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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!3 ?; B0 c4 X4 L1 Q
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爱屋及乌
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Love me, love my dog.% H l8 q4 J" ?5 U. M. J2 t$ {% l
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6 u8 J, h8 u& Y0 n+ F0 I 百闻不如一见
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5 {/ N! ]" ]+ } One look is worth a thousand words. `8 @5 ]6 W; e
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' M8 ]9 s/ e8 U4 l* G" O* W 比上不足,比下有余/ Q) @) {1 O; Y) W2 E ]
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9 M1 O1 C5 N5 y" K# Y 笨鸟先飞
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2 W9 D- o7 c8 r T" i! f A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best3 J. f" I) Y( S$ \/ n" M: M) O
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7 H0 b7 T5 z! m* M No discord, no concord.
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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9 J7 G3 @; _% }6 \9 c/ ?0 K 辞旧迎新+ N' n3 U7 O0 L
! o2 W7 |, j0 V3 i bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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5 b' ^+ R3 X- z3 ? 大开眼界
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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
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Bad news travels fast.
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7 p( _6 m8 s( z8 q 和气生财- I! y o& R+ N3 u( S; f; ^* Q8 }
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! y b7 }+ x5 {- {3 Z$ @$ @6 H 活到老学到老
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+ E% i, L6 x; i8 U: J" W There are spots even on the sun.
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金玉满堂
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.7 S, W* i& L- D# y7 I1 \; n
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7 Q0 j$ H1 n: ]1 L" E; S W Where there is life, there is hope.
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# B2 B% j- y$ U 每逢佳节倍思亲7 ^9 h8 f. p4 m6 ^
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! Y- }- h+ v' s 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 end
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+ J4 J* ^5 H- a* g 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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) E0 T. k: u' C3 j Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
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' \: p; T* H( A( N 世外桃源
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/ j4 p# A0 v0 J. P" m; ] Humans are born good.
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; s% ^! k2 N1 Y 塞翁失马,焉知非福
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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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韬光养晦
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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J! J+ N( g& r) ` t 无风不起浪# S* a% G0 `0 y" I
2 n- H& P' B7 e3 F- {* b1 [ There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.) |% |% g7 _/ [( Z2 h/ u/ b
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徇私枉法
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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% l* \! L! J0 a3 s# Y! A' x b. U accumulate strength for a take-off1 Y$ c0 \5 A; }5 a0 W$ f. w4 i2 _; {
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$ W; J9 s; ?+ S# [ 心想事成
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May all your wish come true6 ]$ Z( a3 l$ I$ E9 b/ v. S4 \' ~
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心照不宣
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. u7 F6 r( C# u3 } have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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先入为主8 H3 [% q) G* j: d% A! b7 t9 x
8 k. v3 c1 V& ?8 g+ A" t8 J First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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4 X. c; B5 b9 o, f! k The best defense is offense.
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" Y: W& o" w2 |! ~2 a7 G; G warn people by taking oneself as an example
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" _8 V( Q) z4 r8 ^4 T pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned: \& {! Q P) A2 T
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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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4 o7 J6 G) Z. z* g* [ 严以律己,宽以待人
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81/ ?# i; Z! K) g: H2 B. ?
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3 c- ?1 v! R2 E, v 有识之士
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以人为本
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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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9 R6 u" i- B) A$ } R survival of the fittest
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4 c3 K8 p7 b9 z5 r6 C( v$ y Great minds think alike.
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" R( S7 f b( D J# Q+ Y7 h Better make friends than make enemies.
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A promise is a promise.
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A real man never goes back on his words.
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纸上谈兵
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You can't wrap fire in paper." i* _7 b1 k$ Q+ r& M5 _6 l7 Q5 O" j
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