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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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( X, ~. d6 R/ b 百闻不如一见
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Seeing is believing.
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4 Y1 u( w) Z2 t 拆东墙补西墙
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, r) K5 x# |. _- n 大开眼界+ j5 M4 L% R' ~
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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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" l7 T+ ?' v8 B3 v# m. x 好了伤疤忘了疼
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3 L' ]+ R1 U6 ]5 j0 L) }& b 好事不出门,坏事传千里4 k. E/ m: o# d) E' A
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8 {$ q6 m4 {+ e& j# ]' y% x 活到老学到老
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never too old to learn
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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cut and dried; cliché
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留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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0 s M: o; A3 y Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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8 {* A& G8 s: e& L 每逢佳节倍思亲6 S- @6 L/ l$ P+ F. G8 A& K1 J& f
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谋事在人,成事在天# a: G9 K, P0 w2 p0 D. k1 ~- e
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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8 D/ Y* |* P: C) Y5 l: C0 ^( G% { make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart+ N, @6 k) v$ ?. V/ L
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9 n T$ W. {' |; X Y a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale) b" ~, C# B* d& r
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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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2 h" S2 j& H9 c' R$ x; Z 前怕狼,后怕虎
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! K5 P& D5 {, h B Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth% ?9 X. x# U+ j) I( I5 [
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说曹操,曹操到
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韬光养晦
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天有不测风云
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- s' |: Z- @. M! p( e1 h. K+ V a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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徇私枉法
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+ S0 s' {" ?2 c0 A$ }% R twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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新官上任三把火1 c1 l5 Y" c" ]; F
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a new broom sweeps clean8 q% @. V. l1 N; M6 w. r
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accumulate strength for a take-off9 ^3 l+ v8 ~# _1 z p4 y
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+ W& Z, _" h3 e, v. n0 i 心想事成! q. Y! @6 m/ t" k& f3 e* Y
+ k: b0 @7 b' S7 |, l1 w May all your wish come true- r# y: E! s% s3 w; E0 J
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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
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7 Y% a$ ] i# ^$ h First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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0 X0 u* f6 }4 i0 ~7 s. \! p He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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The best defense is offense.
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`6 E4 Z' V0 l$ f, r 热锅上的蚂蚁
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ants on a hot pan
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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循序渐进
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order; K9 [5 ?2 u. z/ j/ }
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严以律己,宽以待人
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' L3 U, e: k+ |, }( _/ g: _: m! { 有情人终成眷属
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9 O, U- C8 t' X0 ]0 r Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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C1 @0 b9 F' R; y 有钱能使鬼推磨1 G/ X' N$ g. O
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.829 b6 K! R" @, ?
4 `7 `. g' h- B2 B4 L. L6 l 有识之士
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a man of insight837 m+ D- i2 \* D
. [/ R. `2 x8 G4 }6 _ 有勇无谋
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有缘千里来相会
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" W" V& \0 I" y( }" F" b 与时俱进
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keep pace with the times868 z0 q: H: t1 ]! a6 W" U4 s
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因材施教
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欲穷千里目,更上一层楼2 y3 ?# @. N) j- k- }
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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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1 x3 I& y5 b' F5 d: z3 y! B% X 欲速则不达$ y' `* l, i _) x l7 u1 X5 a. s
$ ?7 l( P7 [/ | L) k Haste makes waste.6 W' ~. ?& |7 u& C( L
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More haste, less speed.
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4 K' z- f" K" F 优胜劣汰
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英雄所见略同* _5 b1 P, Q$ { r* I! \9 k
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招财进宝
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1 P+ ]4 \% e8 b* s6 X$ T1 W, u You can't wrap fire in paper.; \$ g3 h. m+ k4 O7 U6 B
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What's done by night appears by day.
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5 S( {. ~* J3 p- ?$ C 左右为难
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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