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1. 她动不动就骂她的孩子们,但孩子们都知道她是刀子嘴豆腐心。 5 F9 B. i3 {: c6 m& @
/ g2 y) R6 O% }7 ~* j P ] `' TShe always scolded her children, but they knew that she had a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
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: ~7 f% u1 Y! Q& [She always scolded her children, but they knew her bark was worse than her bite.
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) W' R; D. b# L0 M动不动: easily; frequently; at every turn , s2 F% P3 D6 P2 F2 T. d0 C
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动不动就感冒:catch a cold easily - U5 Z$ W& k% o2 R5 C; N
% L& I0 @" @! Y! p2 f) t% D0 Q动不动就发脾气:be apt to lose one’s temper; often get into a temper * ` m9 k2 c6 p6 K
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他动不动就训人:He is always lecturing people.
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刀子嘴豆腐心:have a sharp tongue but a soft heart
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& b8 y# O; d) R ]; m2. 他是不到黄河不死心。 : V6 l% @4 X; y: k: p
8 @: e) F0 n* n, n8 K5 b+ D ~ tHe wouldn’t stop until he reached the Yellow River—to give up until his hope has gone.
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* M/ g7 w9 K: u4 |不到黄河不死心: not stop until one reaches the Huanghe River—not stop until one reaches one’s goal; ! r4 F6 I3 E+ A) }. W4 e1 Q
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refuse to give up until all hope is gone 8 @% U9 G; E+ F J
* F( U+ F9 A& \: e& Z! R+ O& h3. 十年树木,百年树人。
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; p% q# Y% Q/ Q& g9 _- bIt takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred to rear/cultivate people.
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' E1 B+ |6 b& u. U! u4. 他这一去如石沉大海,再无消息。
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He left like a stone dropped into the sea and has never been heard of.
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石沉大海: like a stone dropped into the sea---disappear for ever; never to be seen or heard of again. 6 ~* T& I D* }7 {
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5. 若要人不知,除非己莫为。 / h! F! B J8 N
+ S! ^1 C+ a7 N0 WThe only way to stop people from knowing it is not to do it.
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! g7 | J+ t6 y# T# D2 z$ Z/ GThe only way to stop people from knowing it is to restrain from doing it.
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" Y1 X& ?6 s( C5 x9 \% e' ~If you haven’t done it, other people wouldn’t know it.
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3 Y M! {- f G6 g# W若要人不知,除非己莫为: If you don’t wish anyone to know what you’ve done, it is better not to have done it in the first place.
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6. 他搜肠刮肚,也找不出合适的字眼表达这个意思。 0 k* j) n n4 H" b1 f
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He racked his brains but couldn’t find words suitable for the idea. 0 U7 t6 y+ ?# ` {8 b
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7. 这完全是张冠李戴。 * J4 s% H. A' m( z
7 f& ?% t0 I+ t- w. z! F7 `3 HThis is putting Mr. Zhang’s hat on Mr. Li’s head.
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张冠李戴: Put Zhang’s hat on Li’s head--- attribute sth. to the wrong person or confuse one thing with another. / E ?. | B( ?9 R+ b, z( M* j
5 `: T; }, F( b9 l4 }8. 味道真不错,果然是名不虚传。 - H; w: F) G" g( T
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It’d delicious, really lives up to its reputation.
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名不虚传: have a well-deserved reputation;
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) n% e2 C7 _8 I6 D1 hdeserve the reputation one enjoys; ) _- _- C' W1 ^$ B: G d" J: [- b# [
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- `; v0 S) S' v O9. 父亲说,“事已至此,不必难过,好在天无绝人之路。”
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My father said, “Now that things have come to such a pass. It’s no use crying. Heaven always leaves one way out / Every cloud has a silver line.”
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8 q% B! L- N6 {天无绝人之路: Heaven never seals off all the exits—there is always a way out.
