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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
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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" ]3 I* O0 Q6 _1 a 比上不足,比下有余
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?' H% L- o3 N) P A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best4 S: P9 U9 b# l% T
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c P' L, i( F9 H! u6 \ 不打不成交
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6 Q7 a6 G! @: I ^ No discord, no concord.
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- C6 b! t0 E) D' P# D 辞旧迎新
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' `& `- m2 d4 ? l7 `/ ^ Z! o9 } bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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' z5 x/ A0 e8 Z6 i 大事化小,小事化了4 j# @. C; A- M* s9 S
& |" i. C5 _9 G try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all2 E+ `* H+ I1 u/ |6 s% @7 \( a& _
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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国泰民安
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9 D& O/ ~* v2 r8 o3 h 过犹不及, S# R, d5 M0 R, }& _
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好事不出门,坏事传千里
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6 C) C a1 f6 U8 Q: y' S! w+ Q; h! G. S 和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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7 n$ s% {4 [% F 既往不咎% ~. M+ X3 Y# r3 G. Z7 Y
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There are spots even on the sun.
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$ r# A3 v' b6 C6 C; L7 k 金玉满堂
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脚踩两只船
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp# o- o1 O. _- y7 _+ \" X; l
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/ n( n% K) `3 \$ D A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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老生常谈,陈词滥调* ~2 N" ?0 @" m. f
5 } X) Y: F! }8 H cut and dried; cliché% p1 s9 C4 ?) S0 E/ g) o' O j9 }
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+ i. \$ q8 d% V+ F6 P5 ` 马到成功
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Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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9 O" K0 _2 P2 e5 Z% K/ k0 t On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.4 ^5 S$ q1 t6 T! n% P
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3 z( M" R# `& M% w; z! G 谋事在人,成事在天* A/ V. |: P( `8 A% O
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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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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take the preemptive opportunities/ O! F% S- R1 p! }
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! r+ M. A( u: j6 J+ w, s 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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' d# R: S9 `: q$ i 前怕狼,后怕虎
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fear wolves ahead and tigers behind; hesitate in doing something
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强龙难压地头蛇
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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2 a7 U: H+ X; t8 G7 U8 t Every cloud has a silver lining.
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糖衣炮弹
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/ K* e; }; L: @" | 团结就是力量
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Unity is strength.
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( i4 q) n, n( E' ^ 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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无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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无风不起浪
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$ e L6 o5 a. z# P7 P 徇私枉法" o% |- E$ Z' z' p/ b' f
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新官上任三把火
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! e2 ` r7 ^. p+ i( x% c. | accumulate strength for a take-off
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8 M) u: m5 C6 j% h Z# C2 t 心想事成
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May all your wish come true$ `5 Y2 L. X- T( ^. u H+ L( ?0 y; I
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation; `- D$ p j9 Z0 m0 y4 g2 C
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1 K- _5 S3 i% V) ? First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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6 X2 A& X* a6 ?3 U. Z0 u# F He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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The best defense is offense.
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现身说法
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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7 z) ?, c y5 G3 L& \) |8 v" @ proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order* S" A* z+ u4 F) q) w" |4 m/ v0 D
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* A4 }" Y3 {+ C' F+ \ 有情人终成眷属
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! Y9 I' V$ v; y/ F: O# C 有勇无谋
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survival of the fittest
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become debt-ridden
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