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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!; w2 O4 f% O3 \/ \
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爱屋及乌
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Love me, love my dog.
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7 e1 @: j( _/ d* `. j2 o( Z 百闻不如一见
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8 v, [' d1 Q% d One look is worth a thousand words.$ F8 D) ?/ x1 @7 G) s% I
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Seeing is believing.
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4 h I% x' T6 C 比上不足，比下有余* @: P6 ]) v, f M
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笨鸟先飞
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/ Z( W6 s7 ?4 T 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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# R% g/ m7 B5 ]& \; B% g 不打不成交% I$ A! g! N3 m4 g, |# E5 ]' n
) ]6 ^6 u4 N) R No discord, no concord.
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8 h5 C: ~0 D4 ^) w 拆东墙补西墙
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" I/ h+ j1 e2 u3 L3 l! g9 X rob Peter to pay Paul
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$ M; }1 Q' ]3 I( `( |7 Z4 A 辞旧迎新) H$ z( M8 N8 O+ g8 i" p
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% j3 n# l% t6 Y9 ^# T$ g 大事化小，小事化了3 l3 `% I* g% m, Z4 W6 C% n
5 g2 `. j+ Z( ^6 D try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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& U/ L5 |: a T$ d 国泰民安# h- v2 m/ y5 t! ?
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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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好事不出门，坏事传千里
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harmony brings wealth;
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+ b, w5 h3 G6 a' q8 t0 G' q. k 活到老学到老
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never too old to learn
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There are spots even on the sun.
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金玉满堂
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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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君子之交淡如水
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" W; j# h7 W2 y/ O3 z1 @+ Y 老生常谈，陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché
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2 [; z7 f8 X, s9 J' C0 c 礼尚往来
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" E8 R" r: | A1 ?0 [3 C2 a achieve immediate victory; win instant success( l0 H# v! V. ~" s b
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名利双收
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be suddenly enlightened
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每逢佳节倍思亲
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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4 L# n+ e# U8 X7 B7 x7 z/ p* h2 ` 抛砖引玉
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6 S$ L* U# i# _1 M2 J a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale# D; {0 M# v+ G4 K
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强龙难压地头蛇
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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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8 s; U, m' j" A; R+ I, {( r: m) h1 k speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is1 _7 Y- c0 x$ g9 h
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: q9 o" I* }' t2 c. x 韬光养晦
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天有不测风云
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/ J, d* p1 e3 W' K seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air0 n K4 B- V3 T: D4 h9 ~! P( D
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无风不起浪
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/ y! u3 |7 q: U0 g There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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- F o4 h0 a; D8 [% l+ F( _) d4 d1 u/ r twist the law to suit one's own purpose3 a& L' C( B( X- I
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新官上任三把火4 U7 [& B$ Y- m$ m+ R2 N
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, X) w' n3 N1 J9 o& K- c+ | 蓄势待发# P; C5 C8 \# `4 P
( x. z' f5 A) S8 ^ accumulate strength for a take-off
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: X, {1 T. R& o3 { 心想事成
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心照不宣
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation' p+ y* @3 y7 P# f4 _9 F
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先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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7 E; H: Y" `* x4 N 先下手为强
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He who strikes first gains the advantage." u7 F! {: C! C
5 y9 C! a1 x9 W& X0 u: _- K( J The best defense is offense.
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' @4 t7 I( J: ?# S" }, w: y) y 息事宁人
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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2 C% T& I( x7 T1 Y, n 有情人终成眷属
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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a man of insight83
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有勇无谋
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有缘千里来相会
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以人为本
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people-oriented
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# a) D( v% Y. _: H7 [' k; {2 Y6 G* f0 p 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼8 k& b% [2 }1 \. u& m- G; m
2 L" I0 u f/ M to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.+ g7 k. j) c( X! q" t
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: k* z. H2 Z9 s Haste makes waste.
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优胜劣汰, a: ?% i! ~# P6 ~/ b: a
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英雄所见略同
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Great minds think alike.% j0 M3 a+ e I) u( y% }8 N& T
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2 H- Y$ x& k$ w/ v: ? 冤家宜解不宜结
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bring in wealth and treasure+ ^5 s/ \2 Z% t M2 b
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众矢之的
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be an armchair strategist
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What's done by night appears by day.
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