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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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0 ]8 C. a$ [2 C Love me, love my dog.* ]3 ^+ `% O2 G9 o
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: y3 K2 U$ s( I ]0 M 百闻不如一见
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4 A/ E' P# C/ y4 q One look is worth a thousand words.% Y x+ |& J/ ? I& t
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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0 _( v9 w: ?* t, w9 C: y 不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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" V6 y/ `1 t, _9 R; S1 s No discord, no concord.
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/ p# ?, u% y J0 }; \ 拆东墙补西墙
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# \% U- u0 t. {* b' C4 E5 }( A rob Peter to pay Paul
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大事化小，小事化了( ]& b$ z0 }, \
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大开眼界
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国泰民安
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过犹不及
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9 y- u- w1 V; |; e, A 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 little9 o% ]6 U8 x- m/ r( p/ }
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% Y( f* V. G( L& e m. Q 好事不出门，坏事传千里
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和气生财/ v6 b; J* q- Q6 Y8 @5 {
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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. H. b+ o3 j: {' P 金无足赤，人无完人
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! Z8 D- p1 H1 c; d" A 金玉满堂7 N/ R& b" T: n! h
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6 F$ I$ Q: ?7 b" b 脚踏实地! e- }6 Q3 |6 K
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cut and dried; cliché
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% x4 a; w. F2 C+ F 名利双收
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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# F' ]/ p- E8 m/ u. q 谋事在人，成事在天
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弄巧成拙
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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9 ?4 M( @; }" X6 P# _ 抛砖引玉; K2 p3 v) h; Q/ L
2 e0 y: a L9 P a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale7 b& r% [0 h* W! A* P" \
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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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巧妇难为无米之炊
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One can't make bricks without straw.
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5 m: {& [3 @- Y9 @ 千里之行始于足下/ D# e5 J d' j6 H; y( y: @% @5 s. v
5 X9 N7 Q# F9 x+ | a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
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: y8 C5 Q- I0 n% R1 P 前事不忘，后事之师% Z$ G: ^+ b9 V" B8 f& d
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A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year
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K4 y9 f4 I# ^, ` Where there is a will, there is a way.
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/ g6 ^ Q; F' e/ p! e' c) Z 世外桃源4 m& {7 n1 |- \# Y) i- w0 P
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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4 i( K1 u2 Y" I2 ~1 h$ _7 Y y) a Every cloud has a silver lining.
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" `$ Z9 B0 E1 p# b9 s: B seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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5 e( K6 [/ S6 H0 G; g; V 天有不测风云
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% [7 G0 s; }+ @( F 物以类聚，人以群分
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( r& t. \6 m4 C" v2 l! I" ? seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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0 [: E' Q% J4 ^$ k! K! D 无风不起浪
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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* f/ n5 g* E3 u! f9 F twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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% \' a0 P- a) v; y) Z7 e: v" t 新官上任三把火! ~. h- u) i) d2 a# y: C2 A6 J
/ I* {0 f( S. Q4 U0 s a new broom sweeps clean
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蓄势待发( C! o9 b: l0 \+ `6 v) g" X
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! C. V0 R8 I3 w# u 心想事成- D, W5 N: _: ^0 n# \
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May all your wish come true6 Q$ i1 b' P5 z5 A# b: k9 @
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( \' d x4 K! V have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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& J. l2 G _% { 先入为主
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: b5 t; u# p$ r3 Q# i First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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# C5 V1 ^& @. }- m3 s* P9 k 先下手为强# Y4 ^/ o( l$ j' N5 {
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: Q! g. N1 z5 z7 T" [ 热锅上的蚂蚁4 T$ ^: X! c4 F
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' a' p8 [, _! Q* Z3 i 息事宁人
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* z. L: V* h ?$ e+ o! f; _ pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned/ a. I8 x. |- ~- X
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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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1 d# y1 b9 P* K+ E2 U/ R 严以律己，宽以待人
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: M9 j5 U6 @( O9 R 有情人终成眷属3 l& b0 r/ b1 F& o- u* u
- f" n" w8 |( B/ H Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.818 g% Q8 m( T, M+ ?. X# u
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有钱能使鬼推磨0 r$ Z* @/ i! S
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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a man of insight83& y7 Q. C# a: ~ F5 Z) M: y$ @
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与时俱进
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: ?) O) M, t7 Z+ N. n6 v8 f3 _% X$ d teach students according to their aptitude' W4 Y0 G% T, f& x& t
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欲穷千里目，更上一层楼
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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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欲速则不达
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Haste makes waste.
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More haste, less speed.
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/ @7 A% n1 x+ Q8 H 英雄所见略同
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: o! r" S; M* ]0 K! d! f9 k Great minds think alike.* | h0 o. l, s+ m, W6 E3 C4 v
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0 K1 E5 E) E$ f 冤家宜解不宜结
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases. @. X: u1 n e# n; [' k
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" V) P1 L' M7 m/ U+ ^9 _) X 一言既出，驷马难追, I% B7 I, z2 e/ F. X
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众矢之的1 ~4 D3 ]! V" V2 x
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9 C3 [& z! Y/ X2 r) M- ^4 s1 y1 E be an armchair strategist
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. s. y `2 e0 w9 P You can't wrap fire in paper.
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. c/ n4 \' Q/ ^4 o8 P" O What's done by night appears by day. x; M3 d2 q) d4 m5 H6 b( n3 O
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