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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!' ~' v: [7 @1 a+ }5 N
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爱屋及乌
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' Q+ R# Y, l; a Love me, love my dog.
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+ y/ ^0 j& `4 b8 u6 w One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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3 j5 W7 v+ |7 c/ [1 z2 B 比上不足,比下有余* p! i# M5 k- G. T- D! X" J9 _
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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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' E1 s8 A: E0 {- Y 不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best& i+ Z! k, { |( j
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+ U4 L/ E& {% B9 Z" [, ? 不打不成交
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6 z( I# Z2 {8 s, P' c! e 拆东墙补西墙
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" u# D3 y- v, e, U 辞旧迎新
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; C) c3 P, P1 M1 H' |6 \7 C
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+ p9 c' c4 m$ f, _ 大事化小,小事化了
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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0 e+ |9 K: [: G5 V b! ?3 D! l
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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国泰民安
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2 A4 u; m/ X, n% k9 m$ L 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 little0 _ @4 w, D0 z$ o+ C a
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! q! }% H- y& v! u$ j2 B3 i- d once on shore, one prays no more
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好事不出门,坏事传千里
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friendliness is conducive to business success" l+ w. c/ z o& @
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$ F4 d* u% @) D 活到老学到老
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" ~6 h- Q5 r% E" D% m! \+ k 金玉满堂* t+ a8 j) k3 |) i1 m J5 g. f
3 X4 R8 l' Q" i. T7 W2 v4 L Treasures fill the home.
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! {2 h: u# W6 P" _: G4 H 君子之交淡如水
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老生常谈,陈词滥调
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( K0 K# D3 c& s" `2 r cut and dried; cliché
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% Q& P" w n1 O2 I4 m, a% c 礼尚往来
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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茅塞顿开
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8 |; D. r5 s& d+ T* a* t1 q$ ] be suddenly enlightened
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d- I- ]* D7 i2 Q2 i ` suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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fear wolves ahead and tigers behind; hesitate in doing something
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a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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- `6 H5 c+ l# _2 |% x, D6 C6 a 上有天堂,下有苏杭' l5 X3 ~$ V& K( e1 ^. C' Y( T f
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3 V3 `/ m! [! ~/ u' n3 Z& \ Every cloud has a silver lining.
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) V+ L4 n K5 R1 s( y A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
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use a steam-hammer to crack nuts
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( l9 q% i( P1 ]# o1 g+ ] a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air: W1 ?+ m! N/ n' _4 k& @0 X5 S
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.# A I, O( k& A' l. F
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3 G' g2 K! m/ \( ]3 M4 P$ j2 g twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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* h/ }; R! W" S# L 新官上任三把火
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心想事成
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May all your wish come true
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! p0 ^+ Q# {- l* V: S have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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5 E& i( K0 t7 _1 J 先入为主
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6 P; m* ] \- q$ ^ 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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有情人终成眷属
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$ u) o- Z* [( N# x. @3 i$ Z4 [ 有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.827 V, b$ ~- }7 j: R
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/ o+ u6 i) F9 E 有勇无谋
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teach students according to their aptitude
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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0 }; v- q. N. d7 _ be an armchair strategist
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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