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10. 他咯咯的笑着说,“这叫做画饼充饥”。 - {) K* b0 i0 K! Y
+ I3 }, v2 }2 g0 c' I! O9 THe giggled/chuckled and said, “This is called ‘ drawing a cake to satisfy one’s hunger’.”
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画饼充饥: draw cakes to allay hunger--- feed on illusions.
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11. 汤姆也来上学,不过是三天打鱼,两天晒网。 - ?, q8 J% |( O. N$ j: x# R- n
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Tom was enrolled as a student, but he was like the fisherman who fishes for three days and suns his net for two.
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三天打鱼,两天晒网: go fishing for three days and dry the nets for two--- work by fits and starts; lack perseverance. 9 C" b! a- P. T9 G! a0 t
$ C) y0 j( F6 d/ A8 [* G12. 天下没有不散的宴席。 - e- U. a% j2 d
l# o$ q4 K& a9 o: g2 cAll good things must come to end.
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' }5 Q2 j# P, b {5 Q+ q8 cAll feasts must come to an end. ! X3 e6 j9 Q, E% S! B& h! Z! M( g: \3 a
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天下没有不散的宴席: There never was a feast but the guests have to depart--- all good things must come to an end. 0 D1 N5 g( q: t/ m T: p
' Q- {. s. ~/ T0 w: Z% F7 R; P' g13. 有理走遍天下,无理寸步难行。 u- C* y( v. m; S% V
% A, d" Y! {' s |With justice on your side, you can go anywhere; without it, you can’t take a step / move an inch. ; h5 ~. J; k: R( {& r
) Q6 d2 C* F1 ?2 P' G6 g9 S/ j: P扩展:天网恢恢,疏而不漏:Justice has long arms.
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14. 江山易改,本性难移。 7 f8 X9 y, \: A$ @) d& x4 d
+ ]- I) J6 R9 N! x( h* a5 z: nA leopard can’t change its spots.
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# v" a- @& f2 N" l: \/ L$ [% q江山易改,本性难移: It’s easy to change rivers and mountains but hard to change a person’s nature. 6 r& u( }, X+ S4 W' Y
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15. 吃一堑,长一智。 9 Z- M2 ~$ q9 f5 Q
6 k5 ^4 j+ V- A8 b( p; uA fall in/into the pit; a gain in your wit.
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16. “坐山观虎斗”,“借刀杀人”,“煽风点火”,“推倒油瓶儿不扶”,都是他们的本事。 % x2 I9 P5 {# r6 b6 ~" d2 A- ^2 m
, L- y7 P1 S0 u$ GTalk about “sitting on a hill to watch tigers fight”, “murdering with a borrowed sword”, “stirring up trouble”, and “not troubling to right the oil bottle that has been knocked over”---- they are all good hands at such tricks. # Y0 @3 ^ F6 |8 |% A% z
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- H- m/ f# X( a0 Q0 U$ X6 d# C借刀杀人: kill somebody by another’s hand; make use of one person to get rid of another.
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煽风点火:fan the flames; inflame and agitate people; stir up trouble
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9 d$ @5 B- q+ H; g) ?' j17. 我在当时真的是哭笑不得。
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I felt at a loss to know that to do at that moment/time.
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哭笑不得: not know whether to laugh or to cry; find sth both funny and annoying 5 Y6 N6 }5 ^( x7 T
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18. 对于此事他胸有成竹。
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He has had a well-thought-out plan before doing it.
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胸有成竹: have a well-thought-out plan, stratagem, etc
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' Y" F v+ s( Q0 y. X19. 中国经济取得巨大发展,中国人民终于扬眉吐气了。 6 _5 M0 h; t, n0 u
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The Chinese people feel proud and elated for China’s great economic development/growth.
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20. 他利用那些有权有势的朋友帮助他走后门,到政府行政部门任职。
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He used his influential friends to help him to get into the civil service by/through the back door. |
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