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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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: {3 _8 {2 ]& l! n Love me, love my dog.6 Z# h- C" D1 z! o: y0 U
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百闻不如一见" J3 H2 ]3 ?' S {. z1 o! A7 m% }
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. t6 v7 E. q. n( b0 v# F6 S 比上不足,比下有余, e; _; r( S8 a g) R0 J' T4 G, W: ]
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.3 ?' D+ c P+ F) d
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8 s& J' a. S+ }$ V6 K- d8 o1 U 不遗余力
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5 A# n7 K/ n, Q' _6 w" c9 G spare no effort; go all out; do one's best% f1 ?2 }0 W: ^6 o, I4 o$ O; @
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拆东墙补西墙
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all, g" O% w2 f% }' G) h L
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7 ^- V n' z1 [* S 大开眼界
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国泰民安0 u- R: y6 @9 d" M3 K& w) n
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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; o1 X% }" f; ]/ M9 Z+ }# S8 i+ m
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8 {+ w( d! }# X3 p 好了伤疤忘了疼* Y6 N/ Z, t) t1 w9 m
/ E7 u* e/ u, j once on shore, one prays no more1 q5 u1 a. M$ I. H7 V
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好事不出门,坏事传千里
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. B- [3 T, f$ {6 B" X 和气生财9 J7 g6 l+ k7 s a* Y
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$ i9 j- d2 k! V* D 活到老学到老: Q; p3 I, U! _& a; [/ U3 E
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let bygones be bygones
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! S9 W3 F0 @; K There are spots even on the sun.& d% S# { R6 j
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/ f6 U2 ^+ A5 j: k' ^ 金玉满堂
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& K9 O" k6 h, x- t 脚踩两只船/ d+ _- \" X6 q. U& g) C
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I1 {/ }7 Q' o3 z+ T- u6 O, n A hedge between keeps friendship green./ r- j! I- A; a: }- L" m
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6 x8 j$ \4 x1 I. Z' d( ` Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
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" t% {5 M2 s& g# q* Q3 ] Where there is life, there is hope.
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[* x) s4 d4 M5 e 茅塞顿开
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1 V4 |9 [( @ i0 ^% [7 ` 没有规矩,不成方圆
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5 e3 W9 x8 O2 e8 ? Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.% E4 N& d7 | F
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, G3 k: I% o: T& [" q' F3 L: A 每逢佳节倍思亲3 _( |0 J- b4 B( V0 z) f
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* U9 O c! D. s' Z% e. P 赔了夫人又折兵7 C n- z! }) x; e$ l' n- e
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抛砖引玉7 {/ y! N% ^4 j/ W1 g, L4 }" {
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1 l \! _% g. T) c) @: i* ?2 z3 W6 } 破釜沉舟
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+ Y( u6 K6 A, K: O' S0 m6 M! h 千里之行始于足下$ }. y- B7 ]8 F4 E+ J
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: _, c5 r( n5 W: h O 前事不忘,后事之师
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& E0 v7 G' d% Q: Q& |5 Z3 C Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
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' B% r) {8 b- c2 y 强龙难压地头蛇9 S( ^7 B2 ^8 `+ x6 {5 G
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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世外桃源
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塞翁失马,焉知非福
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7 @: R/ e+ h; O5 |: e4 j" o4 Y+ h 说曹操,曹操到
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天有不测风云
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7 {* u0 [% Q( e: s9 ^: d Unity is strength.
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无风不起浪
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4 }9 M+ [' b1 U 徇私枉法
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4 B. M" A, y9 R' M: U, A) q/ N- g) W 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
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accumulate strength for a take-off
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5 x0 X/ [' P5 ?5 Z7 E& z/ c 心想事成
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+ I% [+ f) W* S May all your wish come true% W) w. l- f+ F; [
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1 S w: k; K7 i" V1 }, o! a 心照不宣8 Y6 _3 i9 ^$ _; `: g1 Q' M
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation, f6 _, z: j$ O% h! f
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先下手为强
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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" [: D# ^( ~4 N5 Y 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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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.819 L" K3 s8 B4 u% R
8 y: f0 N7 M0 l. T1 a 有钱能使鬼推磨
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6 z& V$ q: A% u! w Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.825 w# M4 r% h' A% ?
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有识之士
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有勇无谋
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7 w. t# O% y8 @2 b8 m 有缘千里来相会0 _. W: q& J) X: t( r, S, p
0 r: i) q6 X2 E5 d' S Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85- d7 E N* r* d" P/ j, n- x# E
8 c/ @4 {* K# n7 n2 s4 s 与时俱进6 t0 g [& ~3 C+ v) t& p
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因材施教
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Haste makes waste.
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/ i( n( Y. ?. a, d0 z3 J& V) _, k More haste, less speed.
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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w1 P1 T8 K1 A# _% V( N$ \( t cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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bring in wealth and treasure
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become debt-ridden( a) i7 C! U9 j* n H3 s% `( [
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1 H( j3 w# V+ E* ^: g( j What's done by night appears by day.
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