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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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0 ?& O( A$ J$ |" K$ L& Z& S Love me, love my dog.
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百闻不如一见
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$ D' t/ x+ q( J: |$ U+ v. e5 S& r$ o1 `* Q One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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: y# y! K: E4 p9 _" N A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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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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8 `5 g4 @; x9 I going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;7 Z: x ?+ f9 k
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) k1 r- i4 x6 G1 u. b 好了伤疤忘了疼) Z* h- U8 [7 D" m5 F
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0 t7 z. n5 z/ n4 K- M4 ?3 ?. R: K Bad news travels fast.
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harmony brings wealth;
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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& Z+ e) B# x z; P 活到老学到老
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; z5 W, g p9 L' J: l never too old to learn
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金玉满堂
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Treasures fill the home.
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be down-to-earth
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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君子之交淡如水
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m# n% I* y- b8 [* G$ u be suddenly enlightened" t/ O1 b2 v* N& @
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Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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* Q9 O! A5 B2 |4 H On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
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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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fear wolves ahead and tigers behind; hesitate in doing something
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世外桃源
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无中生有
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( C1 G( ~ b# V5 w9 e7 \2 x* D+ k There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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( n/ h- Z/ i: }) C" n. T+ D 徇私枉法* L: _9 N; z. D6 X* q; @
& ?5 }# H& T5 k( O twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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5 Y: i2 T, Q ?4 T9 q- ] 新官上任三把火
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6 J8 X" O1 n! B a new broom sweeps clean
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1 P5 K( b: b5 ?% X6 b7 h 蓄势待发3 K U: j2 W+ ~/ Y
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accumulate strength for a take-off6 x, ~; k- ]3 G" c; B& S
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心想事成
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May all your wish come true
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation" H7 u! l2 W7 c6 m; H5 P$ E) z
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先入为主) R3 v5 P: x% ^4 `( r3 Z( W
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.& P- x! F9 U5 v* J
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ants on a hot pan
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$ W+ f! ^; b; n S& ` 现身说法
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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循序渐进
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' H# e1 z* K1 w4 y 有情人终成眷属% L8 q' c1 e6 m9 k* Z( @
# M/ P) e9 j ?& f( f Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81' N3 a, ?! e7 _( ]2 I2 q+ P
/ Z/ n$ v4 {/ `2 h 有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82( }( H4 ]1 \6 u0 z( D' ~' L) R/ d
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6 J& ~& J) L, ] 有缘千里来相会
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keep pace with the times868 U" W0 Q' @; ^* u! c
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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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target of public criticism
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2 z3 z. f* L5 q. X) x 纸上谈兵. o4 C) n |. u) D2 d
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be an armchair strategist
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