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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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爱屋及乌
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0 h" u0 A+ y$ `% ~' @ 百闻不如一见
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$ m1 r- i' p* T r/ U One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.1 k+ E5 R3 B) V/ p
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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
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.) x4 N5 ?' v5 Q" x
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% C2 N; C/ a% @2 z 不遗余力, U4 d1 {' u: ~+ p1 `; z" w
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1 c8 s3 ~( O! m$ d- ^ rob Peter to pay Paul
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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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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大开眼界
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国泰民安
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! |9 s* _6 t/ w8 X 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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" l) x% X6 h5 u# ^4 D 好事不出门，坏事传千里
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和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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活到老学到老
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never too old to learn
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( t2 J$ g9 V& r w 既往不咎
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金玉满堂
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脚踏实地
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( @+ w0 ^0 c/ G$ A* X9 c0 u$ T7 \ 脚踩两只船
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp1 o+ V* j4 L' V6 P0 @
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6 @: }- |- F1 c0 M7 W1 S 君子之交淡如水
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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+ q' w* c5 ~6 f" A 名利双收
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gain both fame and wealth
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1 Y; `7 U4 O6 \ 茅塞顿开
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Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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1 p2 e a: Z9 W& X" }' k2 w0 ? The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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Where there is a will, there is a way.
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Humans are born good.
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: d$ u- V/ _ ~5 e m 上有天堂，下有苏杭
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2 s' Y1 _7 x( I 三十而立
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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.- I' h4 M K3 R' l( n. D
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; X- f3 I/ X( Z2 I" A- I 说曹操，曹操到
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天有不测风云
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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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hold high hopes for one's child
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. h3 b2 S' c: g: _# G" d 唯利是图
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air, g5 U0 r+ ~1 j+ L. e8 N, w% R, v+ K
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+ c6 _- i& I* @6 H0 L; ~5 n 无风不起浪- `8 i3 F: L4 S" W/ E
- i6 Z H# ]3 l. c- {& | There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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a new broom sweeps clean
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) ]+ b- u; |4 q+ d 心想事成* ~4 y, r* f5 v& T8 A
) P- C$ \* ]/ w# g, c# O7 G May all your wish come true4 [% i# { p6 x7 e& H" k) G
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation9 P3 m$ `. \+ u- }, `
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" ?" c! A. O: M" f, s; J0 L 先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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The best defense is offense.
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3 D7 @7 v! v& v8 \3 g ~5 n0 Y7 p 热锅上的蚂蚁
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( B5 [ A% O3 G4 |8 y ants on a hot pan
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7 O4 ]0 B# v. n 现身说法9 E: P* J( C# ?4 H Q
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7 ^4 G( ]) @2 f$ k: ]) s. d 息事宁人9 n' w4 }9 ]% }1 p0 w# ^; U' I0 @
8 w! v$ n% \( M, w pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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7 n- \# E9 O" ~$ P& p 循序渐进" T3 ^% E- s7 N6 E
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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8 H2 i s! U# h% b4 u 有情人终成眷属
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6 |' _$ @5 o# ] Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.814 m! v0 w0 U, l" ?, D2 g
. E4 C' `+ q. K% f G7 ]7 p 有钱能使鬼推磨
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) Y& D+ V* N M 有缘千里来相会
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! K% _" X1 o7 g1 s* A$ r' }4 ] 因材施教
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teach students according to their aptitude
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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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& Y/ {0 p& O/ \7 l survival of the fittest
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`6 }) X9 F/ `: } Great minds think alike.- w) M5 J) O3 o; O
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& N7 r; u: O: |+ U+ }0 t A promise is a promise.% c( K2 v9 B/ X) L( E
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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