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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.7 }) q) G& |# c! @# @# W
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Seeing is believing./ Y K7 H9 a) @4 ?
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; u1 N0 v1 v: L$ |5 \; n6 H 比上不足,比下有余
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5 }5 [- j: v, Q2 u3 W2 l9 K! r 笨鸟先飞
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' _4 n6 d) P, M" M+ x+ U( v5 V% _5 E A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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不遗余力
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4 {+ [/ z; ~, O2 m- K- }5 T 拆东墙补西墙
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1 N! A& k& V8 m" |' E; ]/ i8 d& Q( i/ I rob Peter to pay Paul
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3 R% k/ B* h, [5 D: i: d: x/ n0 a 辞旧迎新
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4 I! V- h" r9 t bid farewell to the old and usher in the new0 D' M9 d f- O
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! m6 f; Q* D5 a# E% I+ Z) [ 大事化小,小事化了# \/ X0 `; D$ M/ w
" |, ~8 c; _, n9 ^) O try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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大开眼界
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国泰民安6 o' C) }5 @) D0 J3 f
9 p4 w8 T( Q7 O. ~2 E the country flourishes and people live in peace
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过犹不及
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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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1 F: S8 I8 A8 U0 f# _. m 好事不出门,坏事传千里
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Bad news travels fast.
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2 F7 y4 D- _" ^. ?6 A7 O/ N 和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;$ u: |" a/ i$ J3 k3 F
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$ E* K- S; u2 S9 @ 活到老学到老- u& T7 W& O) e
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never too old to learn
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/ H# K( P8 Z4 X; e9 b v5 ] 既往不咎, f' b* q3 \- |# O* e
! Q( N/ d$ U: p7 c2 p( e# v+ e let bygones be bygones
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Z) o! A% A) n( o* u& a 金玉满堂: W; m) H2 y0 \+ I5 ]/ M
- U9 k' p' K. {, L6 G3 U Treasures fill the home.( F$ P& p( [' L" i- K
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5 t# v% F: j0 e5 o& A, Z be down-to-earth
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( V- A0 u G. L% v; { 脚踩两只船
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp* J+ Q4 Z- H9 S% b/ P2 y, ]
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1 {& ?4 m$ Q1 i 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché
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Where there is life, there is hope.
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名利双收
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- ?! L7 U+ `! V& a( h 茅塞顿开. R5 H; A! l3 r% V2 x& j
5 m, G* y% s5 G' V be suddenly enlightened( f: w! |% M% N* z
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3 q* i0 u1 W+ U. d: R, B On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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2 Y% [' N6 D, b% x- _ Man proposes; God disposes.
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, |& K' v5 T7 b: [ suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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; ^: j+ M/ o. Z( t+ ]& P a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
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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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' g/ \$ @' ~- h5 |4 Z 巧妇难为无米之炊
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7 M$ @! c5 g' f) `8 k; ] 千里之行始于足下2 B9 A7 _5 f/ d3 p. q
% B% K8 v2 w7 {9 Y6 ]( U% F; a( J a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step/ `; B% ~; u/ n0 h0 q
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4 j9 Q! F5 O! b 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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世外桃源
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3 K) Y5 U/ J) q5 j! O# N5 d 人之初,性本善! w# P9 B4 c+ U: z2 A1 s$ n; |
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3 M- S9 D# J9 z' {3 d/ R. o& T 上有天堂,下有苏杭7 K3 y9 {5 T9 \" u
( M! b" h" b5 _ Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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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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6 C1 @$ V! D& J( |6 X* f 水涨船高
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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* \4 i; B1 V9 | _ seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts3 H7 P* C. {4 _( w' i
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is( j/ `4 [0 Q3 K* g7 ?
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# r. Z0 W1 Z5 |9 h8 ? Unity is strength.
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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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+ m1 n: x# h( |: L9 F; F 歪风邪气
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唯利是图
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7 [) I% F+ n6 a6 G 无中生有
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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. X0 F1 J- c, P8 g8 N- I 先入为主/ C: c% S! m4 X2 Z% V! E# r+ p
" i9 `$ m) U9 z0 _! K4 g( x First impressions are firmly entrenched.1 `3 l9 }0 s8 t1 a" S3 [: _. b
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1 U/ ^; F: Q& ^4 | The best defense is offense.
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5 D, u5 I8 S$ N d( I 热锅上的蚂蚁
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$ U: k/ A( X- i% ^ 循序渐进
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.813 T" H$ w) v. x& Y- J9 b# T, u1 w G
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8 y7 x5 v& I7 K5 t5 K, | 与时俱进
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1 p# R! J2 x. Y 欲穷千里目,更上一层楼& `! K$ z/ n6 e' B
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survival of the fittest
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英雄所见略同
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3 d2 M M9 {, ?; X Great minds think alike.
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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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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纸包不住火
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" A8 P7 I5 G) L. l( l# z' h You can't wrap fire in paper.
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