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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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Love me, love my dog.
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/ r+ S# T+ ~8 }/ d5 t- ` One look is worth a thousand words.& H% J' d' a9 p
A7 u& r+ O+ g" N) @* i Seeing is believing./ D4 w. ~) M: P; N
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比上不足，比下有余6 ^! |' b4 w9 A* ?9 u3 l) a1 T
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$ q, ~' O6 R2 }, t8 p 笨鸟先飞
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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不打不成交
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1 ^0 X- n2 F2 I3 ?7 ` 拆东墙补西墙
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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( O& r4 G( I3 N 大事化小，小事化了" i `5 I9 {, T: {
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all/ s4 ^% @+ `$ T% {' B+ j4 x5 K% i( D
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9 H2 F8 f( ^; A& d `0 g2 u 大开眼界
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国泰民安
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7 m# F2 f6 o, N! z' F going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;; \' o* s& i4 o0 }1 f, L% o1 W5 ~0 X
% o2 k1 w3 J0 A6 r too much is as bad as too little
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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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和气生财) }; M& {3 ]2 L5 L' A# f9 U
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活到老学到老
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never too old to learn
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@% M$ S# m" S1 v% \& r 既往不咎8 d* [3 j7 g! v" Y
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There are spots even on the sun.
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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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cut and dried; cliché6 [* b. }0 }# r; Y1 z" d. z3 f
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' p" l# O; U E0 U 茅塞顿开
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1 S2 n) S6 P( F2 Z 没有规矩，不成方圆
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% D# L- i" |2 T 每逢佳节倍思亲
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9 z2 t5 {& M% x) p6 k 弄巧成拙
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a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
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强龙难压地头蛇
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瑞雪兆丰年
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Where there is a will, there is a way.
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世外桃源
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Humans are born good.
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" D1 s; s6 [- t8 Z 塞翁失马，焉知非福5 P, Z; y( ^* P& E# ?5 T: o5 Z
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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is. m7 K+ l/ R! C. N& y& r! d+ D* I
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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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1 X! K+ @$ ^5 J1 m! L 唯利是图
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2 o2 Z2 d7 R5 v 无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air; c8 ~3 E L/ R1 w* Q! U
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无风不起浪
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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$ z" `3 w2 \! w8 \/ Q 徇私枉法
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( d$ ]/ h. J' n. w; B twist the law to suit one's own purpose: {8 `0 }9 I6 `
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新官上任三把火
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a new broom sweeps clean
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蓄势待发) [6 `- z. y7 m; j) F1 d5 T0 s
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心想事成
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May all your wish come true* e" c( N. s! E h& h
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3 s# }; ?5 P# d8 U have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation$ i. r& l9 a4 ]. y; e
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先入为主, `. D: ], F9 U1 A
1 m' l T6 {; }4 ^+ x First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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! ~+ H) a% `* O7 } c! T3 N( a- c 现身说法2 D/ W5 o2 @7 j6 T: J
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息事宁人
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/ X; E3 I0 D: [, R 循序渐进& H# A0 y, ^$ m
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. Q7 d( P4 {3 y8 K5 M, | 严以律己，宽以待人5 r: h, J& o( \4 P2 W) H4 z$ j
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- B$ a+ f6 F7 e8 d3 F! G 有情人终成眷属
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( g5 |& r" i, R0 Z7 g/ \; G 有识之士5 q& Y$ X+ ?& y7 W/ n
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与时俱进
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keep pace with the times86
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以人为本
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7 ]$ {' U4 T7 R" J Great minds think alike.
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冤家宜解不宜结
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( a2 m1 s* O/ X7 G" H$ z Better make friends than make enemies.
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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* M$ ~: f0 n8 |0 J' X6 r 一言既出，驷马难追3 v- Z1 t$ |" K0 Q; Q$ x
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A promise is a promise.
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target of public criticism
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What's done by night appears by day.
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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