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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!5 }8 {# L# f8 [! h
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1 Y; j; y" B) I8 n. w. j0 U. V3 I 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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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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! d* W1 t- F/ K* w+ z- F 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 best
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) T$ e m( P) C2 J 不打不成交
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" w: |* _; L& b+ W2 f 拆东墙补西墙
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0 D2 @/ k: B+ L+ a$ [ 辞旧迎新
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5 N0 {* k: e2 U& x bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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大事化小,小事化了
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: K6 P! q9 h& K" S3 F3 t& v try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all1 G: u) F- e" F3 F& h( F e, _
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, V: F: k l' c6 _ the country flourishes and people live in peace
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, X* g' n' g$ v4 m 过犹不及3 R$ W' S/ m" g# v# D) `3 }
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too much is as bad as too little
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Bad news travels fast.
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和气生财
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, w: y4 i8 }7 @# |! ~1 v 活到老学到老! q" j1 \! j" S" \& r3 Y
; W+ ?. B' {! F never too old to learn
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( e1 r: V6 E' p 既往不咎
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let bygones be bygones
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" o4 M0 M4 q: z 金无足赤,人无完人
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p! a( n3 Y1 D Treasures fill the home.
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! c1 x- T$ k! k- U7 x 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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0 J8 Y* t8 \3 S 没有规矩,不成方圆
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Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
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fear wolves ahead and tigers behind; hesitate in doing something
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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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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A ship rises with the tide
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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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Birds of a feather flock together.
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$ ^/ y6 d( _0 G 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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0 l3 S" G# d: Y5 \1 [5 Z a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air! Z3 @! V) X2 V% W" D' X5 Q) M
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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" k3 H' O; z; p+ ? 徇私枉法
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose6 O' r7 l6 ?* V3 h* `7 K' b* E
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6 G. i+ j6 _ e6 q% P4 B( D, G a new broom sweeps clean
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation& I) J/ x% @0 w
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. r1 p+ `. O" H7 c 先入为主" C' |" A- E m8 W; B4 u4 B) @
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! E5 A, ?; q# x$ ~' p The best defense is offense.
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0 _/ \9 R g: t% n! ~ 热锅上的蚂蚁
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned# p; C. m T- j! C) y8 R2 Y+ Z& c
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$ [( u& Z* A0 L& t7 V& l proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order( ^0 |% ]. O6 Q. h$ @
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/ ?+ N* r* K% e2 e T 有情人终成眷属8 M& i1 Z- S7 \7 U) F
2 [& z, e% m( b% B3 b6 {0 } Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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有识之士
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/ U0 _" e4 o* p8 r bold but not crafty84
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$ x9 J9 r( e2 J' Y 以人为本
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people-oriented
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( j- j4 D- l2 `2 S. Y4 E 因材施教
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Haste makes waste.
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冤家宜解不宜结
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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" s8 I9 |+ e9 H7 u n5 p8 W A promise is a promise.
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target of public criticism
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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! ^* l0 x" Q3 } What's done by night appears by day.( h L5 p+ A( o, w# J
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左右为难
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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