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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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' S8 b2 Q* y$ S4 n% D4 |2 N Love me, love my dog.
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' E3 q+ d# `9 m* Y) j# X Seeing is believing.
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比上不足,比下有余 @ X& D0 g- S: X7 S+ q2 {
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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I8 ^0 ?8 ~: i$ Y# e/ X A slow sparrow should make an early start. G- K8 u. u# _' t, D
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不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best' ]* y0 {3 ~! O! _8 i
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7 _0 l" w1 O2 _. ?; h9 M 不打不成交3 c2 m+ B8 s0 z+ d3 \9 {' g
6 F' W2 q, a& n/ Z No discord, no concord.
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0 s7 P8 q" A* ] o6 p 辞旧迎新1 ], @0 V/ ], b. W7 A& r# E
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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1 b' A! f1 U' c# ?. K5 { q* G 大事化小,小事化了: A( q0 E H6 e
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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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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener9 }+ D# B2 j1 |+ T
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* R- x1 Y; p: _7 Q& _0 b 国泰民安4 v3 A1 |) i5 p% Y8 \8 \$ V7 X
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" o" D0 {: M' O5 S$ B9 O' q/ P too much is as bad as too little
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0 T7 f( z* V2 J/ E once on shore, one prays no more
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和气生财7 [( i! W8 f% V5 t; W B+ ]
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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活到老学到老# M6 u* j- Q+ l& J. A2 B
R( J# j2 L9 \2 q never too old to learn% o! [; Y6 r0 O& j' o! l. t
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let bygones be bygones
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There are spots even on the sun.
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4 B3 D+ B% b; z* |: k4 ?4 G 脚踏实地# J" V: Z9 F! S2 L, X" M0 p& D
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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# L2 _$ ^" q0 h; a" ~3 N& g A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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; i4 Y5 t$ Z5 `7 Q3 g1 k cut and dried; cliché
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1 x. k, A' p; b" N 马到成功
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1 M1 X- B- r( y$ u/ u Man proposes; God disposes.
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1 Q5 j7 Q. F: s0 I6 F& V3 t make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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* s" J% u) ^; j* [ 赔了夫人又折兵- A5 [. V1 B& \
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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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1 u1 \% Y, Q% n/ X0 o" ? 巧妇难为无米之炊$ i" u2 ^( l$ i% W2 D
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- w( w5 h/ V/ s 强龙难压地头蛇" M% Z( M: V6 C5 T0 K
/ i' B& J( ~0 ^# v The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.0 L3 X1 h$ l3 x
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; K5 m* ^4 D7 Y Where there is a will, there is a way.
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2 c! {7 r# l% P1 R" W. j7 k 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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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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/ `7 U& A5 |! z- \. i' o( Q 新官上任三把火
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蓄势待发
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5 S4 l7 U( Z, V2 r: r) F/ p 心想事成7 B8 g; m' Q, f% K) D
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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 explanation
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先入为主8 R# Z% C1 h: e* q0 [( C2 M7 F
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$ n( k. q& j: E2 S4 K) W He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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$ V6 |4 V6 G" u. I ants on a hot pan
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9 V7 Z" j/ ^0 d 现身说法
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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* e& s3 Z- [! t# }$ W 严以律己,宽以待人% Q0 }; x5 C# E; q d6 k
8 A8 R0 h/ k4 |& a( G4 `7 e: @ be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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7 y1 I" c' x3 w Y. n$ l 有识之士
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a man of insight83
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2 d3 q: b0 w* q7 D* I2 @ Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85
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与时俱进
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keep pace with the times86
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3 a' h) h1 U6 r: w9 K 欲速则不达
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; x! S- h B2 K0 Z8 [ Great minds think alike.
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. a0 ?# \% d9 w 冤家宜解不宜结
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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/ O) D! t0 C& s. t 一言既出,驷马难追
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A promise is a promise.
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# ]+ F F$ l9 b/ R8 x 招财进宝. C6 c& Z# c9 ], k6 {& f4 u( G
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! x4 B* k2 l; N0 o 众矢之的
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target of public criticism
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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