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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!' ^& c/ A6 ^, p R5 ]1 E$ q% D4 p
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7 p, f/ a5 M' Z' k( E1 f. X7 B 百闻不如一见
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- ~+ \' _" ]/ L& g6 x A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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不遗余力
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( a4 U7 s2 ~6 i+ i0 F! b' c bid farewell to the old and usher in the new6 `7 r3 w" D3 c8 m3 Y
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' W9 _) ^- k# R0 I 大事化小,小事化了7 `& R3 V0 f3 [+ X# n
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all& {) K8 B( w4 j7 l2 q' ^; w! p
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1 e, q2 u- N# C" @% q. I- |9 k8 n2 Z 国泰民安
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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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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once on shore, one prays no more
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! m+ j" y- Q& Z. a' a 好事不出门,坏事传千里0 e2 E* |$ H- q1 m( G
, m2 v0 |: |" u U Bad news travels fast.
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5 o% X9 ^, p' G8 A; p( w( D5 k 活到老学到老
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}5 m2 A5 _+ r, N7 K There are spots even on the sun.
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. y9 r; s: m% m2 E) h8 ?6 C 脚踏实地
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' X/ a e/ V# i& Y' ?8 w 礼尚往来
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名利双收
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& c% \, S$ o- H; R) Z Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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2 c- I! I* o: V* d 每逢佳节倍思亲. Q. H5 n0 K( e. |# L) Q. \
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4 x9 u. ^* |# Y) F* a! E3 { w 谋事在人,成事在天
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3 y7 G- d1 {' T5 Y4 `( b Man proposes; God disposes.
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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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7 d' @ F; m0 e# }6 P) H Where there is a will, there is a way.
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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.# e1 B( S) Q9 S2 s3 ?4 E
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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% M5 b0 E( K$ z" v( h) ? 无风不起浪
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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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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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, k/ M% ]% E6 u; p \2 ^ 新官上任三把火
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, M; t1 P+ U7 a1 T) D a new broom sweeps clean
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& G- o+ i9 Y- P X4 \, V7 z* J accumulate strength for a take-off9 L/ ?' K6 I2 Z0 b& _0 `. m# @
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/ L( i5 s6 X( P2 \8 g6 u( m May all your wish come true- x/ v( q% w. v. k
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7 l2 s: G: Q j/ \- n have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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7 i9 K1 i f. |/ n# n* Y. K0 F 先入为主: @2 Q- M9 e6 T0 {$ ~% x6 L
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( O' O9 x& L% M He who strikes first gains the advantage.* [7 N, B% }& b8 O3 n5 E
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ants on a hot pan
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息事宁人
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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, a1 v+ n9 r( K! `5 W9 j4 C 严以律己,宽以待人. |! g8 V" j* `
& l8 O3 o+ N( ^ be strict with oneself and lenient with others: j4 g3 L# v, I$ `
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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2 P7 X" x- n& J, k Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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1 d$ m' f+ f' m7 i" @ 有勇无谋
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与时俱进
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Haste makes waste.
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7 p' |: y$ s1 P. F7 \ survival of the fittest
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Great minds think alike.* B3 ^4 M8 s' D1 T4 S
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3 c/ W4 T- H! y- g4 A 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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become debt-ridden3 y3 M+ g% J W6 W& U. b- H
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众矢之的
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target of public criticism
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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|8 @9 p @; m+ _; Y: p+ O What's done by night appears by day.
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