中国成语翻译成英语
西南政法大学研究生部-上海财政网站
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中国成语翻译成英语
1.爱屋及乌 Love
me, love my dog.
2.百闻不如一见 Seeing is
believing.
3.比上不足比下有余 worse off than some,
better off than many; to fall short of the
best, but be better than the worst.
4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early
start.
5.不眠之夜 white night
6.不以物喜不以己悲 not
pleased by external gains, not saddened by
personnal loss
es
7.不遗余力 spare no effort;
go all out; do one's best
8.不打不成交 No discord,
no concord.
9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay
Paul
10.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and
usher in the new; ring out the old year an
d
ring in the new
11.大事化小小事化了 try first to
make their mistake sound less serious and then to
reduce it to nothing at all
12.大开眼界
open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-
opener
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13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live
in peace
14.过犹不及 going too far is as bad
as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong
as
falling short; too much is as bad as too little
15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who
waits.
16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one
prays no more
17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news
never goes beyond the gate, while bad news
spread far and wide.
18.和气生财 Harmony
brings wealth.
19.活到老学到老 One is never
too old to learn.
20.既往不咎 let bygones be
bygones
21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be
pure and man can't be perfect.
22.金玉满堂
Treasures fill the home.
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23.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth
24.脚踩两只船
sit on the fence
25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship
between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a
hedge
between keeps friendship green
26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché
27.礼尚往来
Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧
Where there is life, there is hope.
29.马到成功
achieve immediate victory; win instant success
30.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth
31.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened
32.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished
without norms or standards.
33.每逢佳节倍思亲 On
festive occasions more than ever one thinks of
one's dear o
nes far is on the festival
occasions when one misses his dear most.
34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the
outcome with Heaven. Man pr
oposes, God
disposes.
35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half;
Cunning outwits itself
36.拿手好戏 masterpiece
37.赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad
38.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come
forward with valuable contribu
tions; throw a
sprat to catch a whale
39.破釜沉舟 cut off all
means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and
be det
ermined to fight to the end
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40.抢得先机 take the
preemptive opportunities
41.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you
have no hand you can't make a fist. One can't make
b
ricks without straw.
42.千里之行始于足下 a
thousand-li journey begins with the first step--
the highest em
inence is to be gained step by
step
43.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not
forgotten, is a guide for the future.
44.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in
whose shade another gene
ration rests. One sows
and another reaps.
45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the
wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in
doing somet
hing
46.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a
dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control
a snak
e in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders
can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
47.强强联手 win-win co-operation
48.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good
harvest.
49.人之初性本善 Man's nature at birth
is good.
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50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.
51.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy
52.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is
a way.
53.世外桃源 a fictitious land of
peace away from the turmoil of the world;
54.死而后已 until my heart stops beating
55.岁岁平安 Peace all year round.
56.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in
heaven, ther are Suzhou and Han
gzhou on earth.
57.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual
blessing.
58.三十而立 A man should be
independent at the age of thirty, a man
sho
uld be able to think for himself.
59.升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)
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60.四十不惑
Life begins at forty.
61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such
kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass.
62.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat
floats high.
爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
比上不足，比下有余
but be better than the worst
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early
start.
不眠之夜white night
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not
saddened by personnal losses
不遗余力spare
no effort; go all out; do one‘s best
不打不成交
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拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
辞旧迎新bid
farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out
the old year and ring in
the new
往事如风
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's
child
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come
singly. When it rains it pours.
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree
wiithout roots
无中生有makecreate something
out of nothing
无风不起浪there are no waves
without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
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徇私枉法bend the
law for the benefit of relatives or friends
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas
conceit makes
one lag behind.
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
心想事成May all your wish come true
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit
consent; tacit understanding
先入为主First
impressions are firmly entrenched.
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
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喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
循序渐进step by
step
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their
way; speed the parting guest
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient
towards others
鱼米之乡a land of milk and
honey
有情人终成眷属
有钱能使鬼推磨Money
makes the mare go. Money talks.
有识之士people of vision
有勇无谋use brawn
rather than brain
有缘千里来相会Separated as
we are thousands of miles apart, we come together
as
if by predestination.
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与时俱进advance with times
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
因材施教teach students according to their
aptitude
欲穷千里目，更上一层楼
Ascend
further, were you to look farther; Would eye
embrace a thousand miles? Go up,
one flight.
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
英雄所见略同GREat minds think alike.
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
冤假错案
sentenced; unjust, false or wrong
cases
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes
back on his words.
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招财进宝Money and treasures will be
plentiful
债台高筑become debt-ridden
致命要害Achilles' heel
众矢之的target of
public criticism
知己知彼,百战不殆Know the
enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a
hundred
battles with no danger of defeat.
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue
sea; between the rock and the hard
place
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