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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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One look is worth a thousand words.
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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4 c! F! Z5 R) w/ h n 不打不成交
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No discord, no concord.
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/ `2 ]% ]5 ~& M+ I3 `0 k7 I bid farewell to the old and usher in the new( f* ]) U' A4 F/ s& |, ]+ j6 ]
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, V/ Z4 G @& u$ ^ 大事化小，小事化了( \( D7 S9 z) B
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all) j5 F- Y3 D/ |& P W
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! [- U( Z8 J& }2 D3 s 大开眼界/ k& S: L: y6 }; w
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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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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1 a( o6 h# }2 }3 d+ |) \! M5 B 好了伤疤忘了疼
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once on shore, one prays no more
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Bad news travels fast.
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和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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8 |8 l1 G* g) }+ o$ o2 p 活到老学到老
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$ Y& f3 S. `8 J+ q; t7 ~ R5 D never too old to learn
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既往不咎
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Treasures fill the home.
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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% u% p+ ~! R7 E" M' p 君子之交淡如水# f& |/ J1 h- E
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老生常谈，陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché5 [8 d4 i! z( k9 n6 b8 O
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0 E( \* s* K P4 V3 ] achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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- ^& x8 H% F6 [: M7 V 没有规矩，不成方圆) U5 n: k& d. @3 \7 g) Q5 Z! O! d/ s" s
* _6 D; V3 G8 ^/ F- Z+ y' Q Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.9 F, x& n2 F: ~ A. v. a1 L% }
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每逢佳节倍思亲
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抛砖引玉
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cut off all means of retreat;burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end0 u1 @. p9 Y/ _: |! }; p! m; j5 \
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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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/ m3 Z2 f4 P( v! K 前怕狼，后怕虎
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8 H# d5 V; y# s& L* F* h 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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A ship rises with the tide
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5 `* z2 c6 ?1 a5 g( x speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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韬光养晦
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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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Birds of a feather flock together.
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' _8 r, }# X$ u- e0 Y There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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徇私枉法6 g3 _' h; w1 W! F
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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; ~" |+ L T8 e# l a new broom sweeps clean
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蓄势待发( \" M6 U* e) d. o8 c* N% o
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心想事成
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May all your wish come true V/ Q; s0 Q! C& P$ H5 g
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5 A9 Y2 C7 H& E' [- i 心照不宣
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation e" {+ d- a1 w) a6 U7 E) `
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9 t3 y8 |" V- j5 g 先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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/ |9 ]" N/ g/ Q9 m He who strikes first gains the advantage.9 ^" @& g9 s: v( W4 H- F8 |4 v0 g, q
) }" d' ~: l4 l A) C The best defense is offense.* a2 S- d2 W' V
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+ v8 Z8 u4 p D- u2 {( o6 b) r; f/ U 热锅上的蚂蚁. W: i0 n4 h: o) }0 ~7 C
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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 concerned
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" s* h( o( u9 {3 A- H/ z l 循序渐进 Z0 `5 d# b/ Z5 n2 [
' i- Z6 T! e& m# [ proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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严以律己，宽以待人
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Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85
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teach students according to their aptitude
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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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Better make friends than make enemies.
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases0 P4 G/ X; M _* K' C
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一言既出，驷马难追
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众矢之的
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target of public criticism% E+ g: x! k/ Z$ w
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纸上谈兵
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be an armchair strategist/ e0 |/ U/ s& ?" S! S
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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& N( X: C( \' s* t a Y What's done by night appears by day.
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