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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 `; w) d: t 爱屋及乌, v( h' \0 E6 x( s. |, {) \
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Love me, love my dog.
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A8 Y t( T# N 百闻不如一见
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8 x- I3 b! a0 e" _8 m+ G One look is worth a thousand words./ w% _! i ~: I
3 \5 @! J g- M: n/ t Seeing is believing.6 J9 |! d! S) H3 x# b) `
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst) Q* ]: ]# U# d: f+ }3 {) a8 f
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.4 R8 Z: P/ ~- j, {" ^* d$ e( d
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不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best; b: X# c% _. R: C2 c6 h# h
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5 T3 b# L' }/ j7 K( E9 X( ? 不打不成交
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No discord, no concord.
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( y. k% ]/ r+ W 拆东墙补西墙
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$ {$ I1 B6 N- o$ D1 T rob Peter to pay Paul
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: ]1 _8 B( v, h+ G \ 大事化小,小事化了
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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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$ Z# G( ^* d% H; X3 m* e 大开眼界
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l+ E% \8 |) z6 S9 w# O broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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国泰民安
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the country flourishes and people live in peace5 Y. X4 t! \9 X+ X; O
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过犹不及
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too much is as bad as too little/ ?+ b5 m: k0 ]7 z! O% s
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好了伤疤忘了疼
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once on shore, one prays no more
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harmony brings wealth;
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friendliness is conducive to business success$ ?4 B, e2 N ]$ k" O# Q
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活到老学到老1 L0 M, }9 ^7 g h" m0 o" o7 I# }
g* j, }& G$ d, Y( F! L4 \ never too old to learn6 p8 J! o5 J# n; k+ m
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既往不咎
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脚踏实地
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be down-to-earth
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脚踩两只船
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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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! Q; s7 E# u( x( }. v& i 礼尚往来
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Where there is life, there is hope.
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马到成功
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名利双收
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be suddenly enlightened
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, k( g1 g7 N: y2 j" z 每逢佳节倍思亲9 @& Y8 j p( N( C
1 [, A# |9 P6 b5 t; K On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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0 r+ y( N9 F( z; G$ X+ X 弄巧成拙
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart, J8 N o, S; y8 g
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish' f3 y7 h. X/ N" n- z& a
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1 i2 A. E8 p# C5 A! \- F4 C: f: x 抛砖引玉
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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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a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
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) N4 L2 ^; x3 i; S 前怕狼,后怕虎
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强龙难压地头蛇
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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& h2 X' i8 |' }) ?; G 人之初,性本善$ h8 Y4 {/ N& V2 z$ A' K6 R' z
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塞翁失马,焉知非福
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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 I1 Z, o) w' R O$ q4 f+ }# ?
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use a steam-hammer to crack nuts
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实践是检验真理的唯一标准! Y3 b* j+ Y, ~
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韬光养晦
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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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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 air6 l4 E' Q7 H1 c" R& _2 b b
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徇私枉法
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9 a0 b& K) |# c/ r twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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d9 D4 j" o1 q 新官上任三把火
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7 _/ n) \! E8 f8 B& z! o 蓄势待发. b" y p" U1 w" v$ T
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accumulate strength for a take-off9 p: Q% G4 `/ V0 ]) S+ x! ]
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心想事成
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May all your wish come true
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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
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先下手为强
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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* f0 @* U5 y/ n9 e j 热锅上的蚂蚁
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ants on a hot pan
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6 u' j" ?1 x4 ^3 n4 {* q* f 息事宁人
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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/ e* I. B9 \. e( @ 有情人终成眷属
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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; |3 n, f2 Q2 e' D& w# [& [ Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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有缘千里来相会
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与时俱进
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7 {' e4 T5 l* u4 V7 O* P 欲穷千里目,更上一层楼" P$ z- k' [: x" P: Y
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; I$ w$ c: J: R* p Great minds think alike.
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target of public criticism1 X5 O, H& ?" h8 I* ]6 j T
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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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