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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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Love me, love my dog., g+ F+ c+ {, f3 H* B
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5 [( q8 q* G$ R) W One look is worth a thousand words.
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% E, H2 _7 K2 T; R% E) O7 v 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 worst2 t. ?# r7 c* g1 G" K% Y. `3 ~% K
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- C' ]( v6 s$ Y. o' @5 D& r0 a5 v6 | 不遗余力3 _' Z G& n9 w6 z; {+ y+ g
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5 N0 Z! s0 q) s' X H2 t8 f 不打不成交
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No discord, no concord.
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拆东墙补西墙
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7 f+ g. ]8 h3 P* ]% t- {1 ^ 辞旧迎新( y9 Q5 N; R; H ?: X4 N
3 i/ l7 O: T9 S 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 all6 t: }* Y! [5 e# r) R, f$ q; ?
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大开眼界
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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好了伤疤忘了疼
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once on shore, one prays no more" V6 R& S% k2 b7 w( d: {6 t, t
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- i/ r1 S8 \! ` k K! ^ 好事不出门，坏事传千里
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% M6 a) }% b5 t2 H2 }5 f+ r; ?* @ 和气生财
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# Q6 m: g2 G* Y$ X) B 活到老学到老1 c e3 c; S$ S' Y
; z1 b! H. |3 F& }$ k never too old to learn
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" {6 t5 b& S2 P: o 金无足赤，人无完人
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There are spots even on the sun.
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% j" d" o3 g& S( F 金玉满堂
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp& p8 p. N7 {% b& K' u9 w* A& Z* R
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君子之交淡如水
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6 E, O }, Z) C( W) A 老生常谈，陈词滥调
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Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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6 \! |* k, a8 v9 R 谋事在人，成事在天
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3 O7 } s9 u4 V& O make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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$ o: h0 N' ~8 E) I 前事不忘，后事之师
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fear wolves ahead and tigers behind; hesitate in doing something
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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人之初，性本善
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" _1 z0 }; r3 F1 E: p 上有天堂，下有苏杭 Y. y% x H0 Q+ F3 `; x+ I+ j
B( _3 |" i- l" t y. k Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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; g: p" i& X+ O7 _ 说曹操，曹操到
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( c/ Y2 J8 U D5 d 实践是检验真理的唯一标准
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韬光养晦
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Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue600 I: O. m8 \+ P3 _) M& S. Y! C
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Unity is strength.
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' m9 m" r" Y2 v( O- v: z2 V6 }# K 无中生有9 b- e* i- w' c1 ?3 S; |, @
; p( ]% N: C% S" n3 D( \ a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air! [* Z3 g# l+ i' D0 X' `
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徇私枉法
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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a new broom sweeps clean' L+ C- T5 X0 n2 @5 k
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accumulate strength for a take-off
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( t5 ?% H! h5 @+ ~5 g 先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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4 a5 H' O7 T8 D& T( U$ A6 W He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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warn people by taking oneself as an example4 W' s, I) ]3 _; S8 X7 U
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) f4 N3 A4 i$ Q# O 循序渐进
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& [# E3 `9 n& P; ^2 N; h! a 有情人终成眷属
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.816 j7 R1 f6 B) y2 C( z& J) c0 ^
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people-oriented
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survival of the fittest
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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招财进宝
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become debt-ridden
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target of public criticism
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