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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.; ~2 O3 P; B3 n3 V
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9 |# {/ O( u7 K* Q2 m 百闻不如一见
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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比上不足,比下有余
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$ V9 [- a* ^* q+ R to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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笨鸟先飞
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4 s3 }( o' I% g& d% I: r1 M" s 不打不成交0 _6 ~# V# f8 a/ ~0 p) B' g( s
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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辞旧迎新
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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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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国泰民安
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too much is as bad as too little
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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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6 f0 W6 ~, p4 w. G0 L7 r 好事不出门,坏事传千里: u) L7 t# d9 P p/ v
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和气生财& [ T3 V! x) C8 N$ _. ]' ~
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3 g0 F* f$ Z; h 活到老学到老
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# D' h5 F+ M7 j never too old to learn
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' {5 b0 e2 L4 p0 N, x 既往不咎, @# @8 x) e. R0 R4 U: b, [8 U
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. f" \ {+ l! Y$ A+ Q- O5 q9 m There are spots even on the sun.
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金玉满堂
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Treasures fill the home.
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9 r- ~& s* v0 V( w9 c. h 脚踩两只船2 H; B0 _, o/ X" t" Y0 s7 c
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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% a2 W# z: n8 e4 t 君子之交淡如水" K$ o, r8 S5 G4 V( S! S" N8 ^, I4 I
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W; q( H8 E* m* ]5 T achieve immediate victory; win instant success5 G }' S1 |! c0 y0 K
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茅塞顿开
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. J8 ^# j9 Z5 @0 i 每逢佳节倍思亲$ Q8 m( B5 C) l' g3 I
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抛砖引玉
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6 F4 s0 T! b1 e" I' g3 S9 s* d7 X1 o6 s 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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$ B0 d' J/ [* W; g, ^' [4 V$ [ 千里之行始于足下
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a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
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9 @! P1 S' }, w! G, f% ?7 S 前怕狼,后怕虎
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1 v( ]) P0 g, r6 ~5 P+ ^) H Where there is a will, there is a way.
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世外桃源
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5 l* q. s! P% J7 s' M$ h& d6 H0 G Humans are born good.
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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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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests3 l( e& p. S, r5 Q+ }* }7 l$ S
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& u3 q7 Y2 C1 M. v& {: D( z a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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7 m5 x% E6 Q1 h" v 新官上任三把火3 _: W P" y& {! ?8 p& n. {( c
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; p: v% T+ r9 H) d2 w accumulate strength for a take-off
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; ~# D3 l6 a! T6 f" \4 p8 U 先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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息事宁人
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' m) v, P5 }/ [2 p, q5 Y L proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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与时俱进
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survival of the fittest
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冤家宜解不宜结
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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一言既出,驷马难追
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招财进宝
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bring in wealth and treasure
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