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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!7 Q `- L' p+ X' M
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( {% M+ g( ^; t9 B1 d 爱屋及乌: K9 J, S+ B7 |% T
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百闻不如一见
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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比上不足,比下有余
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst+ E5 T5 C* H. |% O
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不遗余力
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5 O# J9 j4 i3 {# k No discord, no concord.
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1 O9 e/ b0 P2 `5 v 拆东墙补西墙2 C9 N2 M% e1 h0 W
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% P$ K. L5 ]5 U$ i 辞旧迎新9 ~1 g4 L0 g) w8 d
3 X7 n" ^6 M( o8 H9 r3 x bid farewell to the old and usher in the new* A* F/ y' s3 V" n3 i
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all3 T5 {: T% G9 I8 e ]
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: H* h$ m0 r9 x. ^3 ^! e 大开眼界6 G; @' R5 b0 ?; @! E" \2 d5 E
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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1 U n2 @! H% M 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; \* @$ A- k3 [3 v! ~. t4 a4 e6 `
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once on shore, one prays no more) `' {1 i/ N4 d& y$ Y) }
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Bad news travels fast.
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和气生财 {4 T, [- |) x6 G3 }% |
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0 ]. \, e- R2 _& s friendliness is conducive to business success
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let bygones be bygones
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Treasures fill the home.
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1 s, ^' }2 p1 ]0 m* q 脚踏实地4 H n8 @# z* a$ @ ?
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脚踩两只船
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% y3 M+ L$ r4 r& W8 W A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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. ?) M0 k; x' z0 ?8 n. c' p 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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4 g! O# B# M2 O3 v cut and dried; cliché
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礼尚往来
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& O& l6 V$ u& [: g 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧, }; z& D* |9 t: E
1 k8 y7 K3 A) \5 c Where there is life, there is hope.
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* A* r: T& Y. L7 \8 E 马到成功
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success6 [ C) g8 C5 \2 `/ Q3 F' S% K% u
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茅塞顿开
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! D! i$ u* I" e. I2 |; a9 C# C Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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每逢佳节倍思亲
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1 k8 ]' w. E* E2 } On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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9 r# u8 u5 e2 }( i5 X 赔了夫人又折兵3 l1 c* n6 r7 O
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$ u- s" p* p1 |0 X6 u W 抛砖引玉
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世外桃源
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Every cloud has a silver lining.
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三十而立
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糖衣炮弹
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! u% h3 u! n6 K9 J 团结就是力量
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) d' v' H" `# O2 k 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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1 J2 L0 q# d! h seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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- y" ]! v5 h4 U: y; J8 N. z) p 无中生有) B$ a* I* K! S# l& e* u
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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无风不起浪
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! `3 n' x/ U" G j' N 徇私枉法
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose# |+ a% v% X6 ?/ G1 q- U& `4 A
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$ o& R, [% X2 O. }& r a new broom sweeps clean1 S7 K9 Y5 X9 I9 f( I4 t8 z' K X2 {
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6 F4 E6 G9 N8 b: I: z& Y 蓄势待发
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* j8 b: j# _5 K/ d7 f& K7 x1 h accumulate strength for a take-off
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) H3 G4 W0 a1 j7 Q2 l6 \9 `5 Z+ J 心想事成
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8 @: d# i9 A* q% a: I' U4 W May all your wish come true
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# z- |3 w0 `# `& q3 {0 d( I have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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; F1 z- D& f. t' k 先入为主4 k6 b3 ]( A y& e' }+ ]
) @! N; _7 V/ J+ m- h+ O First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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先下手为强7 n0 @- p0 m ]" C
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' l; F9 H2 \/ |1 V" y2 k7 u4 W 热锅上的蚂蚁
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ants on a hot pan
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, A4 ?) M* V) K* W: A1 g4 J pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned2 a0 w4 g- }* h8 \ L& q: g
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! P$ y/ C" a) V4 Q2 r proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81! a: E' c% l: j' f3 q4 s2 @
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6 Z# n# R3 M# Q5 S) l1 a 有缘千里来相会" Q( e8 X8 n7 T: w
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people-oriented
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因材施教
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- w+ q! z1 Z* L/ S7 ]2 d" } to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.* C0 M( W* w, [, w) D
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survival of the fittest
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英雄所见略同( J4 z) v$ C- H/ m, k' U9 o2 ]
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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. [$ V _( r% F: @! n7 e
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' x1 x) t: E4 W2 `# @: N 一言既出,驷马难追( t6 E7 M$ v. D& P; g L& E
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招财进宝& ^5 w- O1 M1 b, |1 l5 {
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. E5 ^0 I4 i& s 众矢之的
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' f- y+ n8 m: Z }$ J% Y- n: L% ^ be an armchair strategist( L: A% ]. @# Y4 W
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) O* S8 a) z( G0 b& v You can't wrap fire in paper.* I; F0 f* I* z4 n7 p- A
# ^4 |& ~- h' S0 c u What's done by night appears by day.* R( ?% ]2 V, g X3 X7 X
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1 u/ c" j8 \6 l1 m$ e 左右为难
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