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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!: U- X( H* i. ]$ j4 ]! B* q4 {3 G# a4 p
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爱屋及乌
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2 K- n" D p- B- z; p! I Love me, love my dog.
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, K+ ~/ ]( A* A One look is worth a thousand words.7 c" l. w$ Y' @% \7 Q; s" x
U/ _, e3 O; R Seeing is believing.
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9 o6 S7 C0 w! i8 A" u9 G) b 笨鸟先飞
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^, f% Z4 z# _4 j" q( R. u A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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3 ?0 U! o T9 J4 X" }0 a 不打不成交
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# }% B2 A: y- h No discord, no concord.& n( y* D% f% X* P+ u. h1 L0 }
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; T: M! `0 S# w0 Y; a* a 拆东墙补西墙
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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2 R2 V- f. X7 v) t, s 大事化小,小事化了
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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6 D( M$ y+ P, ?+ ]# y 大开眼界' u, m% c" y" @% t9 P
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好了伤疤忘了疼
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once on shore, one prays no more
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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% d& x! R7 j# a 金无足赤,人无完人3 D/ ^; U! r$ l: U1 O0 y
" N+ p2 I4 {6 `# p b6 o( H/ X7 N% h There are spots even on the sun.
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gain both fame and wealth
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* v. j+ D6 Q* V% C 谋事在人,成事在天
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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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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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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6 b8 `+ Y9 H: ? {) @ 唯利是图
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+ }, f7 F6 J/ f9 w* h) Q1 {* V3 \ 无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air, A( r1 { {4 Y
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. c, \) Q! t! v/ \, R 无风不起浪
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' l" ^( ~( O8 ]$ c/ ~5 |3 c There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.3 z+ M- A/ G) W0 U
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' P- w" ?/ H2 c0 t; M: D8 } 徇私枉法1 h" A! L: w$ t! v
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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新官上任三把火
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蓄势待发' i; p; V5 `1 R' G/ C( o
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accumulate strength for a take-off0 @: @4 v0 y5 o" H$ I6 q3 k; d
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心想事成! s6 t; R0 e% o8 P, \* G
7 W. s5 `' u* i" U7 _ May all your wish come true
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心照不宣
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation0 z& ^! c2 _- h: N9 B+ ]
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先入为主+ B6 W+ D+ Y; T+ M, U) i o
7 |3 y/ {) a5 c! N" \ First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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: i; ]- G) K8 ^: y$ ^0 E 先下手为强" x6 @$ G2 i+ u& z+ \! j' f
1 x+ I/ t1 s: s2 {. X1 e He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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0 {: L8 g o3 C% C9 f7 Q$ ? The best defense is offense.1 u2 A4 P: r4 y
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热锅上的蚂蚁
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% {2 f ?. e o$ Y5 m ants on a hot pan
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3 h' p' b7 n! n- k2 y9 k' U 现身说法
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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" ?. ]; n( S- w4 l pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned/ C; h7 x! h! `& q
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循序渐进
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1 N! c* s% \0 o& @7 ` }, \ proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order' j$ Z' B" }9 `. h T
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严以律己,宽以待人
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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% c& Y' b, N& f 有识之士
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7 J9 @+ z3 L) Q! G6 E" U a man of insight83$ a3 P" C. E4 _! d% ~
z* @/ h6 l6 B* {/ x 有勇无谋
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bold but not crafty845 c+ ~. S) s+ [
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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- C! P4 F: ?6 \, {7 d5 l' G1 z
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与时俱进
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keep pace with the times86
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' O% ?5 D% k0 t3 \1 U/ N1 u$ _" R9 z/ q teach students according to their aptitude
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: M, }/ u7 }: v0 O 欲穷千里目,更上一层楼
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4 h8 `! g" U/ u& O to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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survival of the fittest9 E% g5 E h# x4 v) Q2 N, _" u. C$ O
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6 K8 k( M1 J4 X, b8 q/ k: a. p 英雄所见略同
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! |8 U* E' V, g T' m9 R Better make friends than make enemies.
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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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( G3 |. R- f3 M, r) |3 l" C A promise is a promise.
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+ p0 t7 i9 ^' h" m( R 债台高筑
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众矢之的
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target of public criticism
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8 n4 I# y0 x7 s# x 纸上谈兵
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0 H" W& z( {' r' e 纸包不住火
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What's done by night appears by day.
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