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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!& }& ?2 n9 T" U$ L; J W: G2 H
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7 `2 E( L2 |0 m) P4 j: m. _ t 百闻不如一见" I% P! s9 i; x
7 r3 [6 o2 h. H" j$ B* ? One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.1 N: r0 }, R. q5 y, U. ]2 r- N) V
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5 i4 I. K; \0 Z0 L7 j8 j3 t2 C 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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笨鸟先飞
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% u3 S( v1 w3 Z! |1 p 不遗余力
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# a: `! ^- `' @% t, R$ s) K$ a spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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' {; v' n% D6 S 大事化小,小事化了
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1 M0 ?1 i- [2 y( Z try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all! `# `* I* ~9 a/ r5 \9 A3 J9 O W
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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q% h. x. K8 u1 _9 n& {! e 过犹不及0 X& h( ]$ Z1 g1 L. H
9 `1 e/ F% C) B k 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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好了伤疤忘了疼
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1 n- V- W: J. i0 G3 e0 P- U 好事不出门,坏事传千里
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Bad news travels fast.
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' C9 ^/ r; G" ? T* s8 c 和气生财
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9 i4 e" E8 D9 e' F. y' {; z never too old to learn
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! l+ Q- u8 e7 e$ w There are spots even on the sun.
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; g. y7 X8 p( B0 @ 金玉满堂
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5 {" \2 R5 W, w- P4 `& t Treasures fill the home.4 i1 F! j, h, h: { Q0 Y( G; I D$ _
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# V3 R, p! j @1 ~" J be down-to-earth$ S/ U4 r1 N4 ~
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D* V+ v" F. g, o1 l 脚踩两只船
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2 V" k8 P/ g$ O sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp2 I4 I' V0 Q7 L: q& d! w1 W
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君子之交淡如水
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老生常谈,陈词滥调3 c* U* ~8 _( ~. J. C
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cut and dried; cliché
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Where there is life, there is hope.
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9 c4 Y& P0 P: s6 V2 H achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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名利双收
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茅塞顿开
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8 \! W) o# M6 u. ` be suddenly enlightened3 X& D9 { Z/ u% A& X
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/ K+ d. P* b3 j3 Y 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.* h& d, [6 y+ W( R( ]2 R6 ]( m
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谋事在人,成事在天
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9 x9 C! X4 Y) a Man proposes; God disposes.
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$ K, o H( O x7 n* N 弄巧成拙
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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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; a( n% H# D$ e+ f* \0 f% D9 G
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0 x0 `& ?! W, Y+ {* H One can't make bricks without straw.
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4 G% w* Y! E. z" D 千里之行始于足下5 K' X, C' I4 Y+ E
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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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0 j5 F4 W' w; ~ 前事不忘,后事之师
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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.* t; h" w! ~7 [/ b0 Y1 @0 Z
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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韬光养晦
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, u( k& a: @5 t3 V 团结就是力量
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Unity is strength.
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9 w8 d2 g6 Y, _- q* X4 | 物以类聚,人以群分
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Birds of a feather flock together.
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( `1 f9 u) G# D 无中生有
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$ L# d" R* R- m( B 无风不起浪
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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& _& ] L; P! h8 k0 b2 A 徇私枉法
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& h# y; D+ z! w 心想事成
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/ a, b7 X* Z+ u3 {& B4 K" ~) N6 n) U May all your wish come true
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; Q2 X8 e! Y! y1 ]- c2 E have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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& N! E% S, D$ y, |) k 先入为主2 B/ [9 b/ t" d$ O' F k; J
( ^; Y7 ?0 C8 K" y+ v1 P" x First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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ants on a hot pan
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$ M3 A+ ?1 X' L3 |, B3 F V9 e1 V 现身说法! }1 @" f7 A& D
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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循序渐进
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0 \. a2 D# c( e be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82. [, Z+ M0 K5 G! u
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( b6 p- V3 o5 A4 {' q# b 有勇无谋
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以人为本
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$ x; u# r- e2 u3 s4 U 优胜劣汰
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英雄所见略同
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Great minds think alike.
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冤家宜解不宜结
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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7 r9 t4 Q9 Z, U- t 冤假错案6 l5 `* g1 |" u; x; E) ]# f2 u0 A
. W5 G$ q/ J( s T5 p) A1 P cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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一言既出,驷马难追
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; d$ j7 J6 \8 `# K 纸上谈兵
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P- k) U/ L( g" }8 W You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.
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