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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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9 q1 |0 z( W, Z, Z 百闻不如一见- f2 D- h: {# k0 u N6 L9 a
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Seeing is believing.
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0 H9 `9 J* o. B" S: p2 |% R 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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, @9 _; `+ N3 H& f 不打不成交7 Q" ~! i0 t' r- ?& i* `
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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6 l1 M6 g. r9 ^6 s1 _ 辞旧迎新
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new4 S. x% E6 L# {: H
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7 X& |5 @3 D1 u! M7 j/ C) C& T 大事化小，小事化了& e2 C( t7 e: A) s3 _* y
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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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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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过犹不及
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
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% ]4 e, [( X" C! K, J 好了伤疤忘了疼0 _! \) Q5 Y' i. x
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once on shore, one prays no more
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Bad news travels fast.
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' s% O$ {2 j+ S$ b9 w) W harmony brings wealth;% E" I9 D0 ?5 J4 R! w
6 E% {6 C4 {3 Y8 k/ _- {, h friendliness is conducive to business success1 W, i. e5 ?; i3 b0 x! y# H1 X
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never too old to learn
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既往不咎
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, P8 E* S. l6 P* ]3 B1 k' T Treasures fill the home.
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( \9 M) u4 r% H- N8 Y* T5 N 老生常谈，陈词滥调
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be suddenly enlightened
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千里之行始于足下
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a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step( w* C: N, N" }; O6 Z+ }
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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.
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无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose, Y9 p# W5 |+ p! P
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a new broom sweeps clean
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+ D; \! a8 Y: t4 s 心想事成
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May all your wish come true
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5 o2 V" t) W7 n/ X( J+ {' B 心照不宣
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: \7 h* C$ _- u: L7 p have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.8 ?% s0 g# K3 ]) o g9 D3 `; c
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' _; d6 p' f- A0 Q 先下手为强
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The best defense is offense.
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ants on a hot pan
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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0 v- G, R4 l: e/ x4 }+ A pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned7 L' J) a5 }' Z9 [
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循序渐进
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0 N) \- z8 v2 v2 }; Z/ \ proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order0 u5 S. q1 E5 o7 o+ n1 F1 j5 `- u7 T8 p
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be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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有情人终成眷属
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.827 l+ ~. s, ^, k/ W+ M3 z
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Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85
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与时俱进
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以人为本
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Haste makes waste.
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survival of the fittest
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/ K7 Y( P; z$ Q9 ^ Better make friends than make enemies.4 M9 ^5 q) U+ X- k5 B4 B' D) J' M( h8 H
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冤假错案; F$ w$ j3 t7 K a) g
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be an armchair strategist
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纸包不住火
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You can't wrap fire in paper.+ G! C0 R( |% A6 Q
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What's done by night appears by day.
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