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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!. S: t$ F& R a d0 W4 {
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" Y7 a5 C9 |# x0 Z 爱屋及乌
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Love me, love my dog.
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百闻不如一见
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' n1 U" e( E7 T6 K9 T( M$ C One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.0 {8 q8 W+ k! K4 ~% M3 W
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& Q1 a- S+ m; e 比上不足,比下有余0 M+ h% L' H! I
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+ h4 J( F$ P% ^" A6 B5 O 笨鸟先飞2 Z2 v6 L- l6 G$ \3 r: N8 K
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; y! ]' T3 L4 M1 R 不遗余力
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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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' ?- g8 |4 p, [0 E2 q' Q bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all/ e. n: i& w9 Y+ x4 _
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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) P7 G' `5 p8 q' w! i9 B. z2 I4 a There are spots even on the sun.
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# C, [& C9 u. r9 A 金玉满堂: S) g& O- A$ U9 U1 f- o: T
* }+ A) `' |' a1 o; X& ^ Treasures fill the home.
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2 u G7 _1 M% b; J# M2 I2 ? 脚踏实地
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% e7 x' _7 _8 ?2 L: \ be down-to-earth
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; I6 W$ [* \* ?$ Q$ b 脚踩两只船6 _5 E, [7 Q5 E& f2 H& W! x; }8 Y
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君子之交淡如水
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" J F6 Z3 J7 Q1 E& E cut and dried; cliché5 V1 A# T* b7 J1 w, S2 L
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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名利双收
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$ j( a) d/ v2 S; ^ Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.- Q3 q% r( i& s5 I* S
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, \, E1 f: C. ] 每逢佳节倍思亲
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9 C6 q) T* c1 T4 C6 U4 C5 _ On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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2 w6 F! G1 g: h" B% ?3 J 谋事在人,成事在天
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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赔了夫人又折兵
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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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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a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
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人逢喜事精神爽
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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( W6 S( J1 H5 `1 t 天有不测风云
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! P+ q" G9 N# a) l There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.8 R2 E% x2 P2 D
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5 Q7 u( X( d0 N" n% `, F9 F 徇私枉法. X3 s7 h [; T0 F5 \1 d4 E4 K% p
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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& n" c1 w, i/ O& ^& @; G: s 新官上任三把火7 E. Y. d# `! ~ V, F8 Q' [# `8 f
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a new broom sweeps clean
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E/ C8 x" u+ }/ D- S+ o% Y7 o, @ May all your wish come true, W% t5 p# N2 M
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心照不宣
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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2 S3 E# g& M: ^9 L3 B 先入为主4 `; I% [$ X# I c, g/ K+ j
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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6 h* X* ~: C& K$ B. L7 u 先下手为强
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The best defense is offense.
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热锅上的蚂蚁
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, j7 {3 C/ q7 c* R& n z% F 现身说法
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6 q( B+ r6 n3 F4 T/ b 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 concerned7 ?0 ~7 h' F8 j7 Q' q, |
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9 R5 l# b3 a+ m4 E: \ 循序渐进
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+ k9 V1 ^: w7 E* b: F3 }" M 有情人终成眷属! S. b% o- x) \6 |. _) D
+ x* T( _- r3 A Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81 T! V5 N3 M& }5 y% S2 N
7 ~1 h& C$ v+ v) h$ u0 p( L 有钱能使鬼推磨0 Z- v) o0 e! a- S
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有识之士
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5 h1 ^3 Y. y! D/ L 有勇无谋3 V6 `1 j2 A p: a, \5 }- a4 M9 v
3 k! ^# W; S: @! o& T7 { bold but not crafty841 L5 y' Z: |3 ^' p" G$ n
9 u; \2 s- V; U 有缘千里来相会
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Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85% ^3 a0 J$ d; ~3 ]3 p1 ?
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teach students according to their aptitude
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More haste, less speed.
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2 l- ]0 ~0 o' N ~! p" d survival of the fittest
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! l0 `0 D3 W8 \* l% f Great minds think alike.; F$ r- u# w9 P9 i8 n( j* }
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$ H, T6 `% V; P- O8 c- I5 T# n cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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A promise is a promise.
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E( U5 B& n7 l4 o$ t W' C( r bring in wealth and treasure
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9 G1 o/ Y# _3 }( D! O" | 纸上谈兵
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% {7 V$ n: w( u& G# [3 M be an armchair strategist
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, `, K4 J* J% ` 纸包不住火1 s6 M, X1 O/ b, N& Z) n, P
5 w0 L( O' [! o, c! {/ Y+ m You can't wrap fire in paper.
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! G; c) v* M3 ~+ o" o. ~' {: P F What's done by night appears by day.
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" G& ~' |* I( p) y% g caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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