气生财& h3 X: C0 N0 q$ M( J* s% q0 e
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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never too old to learn
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既往不咎
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let bygones be bygones
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; ]6 k! g' t e: j9 ~3 O There are spots even on the sun.* x0 Y* ?7 x& V8 D
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$ t2 a: N5 `$ w+ T( l$ ?. M) j" T 脚踏实地
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5 x7 x* N9 `. |3 ] 脚踩两只船
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, M# Q8 a$ j' A A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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礼尚往来
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Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
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Where there is life, there is hope.
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# ~# Y" y4 X. N h" d: B3 { achieve immediate victory; win instant success9 S( I7 M; S5 J5 B7 X" C
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} G, u/ v( M9 x. v 茅塞顿开
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$ G5 A$ o* ]# \- v 没有规矩,不成方圆
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Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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, i3 X: t0 {' @1 j 谋事在人,成事在天
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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弄巧成拙
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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' o! _( u% q* ^' ~4 c/ z 抛砖引玉
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/ Z6 a: r2 M; f3 m( m, w* j a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale h* j' I s! b& m) R
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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 end2 f: h% G; p) s1 Q+ x* C
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+ ]( T% y9 n- Y8 q, N- J& y 巧妇难为无米之炊
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A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year
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人逢喜事精神爽
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世外桃源
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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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M7 m6 E6 Z! y# p H0 Y. Q8 n seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts( Q3 D$ `" G: N2 `! @, V' v' y/ F
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Unity is strength.
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" ~6 R% V/ a+ x a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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8 k) C6 b6 l% @1 t! m' G2 O 无风不起浪
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~1 \! H4 @& ?0 d There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.( f3 E( m3 m, r: B1 o" m/ n) Q
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' o. s% `2 T2 g! q" i w$ e 徇私枉法
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0 V9 X8 N) {- y: F 新官上任三把火
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z8 `' J9 L2 K3 U. a a new broom sweeps clean; e y5 j* q. p: ]& Q" {: E
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accumulate strength for a take-off
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心想事成, a5 x) t9 s8 g' Q( I9 `; o: @
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May all your wish come true
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation7 q" O- @* V& Z8 @' x; y
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8 A) v) {2 ^8 r 热锅上的蚂蚁
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned3 G0 Q3 _- |! k) X% A
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循序渐进
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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严以律己,宽以待人
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be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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! B9 F, A& \3 F" M Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85, M3 n! o" a# x* m
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与时俱进
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keep pace with the times86
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英雄所见略同
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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6 h A, ]! K3 ]4 A4 p 一言既出,驷马难追
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众矢之的
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target of public criticism
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纸包不住火
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What's done by night appears by day.
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