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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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Love me, love my dog.
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% m2 R! r! }+ H/ N( F# D* } One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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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
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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大事化小，小事化了
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大开眼界
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国泰民安
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too much is as bad as too little
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好事不出门，坏事传千里
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Bad news travels fast.
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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9 `. q& R" ?, W% C 既往不咎7 H5 w8 i( o' Y7 B/ I; P! E& ^
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5 S7 e; b: O- w There are spots even on the sun.
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1 _+ e& b, h: A8 {2 J# f- C 金玉满堂2 o+ t8 Z2 M, h5 t( ]! N9 G9 \% ~
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% S& y. y- W$ d; S( C+ O5 C 脚踩两只船" A0 J5 k. u0 Z* e/ p/ k& {# ]$ _& U! `
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君子之交淡如水
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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名利双收
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" q9 n, S7 u8 t! } 茅塞顿开1 N4 f2 w8 }; y: {; [
8 j! e2 C4 u1 z: Z& z- A be suddenly enlightened
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9 {, p% h- z* e, h' W9 d* ^ Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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每逢佳节倍思亲
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) y% y1 u8 Q) v. m; B3 b( E On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.3 W. o1 m- f& b2 d) v; E. z
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1 }- x; Q/ B0 F2 s suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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% b4 c# A( F" T* i4 M. f One can't make bricks without straw.
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8 |0 w& ?9 O( V6 |. t8 c' X Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
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* k7 ? ^+ Q# Y4 [2 S6 a 人之初，性本善
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1 V9 h# b. p6 h 上有天堂，下有苏杭- m0 C, s$ i8 G( q- G) a3 w
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塞翁失马，焉知非福
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a blessing in disguise;
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Every cloud has a silver lining.
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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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1 }# O+ A6 [* A/ c- R) M6 g Time and tide wait for no man.
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$ h+ X7 x" I/ f, y" R6 } 天有不测风云
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8 ~/ J7 k* ] H. l0 U seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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无中生有3 G5 E- V6 E! u+ o, G/ x
, r2 L0 z+ i/ D. n& P# w3 l 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4 U' Y* Y- R+ C
5 p! ?" M9 i. Y" \% e; ^- G twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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新官上任三把火2 a: h6 a) K: f: m4 ^, T2 T
" k) P7 S# v0 d+ J# f! }5 e( M a new broom sweeps clean
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/ }5 v' j" |' e. G* Z; u 蓄势待发+ ^4 s8 n+ X0 I
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心想事成
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May all your wish come true
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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: f0 x- Y0 p- B; ?$ ]
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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先下手为强/ F ~7 t% z1 T- M
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, |3 u# f3 V% A ants on a hot pan
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现身说法9 o% c5 S3 J- {# k5 x# {" x
! T2 y8 B3 X/ [ B2 \/ n warn people by taking oneself as an example
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. r8 g! L; t6 L& c 息事宁人+ m2 }2 p$ w! `, F
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned& F8 C/ {. ]8 G) A. F* V' o
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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 order0 ?# H! t+ Y% J( o4 g
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. Z5 Q8 ^2 O/ b7 t6 H 严以律己，宽以待人2 ]+ N9 I3 Q c% h7 A
1 k% y6 O% u" g7 m8 X7 W be strict with oneself and lenient with others0 k. X7 c; }- v: J8 ]' ^, l
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有情人终成眷属
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8 y9 S/ u2 X+ X2 J3 L Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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' o' A$ w2 P8 z6 c 有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82) S4 d- f8 h1 E a1 r
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有识之士
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有勇无谋, n! U+ ~ i# T0 Z
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bold but not crafty84
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5 W; y2 Z* N9 Q7 x; o: T6 \ 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
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与时俱进
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keep pace with the times86
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" k7 W" T$ D6 v9 d people-oriented
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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( ~* B* j6 i3 @/ U9 I
n0 g: V2 R* _3 Y9 @ to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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Haste makes waste.
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1 n) i) V9 L8 j' q: ?* @) ? More haste, less speed.
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+ r. n7 W; K3 e$ @ 优胜劣汰
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$ ]% R. B6 |0 o survival of the fittest2 T2 Z' [. z6 b+ F& E# v
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英雄所见略同
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Great minds think alike.
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% {* v5 F% Z" f$ o Better make friends than make enemies.- \$ M$ L$ W8 u6 m
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7 Y% x2 C! d7 b0 x% @ 冤假错案
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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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: p/ r3 S! j% h [ 一言既出，驷马难追5 X9 I- t: o( F3 }
- V* K/ G* K' i# y3 r( s% h7 U A promise is a promise.$ |; j ~5 Z+ `$ R s' K3 P
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A real man never goes back on his words.
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0 t1 a& g6 {! `. s2 ? 招财进宝
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bring in wealth and treasure8 R6 t' N' i1 C$ O$ H' C7 Y: f
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债台高筑
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众矢之的
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& l8 L# _! A4 K 纸上谈兵
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" P N/ y8 w3 Z9 c be an armchair strategist
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纸包不住火" |0 {3 e( L3 d4 a6 b
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You can't wrap fire in paper.: ? B1 Q- j- [3 [
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What's done by night appears by day.- P8 R$ e6 S& R% A: o! A* q7 S: g7 I
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+ ^7 r! y& F; T$ z 左右为难' b, b* B6 H3 L) ?
- P+ H9 c( E. F; M6 e7 r; e caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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