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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!5 Y. r& ~& n7 ]; S' k) Q/ S
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5 u7 W1 s$ O8 r6 H Love me, love my dog./ X) L& @2 x) D' `9 o/ X7 Q: M
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% {% W$ F" w! I" j 百闻不如一见/ \' z! `6 C k1 b9 o; S/ ]
" P8 n% q/ L3 h( [' X# k2 f8 r One look is worth a thousand words.( x& c. v$ A; l: C! f
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; `: Z3 H( G. b, c# p1 \2 x 比上不足,比下有余2 \( V+ I+ L: O( [" q, W6 N
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst1 h+ a% [& t; M, b; M' ~
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) V- w- C' P) [" e- c1 X( a1 i A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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" {% |4 S" w/ n5 L5 |1 p/ {" k/ l2 G try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all: g! k, ]5 O3 S
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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国泰民安
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4 G6 u0 o# I$ S* B; E4 O 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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2 s% {/ N- ?+ r4 @# f once on shore, one prays no more
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' w4 R( B1 m( [; q& N) r 好事不出门,坏事传千里7 V2 |9 L+ s6 O$ ]9 l9 Q
" e+ m- N' P! ~& Y Bad news travels fast.
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4 p e# Z* o, |% x8 S1 f5 P harmony brings wealth;
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3 q& C1 ?4 p$ f never too old to learn
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既往不咎
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& \" Q/ _% | f" g- v 金玉满堂
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) B& D3 d2 {6 G6 x6 x, Y 脚踩两只船
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cut and dried; cliché
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6 s3 T; s8 o6 C( _. g Where there is life, there is hope.
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- Q& @" R4 o5 U! x6 d& U9 T Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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4 n: }# H' |- V. R; _ g4 K Where there is a will, there is a way.
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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.. |9 @2 X& ~) c' Q( }$ i1 h U$ T
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+ X& ] C- U, a1 Q; b 徇私枉法/ ~8 \. A/ o2 `9 Z. ?* h1 c2 D% u
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: ~' y9 a2 u- l1 F 新官上任三把火
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" A4 Z8 y; ~8 p have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.9 `) S3 J1 |; y) |
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ants on a hot pan
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现身说法
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有情人终成眷属
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! y0 E: @" y* G# e' N 有勇无谋
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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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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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, e7 d: e- N7 m# W" } A promise is a promise.
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be an armchair strategist
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纸包不住火
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What's done by night appears by day.
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