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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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! n6 m# q( a% ^! u Love me, love my dog.9 d: i* x& c* ?; z! {
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2 y: C* Z1 C1 V5 _& K# @ 百闻不如一见# v0 Q, [) A# k. @5 o s9 @
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One look is worth a thousand words.% W& y/ P( A# Z5 i
# k1 ~! d! r& ?( A+ @: ^4 m6 S0 [ Seeing is believing.) W. k! C2 a& g& S1 y8 L) c
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比上不足，比下有余
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst) N* z6 Q) S0 l- e; x+ v; K# x" I
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) n. n3 x* q2 q A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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不遗余力
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3 n, J; J/ F, W# F" n 拆东墙补西墙
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7 R/ ^) a$ C: Y 大事化小，小事化了
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5 F9 H- u8 M2 p& g" [ try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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6 x" M, v9 O$ k1 j# H( K going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
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( d- A' z8 j5 H( H; H 好事不出门，坏事传千里' G8 R5 z+ @! x3 p0 N: X
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# X f+ @0 N$ ~( P! _ 和气生财3 \+ M( L3 @2 E J h
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friendliness is conducive to business success, {8 t: a% u* c
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' L: l$ s5 B. N4 [5 ~ never too old to learn
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8 k& k$ H! z8 k) O$ q2 Y) y 既往不咎4 n% O8 d# B# ?' l+ K6 K
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6 r' f6 s, y" [# A 金无足赤，人无完人. @7 a5 q- N: G- h
( \, }( F) n- g! d2 t& { There are spots even on the sun.
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+ W" Q# W" q( z0 T) C: ] A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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茅塞顿开
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be suddenly enlightened
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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5 `9 k$ t. i3 k8 Y, h- y 谋事在人，成事在天% `# }7 q, ?+ @- _
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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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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2 u; Q. w; n. H0 V. r& z1 s- K One can't make bricks without straw.
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强龙难压地头蛇
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世外桃源
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a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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s. P5 q/ N# q6 p 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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" m ^8 b0 H5 k& j3 c 三十而立6 R% f1 z D, C! Q+ f# Y# `
0 D3 k9 Y/ E* n$ }" g4 i A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.# B. a7 f* g- Z9 g
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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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: A; g0 E. K* q( L seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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无中生有/ @" d; A4 M6 g6 t* ~6 `& n
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air+ C& E! k9 k' o
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新官上任三把火
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蓄势待发
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation/ B0 j) U0 ?6 T# S
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先入为主9 W5 [/ |6 ^/ y# j
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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& U1 O4 o/ x0 f; R6 S4 S He who strikes first gains the advantage.0 a& p, J( j3 R* _
$ M7 [. G8 M7 d7 |* d0 J The best defense is offense.
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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息事宁人
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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( m9 z! Y. y$ E. L 严以律己，宽以待人9 S7 B0 ~: o4 k: R/ Z) {
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9 X- b _% s' F# f 有情人终成眷属
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! c4 K; P; E, s* |+ j Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81/ G. S8 b# \9 D9 V4 t9 e
5 ?: D ~4 Z8 M$ t: o# F 有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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; ~1 O* w; B) K" b3 j 有识之士6 ?! `5 f8 n, v. F5 U0 O( `+ B* |
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有勇无谋
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有缘千里来相会
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以人为本
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/ b2 a y) h* p. w) z 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼
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+ K) E( i9 M2 } H7 r3 ?5 h0 `# \ to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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冤家宜解不宜结
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You can't wrap fire in paper.+ ]" ^8 X2 s( Q, B) E- g" B
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What's done by night appears by day.
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