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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!, u/ @3 n) R8 z8 y. k: I
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d- e: a$ w3 j/ q1 m Love me, love my dog.
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" q( c/ {# Q9 ^1 i2 h0 C7 b One look is worth a thousand words." {* A3 ~* {2 K# y" \
4 h3 |3 m( o. {/ A" s5 P: [& G Seeing is believing.
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6 R" o4 [# q- l3 ?! R 笨鸟先飞
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8 w) k: G5 i+ Z6 z5 r1 l) \: g( ~ A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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9 U3 D( N# O' j% B7 a 不遗余力: t1 O5 I. v- G+ W T
9 O' e9 W# h7 O4 V0 c: p" n1 C2 D spare no effort; go all out; do one's best: x& ?* E) [6 h: {+ P
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No discord, no concord.
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- M8 J6 U+ n! V& Y6 n, Y 拆东墙补西墙7 B$ H. U3 ^- [7 L: b2 Q/ U: ~9 {" v
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- W1 E* Y) ^8 A ]# D$ A 辞旧迎新
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: w3 I/ x) z- ^6 I) X. T3 s 国泰民安
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! A& i& x: [5 Z0 f* h8 @1 b5 [ going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;: J% B1 _% o+ _
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, U3 K! b: X: p- H 好了伤疤忘了疼
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* C$ ]( y/ m) X! d 好事不出门,坏事传千里: K( e) F* @6 U7 F+ p0 Y# y
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和气生财
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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活到老学到老
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- P3 h8 ]' J+ D9 D D never too old to learn
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% u. n; D; j4 G- O7 H 金无足赤,人无完人
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9 V$ U! f. {) `0 c6 _3 q Treasures fill the home.
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% f; f2 o: O# l" Y! t" D 君子之交淡如水
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0 w) q- M: n9 S( I A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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cut and dried; cliché
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& U, o: y5 {9 L Where there is life, there is hope.
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. O3 B- ?9 {6 b" r achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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/ T, ?8 S7 i% Z/ O 茅塞顿开
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9 M& l2 \) P9 J5 r7 a, I2 ? Man proposes; God disposes.
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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1 ?+ h7 `2 s* U# B4 L, { a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale/ L+ e/ [- U& p. u" ?
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9 X) X' k1 m& K8 Q6 x5 j6 c- ^ People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.5 Q5 F# [& m$ r2 n/ |. J5 _5 b
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: }. `8 N6 [: y9 r S% z Where there is a will, there is a way.
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Birds of a feather flock together.
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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4 A0 h: m; V2 Z+ X5 n' P 无风不起浪0 r# U) e$ {4 i; r* | ]3 U& H( u
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徇私枉法
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心照不宣
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9 H( O0 o8 D8 N( l& C: T& Z 先入为主
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7 A" s: i- D9 x: W' v" T First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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, L# R" W) u; i* [! i 热锅上的蚂蚁
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/ o c: A' N6 C! ~/ K7 I 有缘千里来相会# K8 x! Q5 p, T& ~/ _) U% E, }
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7 @- v8 y" [0 E 以人为本
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to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther., ]3 _7 m d2 R8 g
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I% m" X4 L" M% a5 F 优胜劣汰
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$ s' L8 `% B8 A G Better make friends than make enemies.
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A promise is a promise.
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招财进宝
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: j* w7 [# Z% h+ g 众矢之的
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target of public criticism
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纸包不住火
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.
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