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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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Love me, love my dog.
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One look is worth a thousand words., X: n& y! z/ Q+ z" t5 K
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Seeing is believing.
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比上不足，比下有余
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best/ V2 N/ [& A0 h7 N- _) m) f
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拆东墙补西墙
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3 X3 s9 f, q1 f d' ?6 t rob Peter to pay Paul
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辞旧迎新
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$ d0 @$ a2 ~+ }1 X8 c& A# c$ `/ H 大事化小，小事化了" R- P# @+ \; p1 k6 D: n4 B; S
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: k0 H' B6 E. Q2 i 大开眼界 l C: ?1 A; N5 \+ K- }/ x# A
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
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too much is as bad as too little
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0 u( H9 `% M7 { 好了伤疤忘了疼0 f1 Y' F# b% v. u* s: Y
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once on shore, one prays no more
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Bad news travels fast.
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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金无足赤，人无完人
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' P# U6 m" o; J There are spots even on the sun." i1 G, ?0 _: D: D9 O( i6 _6 S
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% b3 Z2 j* \, M4 a 君子之交淡如水
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0 D: T$ [5 j) N4 } A hedge between keeps friendship green.$ I6 J( {. l, A, ?3 e5 Y9 O
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' ~0 P% a2 G' F. S+ f6 A a achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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名利双收
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茅塞顿开
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Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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- p8 t7 P4 d! p5 ~5 f 抛砖引玉
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One can't make bricks without straw.
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强龙难压地头蛇
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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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( F& c$ Y+ U" j! H- V1 Y. | 人之初，性本善
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! K3 R3 i8 {: Q$ u 上有天堂，下有苏杭
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts- ?* ~9 p5 L7 X& r5 H
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说曹操，曹操到
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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韬光养晦
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Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue604 x1 |9 ?3 |. T1 U& g' `
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Unity is strength.
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) ^" {+ H7 v( {" ` 歪风邪气0 A$ h0 V* R1 D' ^
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% M3 k% V1 O! T1 X4 _" x' G 无中生有: j+ X8 ?8 F8 A0 K& _ B4 ~9 D
# x& B2 }; O) x' Z u a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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, q+ a4 y0 L$ g4 v6 p 无风不起浪6 x, q' N! Q3 a2 N) a% \
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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Y9 Q' ]4 Z( ?; ?# b7 b% A a new broom sweeps clean8 z+ r1 L. P# }+ s
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$ N$ i, F* W {) P" ~* u+ E# P 蓄势待发: {) M+ ~7 z' `- w. `
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accumulate strength for a take-off3 `( R K+ C3 V5 Z
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心想事成
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May all your wish come true% ~9 Z, x. N- f. ~+ d
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& g5 P9 I) M! v9 @1 \) T have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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: K2 l5 j7 x- ]6 g 先入为主; H: a! M% c/ Z
9 E4 g7 a9 c! a# ?( z# D First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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先下手为强! E8 V1 P4 F0 X& w6 N5 B' L
3 S8 j7 c, ~% n He who strikes first gains the advantage./ `: u; C' d% W& J; O
. q0 ~8 O9 i& q# [" U+ l2 l The best defense is offense.
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热锅上的蚂蚁
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现身说法8 L" d; N2 t% j) ^( f! J
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6 ?6 y$ ?% ]) D# M2 } 息事宁人
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: g0 \7 V/ f1 c pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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循序渐进
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g7 m/ I5 r. G4 i proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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1 z& i L& }$ Z& i2 v7 _- x. G be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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# L7 ]0 T, K4 M4 i6 c) Z$ n" P 有情人终成眷属
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81# l/ _- Q+ P# d
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82% H |: Y4 X: K1 k) K
& N" }! y5 \' t 有识之士
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/ Y) V$ b" ~( a- g4 h& ^( a: } 有勇无谋; _0 a2 P3 G* D5 ~) ^3 \
$ |! {( H8 i0 y& X% t/ |8 E bold but not crafty84
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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' _! S0 s8 ^: S+ y) a+ j
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# _8 \3 C8 Y' k- {* ~% ~3 Z 以人为本
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Z" F+ l; V c3 W4 H' j 因材施教
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teach students according to their aptitude
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欲穷千里目，更上一层楼
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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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3 g* x) ~# B" j/ o+ _ More haste, less speed.& k. E* I. p4 }8 e0 p) X3 U# O- d
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优胜劣汰
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G- F( K$ E% N% e' X2 z. c8 w Great minds think alike.
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冤家宜解不宜结
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8 J! R( D* o$ [4 b Better make friends than make enemies.- G7 o2 p& S; K& |7 I. T
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases, I) N3 N, R: p9 h% I# Z
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A promise is a promise.
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A real man never goes back on his words.
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" Y& q1 R( L# z3 k) g S9 h8 A 招财进宝6 o/ i1 X- G6 \+ D$ i
: B* k. J( }0 A( O6 Y, i# \6 W bring in wealth and treasure2 l# O% m- J+ N! l: G" ~1 j
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众矢之的
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7 `$ J" d( g9 U; P9 C4 g target of public criticism1 n- @2 I$ o. j, K$ ]* V
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9 H, S7 Z* o0 S V( j be an armchair strategist6 |! m8 p0 {- m' A3 A
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$ u" e6 c/ c, d6 f( H1 x; E9 [! d, k8 @0 l 纸包不住火
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1 D+ i( z$ o& r7 W- |4 A You can't wrap fire in paper.4 j4 b3 k% Q i* x" `6 j
; w- a+ y7 t, f% f1 ?$ w; {" ~ What's done by night appears by day.( H j# H; j$ Y& ^
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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