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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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0 Z4 Y; D; F$ V* x 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.
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比上不足,比下有余
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" p# S& F& Q9 T2 y# W$ P 笨鸟先飞: r, J" p( m5 H m# L# @# q& a
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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拆东墙补西墙
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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大事化小,小事化了" K, V0 T, b8 T9 v1 J& H# l4 u. d
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大开眼界
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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国泰民安
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" X, h2 `! O9 b5 z# I9 l 过犹不及
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3 @$ M5 q/ Q. b( M, | Z- C going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;. X: S& H. I. f5 s4 E" D' |
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too much is as bad as too little
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好事不出门,坏事传千里
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, s+ ?0 R+ b2 k. I S/ p: h# f friendliness is conducive to business success
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2 [1 ]( \# a# v" Q$ x$ j 既往不咎6 y. B" z; \# I: H+ z$ J
2 J5 ~( S: c/ L7 \ let bygones be bygones
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/ o8 i2 a& F9 t5 D% e Treasures fill the home.
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4 z) L' m8 x5 z4 R/ ? 脚踏实地
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be down-to-earth
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! w8 `. ]3 Z5 V1 z! o+ D, D' M 脚踩两只船
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0 `: ~$ a7 \3 N' P 君子之交淡如水
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8 W' o1 ?7 X+ t( `- T- J! t A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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( |* m4 D/ _0 C+ O3 x4 v 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché
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Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
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$ c/ g% a: D- {9 Q. Y" h& _: Q4 l, Z 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
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名利双收
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gain both fame and wealth" M7 K1 P3 `2 [! \
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茅塞顿开
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be suddenly enlightened
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4 I/ z/ r9 {! {; V* `$ x( O 没有规矩,不成方圆
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* ^ P, w; j c# a; Y* E: |+ u 每逢佳节倍思亲* v! c; u4 q5 |
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' I* p/ k N9 M; n. m 谋事在人,成事在天
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: k( E0 p' K( W) | Man proposes; God disposes.
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弄巧成拙
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% ^7 f9 B7 z1 i, c% }3 e 抛砖引玉
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- F! U& [4 `8 @: a& W 抢得先机
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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/ s" y* ]% A8 o 世外桃源
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Humans are born good.
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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Every cloud has a silver lining.
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三十而立
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9 v- W$ c+ r* C9 ? 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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Time and tide wait for no man.
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杀鸡用牛刀
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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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* v0 A7 d+ F5 L4 l$ c 实践是检验真理的唯一标准) d5 O0 p+ Q* Y
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$ y4 m/ |& W0 @; h9 ^) x 天有不测风云( v/ c5 \) N8 q5 m
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/ b* g+ V+ r) k Z+ u# O 团结就是力量; M/ y+ Z# Q% Q! m4 ^
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4 @: _- M/ `* s 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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unhealthy trends and vulgar practices
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Birds of a feather flock together.
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( O6 u3 I; i' a0 V* u$ D0 Z1 h a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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0 r E4 k6 [) X; Q 无风不起浪
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5 x9 R% e% }2 I) d6 `# V There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.! i* t0 J; C- ~8 a# K) I9 O
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) ?% i7 O+ z" O" G# g: d 徇私枉法
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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a new broom sweeps clean
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1 {" q1 z$ s* \# A 蓄势待发
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0 }, `+ P; F. s" j9 `# n5 ^ 心想事成
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, ~( U7 m9 B/ x3 G3 A |. b, P May all your wish come true$ ]: N; ?6 T" v
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! o) N. L. y) z2 b# g/ A have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation& _% S+ J v% c, {/ _# i4 h5 q
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0 R2 e+ |7 y& j' ]7 L& G8 G; A 先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.% X1 F0 ?4 Y# r1 ?
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先下手为强
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. b' a8 ?! {2 H6 `; f5 R+ k. U6 n' J He who strikes first gains the advantage.) c& Y. n) h( w3 a
$ _0 T6 z/ p5 I7 E, p" O The best defense is offense.
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热锅上的蚂蚁
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ants on a hot pan
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# L; v/ K+ r( e% ]' Q F warn people by taking oneself as an example2 A }6 i% g/ g+ S0 ?
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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有情人终成眷属" J% x4 v" }8 J6 y
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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' k" \/ y- ?$ C% s% |0 W Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82$ G Z: @5 U# Y* |' i' t
5 t! K7 ~ b( O- o; `8 ` 有识之士( c$ J7 a' v) C% ?( ~! `- z
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2 B, ?" A% s/ T- n 有勇无谋
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" q& m, t* z: u/ q: E7 t2 z+ S 有缘千里来相会/ E1 n9 T1 c+ u3 G" b$ `
- J4 q$ G$ j( c- k Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85
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因材施教
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to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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survival of the fittest
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0 x' F% l! o/ v' U1 z Better make friends than make enemies.
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases& r' L# ] Z/ I0 G
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A promise is a promise.
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bring in wealth and treasure
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target of public criticism
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2 X5 t' j R* _. @1 h3 K 纸包不住火
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.7 }) F# {9 u5 k1 M- T6 F. p b9 ?: N
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左右为难
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