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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!; e! y" J7 n" `: P8 c9 v: r
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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8 r0 p# @# d' G1 q! K Seeing is believing.+ k, ^5 } o l7 L* `& V" w
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, b3 S8 H7 @8 D/ U 比上不足,比下有余
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* C: S' R6 n" @: y% y! I3 y$ B A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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拆东墙补西墙
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( |# W4 F+ N: L6 c3 | 大事化小,小事化了8 R: t% R4 g% v% A, U
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T: G7 z) o8 ?; P1 x 大开眼界
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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过犹不及
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/ f: T0 r' L- O4 ?1 c% e5 w 好事不出门,坏事传千里
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! O! a2 k% k. t# x Bad news travels fast.4 {% q" Q' R- c+ G/ H# e( w) ^
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和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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/ \9 \% H1 M+ k8 ?3 Q" q friendliness is conducive to business success
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never too old to learn
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金玉满堂
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3 m0 [" @2 B3 T" r3 |% Y3 A( S 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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8 I+ T6 S/ O/ r0 R cut and dried; cliché9 e$ B I+ n% X# `0 y* d& N2 {
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9 \ a1 ]7 q( _0 a( B( s$ V6 O Courtesy calls for reciprocity.& |- N- e; d" `& W8 Y% d/ v: b4 N/ [
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. z7 T! {0 N" g8 q5 c Where there is life, there is hope.
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* I0 Q+ _ @4 `+ h4 ? be suddenly enlightened/ H! n- q) j2 c* S
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没有规矩,不成方圆
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3 [# F5 T+ M+ l8 b0 m, t 每逢佳节倍思亲7 Y$ i0 f3 d4 s+ e6 d/ C9 m/ u
$ O' h8 `- [ v- N+ L* L On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.8 i+ X" u& V3 c. \4 c$ Q" h& G
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* E3 T9 m7 h$ ?# Z9 n 谋事在人,成事在天
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6 _" j" ~4 _+ m6 W 弄巧成拙
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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! w# H! h: f# @' O( n4 \ 抛砖引玉7 c- C b2 k! ]: K5 K
8 G7 A% W% Q- s3 h" e* X3 R. {: E0 H a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale7 z( Q4 l; i6 }0 w8 m% E# c
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+ |- ]/ N! \; v1 G5 W+ p One can't make bricks without straw.
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& c9 Z" W3 I N Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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$ r4 B( z2 D9 ?; m2 | 人逢喜事精神爽$ c0 ~- y( r+ H5 y5 k) s
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" m, C$ ~5 c( i3 X 上有天堂,下有苏杭
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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* |8 S! U8 H2 B8 ?" U0 ] a blessing in disguise;
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x& r2 @- X3 y5 V 三十而立
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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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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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. N+ G; b& ?0 V: E3 d+ u 实践是检验真理的唯一标准
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7 _0 B; p5 A) ^4 ? 韬光养晦
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6 {% [+ r3 D% l0 d& X; r6 n: |4 L1 H Unity is strength.
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Even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean - there's nothing one can do to clear one's name
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# j( y. o7 X' c8 P; ]$ Q 唯利是图
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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$ i( y9 _2 E0 I4 ^ There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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徇私枉法8 O% C; [0 F( K3 _. l( S- |
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蓄势待发
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心想事成
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先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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* L# w. d+ E; p He who strikes first gains the advantage./ O+ ~# b4 o( |0 |9 M9 @0 i7 o
. e# x) A' z! o1 j The best defense is offense.
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ants on a hot pan
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息事宁人
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned4 y5 J( S3 z# u2 B7 }( f
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$ f% P" }) o# n F) U 循序渐进
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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.81
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.825 j+ p# v3 R7 ?7 g7 w
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有识之士
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- ^6 h; i# O# r- K; t: |+ t4 s 有缘千里来相会
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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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Haste makes waste.
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优胜劣汰
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; F+ P6 S. h1 Q Y- B 英雄所见略同- v z" b. K. Y/ I
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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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A real man never goes back on his words.
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/ P) p$ P! e. g- o# o 债台高筑
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左右为难
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