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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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百闻不如一见
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One look is worth a thousand words.8 ^$ h$ w5 s6 G* j' e1 f8 g3 E, N) m
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Seeing is believing.
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比上不足,比下有余
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3 l+ Y% [5 _+ ` 不打不成交
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No discord, no concord.
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! {5 u8 h( X( j 拆东墙补西墙3 a1 { `! a5 `% ]" E
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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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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大开眼界
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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国泰民安
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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;% Y5 E: {- `8 m; }
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好了伤疤忘了疼
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' U: G9 Q6 r- S9 k 好事不出门,坏事传千里
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harmony brings wealth;
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活到老学到老
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) K+ Z% i% U4 `9 p, a 金无足赤,人无完人
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be down-to-earth
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君子之交淡如水
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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, ]3 I$ `: A0 D& D- [ 赔了夫人又折兵
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5 d7 \; X; c4 @' ]0 g2 O" O 世外桃源
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Humans are born good.
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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! j% Q9 B: u5 ~ 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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0 [7 n! Z. B5 m3 x S 杀鸡用牛刀
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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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& {" _6 |1 y* F/ {. Y 说曹操,曹操到0 K J" c+ U* L( B* b" w- }: I. E
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物以类聚,人以群分
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Birds of a feather flock together.
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望子成龙
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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. q3 I4 x9 @0 ]# v: o$ A" d. } a new broom sweeps clean
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$ d; J2 D8 C+ x- y+ p" G3 i" z! \5 a 心想事成
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation3 B4 k* n2 E0 k. ~
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O# e% R- C* F/ c+ W 先入为主
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The best defense is offense.
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! p; A: ~, y8 d! D/ P 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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to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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More haste, less speed.
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英雄所见略同
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Great minds think alike.
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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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9 \$ D7 j& w; ?9 |# N; S A2 [ A real man never goes back on his words.
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target of public criticism
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.
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