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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$ A( |+ @2 B% ?. W8 ~! [
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One look is worth a thousand words.+ V3 u( {4 m2 t* p f0 _. W( D
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# k: D; M. ^: k 比上不足,比下有余
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+ Q: k8 E. \% Z# d2 I A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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不遗余力
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拆东墙补西墙
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new" p3 M# ?3 @' O3 M
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% n3 q: I1 P1 Z. u u" h 大事化小,小事化了
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; {& y- |: @0 ], @ try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all' A3 S/ i O8 D% O5 A& g/ t
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& ^: Q, }8 [5 p' U, f' f: q 大开眼界5 r- I; z- ~( L, }" U7 L$ D
9 Y+ F* y' ~4 t3 U* c4 \ 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 peace
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3 r% r* J- L0 h. h- A( U2 J. H1 Q4 h 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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/ T3 }3 e3 W: D+ Y$ t) f4 Q 好了伤疤忘了疼' g% F& x% _' ?
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There are spots even on the sun.
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Treasures fill the home.
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老生常谈,陈词滥调
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茅塞顿开
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be suddenly enlightened
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* G( K3 k# H( q* V 没有规矩,不成方圆6 c8 `% o% P$ j! u; o$ P. r& ~) q
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6 ]- L1 M: h& P# m# E4 t 每逢佳节倍思亲
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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One can't make bricks without straw.
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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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瑞雪兆丰年
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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, {* i: `! E3 H( D A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.* q6 p% {% ?8 T( T C8 o
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( C5 A4 A' o+ T/ Z% v1 K 实话实说
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实践是检验真理的唯一标准
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韬光养晦
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: n! v5 u) H+ E, B 团结就是力量! `; |1 t9 J9 m! F7 e( t- e$ ?
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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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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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% ]# x7 |/ A" M0 i' P 无风不起浪
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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徇私枉法
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# o! @9 d. i9 X$ S2 r( l a new broom sweeps clean
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蓄势待发
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May all your wish come true5 v1 {% {: u3 J4 s
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation* d1 N. T& n- [ W. h# E
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7 Y- V2 Y, G6 a8 o6 r. @3 W 先入为主6 j8 p2 B4 J) w/ M2 E }4 t
9 N0 W6 F3 Q( z* t8 Q1 F+ t First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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# B$ d# ]0 d2 z9 u+ f 先下手为强
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9 B* C8 ^( E6 o5 S, J# F5 u9 [ He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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2 O1 f# [% [3 w The best defense is offense. L' s( u O9 K i0 y2 B; W
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6 S+ i5 U0 [# O) F! S 现身说法# f/ z0 a9 q* n( p5 z
4 f& i' d) m: N' L2 U warn people by taking oneself as an example
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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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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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Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85
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D& ?0 y: x: w# ?+ k7 } 因材施教
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survival of the fittest
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一言既出,驷马难追
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X- w2 S0 E6 Y7 l( Z A promise is a promise.
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A real man never goes back on his words.
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0 m: d, [1 e, } 纸上谈兵
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3 ^7 R- C8 `; h) \9 S You can't wrap fire in paper.
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左右为难
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