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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!9 A8 i" v5 y' P4 N
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爱屋及乌
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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6 P9 e' ?1 V( n 不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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3 v2 G& M9 g, l% y5 } 拆东墙补西墙
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, b2 a% |* u! |2 {% c2 q( g bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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) r1 z6 I% J* b5 Y% E 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: f( @8 \6 }* C
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( T$ u! U& ^8 e+ O1 y! t 大开眼界
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0 M. r% h; Y! Z9 h 好了伤疤忘了疼
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8 |# s. Q1 ?4 {$ L5 T1 @ 好事不出门，坏事传千里
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, | l1 c/ A% \; p" P% {6 p I) R 和气生财
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/ `% y) _& v. Z1 T 活到老学到老$ _; Q' a A- L i3 C6 |8 x
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" B1 _; I8 i" H/ n6 M 脚踩两只船
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cut and dried; cliché
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8 z2 o& Q3 A* u l 礼尚往来
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& U9 G9 l! C' K9 n+ g Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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$ Q9 [! n# @/ N! } a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
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; Z! ^" }9 h b# l One can't make bricks without straw.
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世外桃源
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests: Q8 F$ o( U, E5 N- p4 f- `, s
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air3 `% t. o3 c9 I" j a
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新官上任三把火5 M2 C% O( M" r, m( j9 N
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a new broom sweeps clean
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! x9 I$ k: b$ K) U z 心想事成
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May all your wish come true3 e8 F/ }- b! U0 |
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心照不宣1 @( `9 _ p* X R. J7 U0 N' ~
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation& D) @2 k$ X# j7 D
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) h3 z3 w4 }: r' e# y7 A 先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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3 \7 _' R" r, c: N8 ? 先下手为强
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热锅上的蚂蚁
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ants on a hot pan. X0 y7 Q/ O# P% A. @) i0 h' I
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* y- `" U1 f; m& t pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned7 l$ r8 a e9 `, |
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i5 T( N+ f- @# K0 H 循序渐进
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people-oriented
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to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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英雄所见略同
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Great minds think alike.
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" a) r# c( d# T1 } Better make friends than make enemies.
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l. U. a4 ]. a2 c cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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bring in wealth and treasure
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target of public criticism
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& z1 d5 u& v! S) O+ x# A, S! H 纸上谈兵' t( D4 O" X# S- U" u
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