中国成语的英文翻译
英文简历模板-合作愉快
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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.
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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 losses
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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 and ring in the new
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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18.和气生财 Harmony
brings wealth.
19.活到老学到老 One is never too
old to learn.
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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.
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22.金玉满堂
Treasures fill the home.
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
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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
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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 ones far is on the festival occasions
when
one misses his dear most.
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34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning
lies with man, the outcome with Heaven.
Man
proposes, God disposes.
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35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits
itself
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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
contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
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39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of
retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat
and be
determined 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 bricks without
straw.
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42.千里之行始于足下 a
thousand-li journey begins with the first
step
--the highest eminence is to be gained step by
step
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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 generation sows
and another reaps.
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45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger
behind hesitate in
doing something
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46.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon
(from the outside) finds it hard to
control a
snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can
hardly afford
to neglect local bullies.
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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.
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.
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53.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from
the turmoil of the world;
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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 Hangzhou on earth
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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
should be able to think for himself.
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59.升级换代 updating and
upgrading (of products)
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.
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63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
65.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and
realistic; be true
to facts
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66.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the
devil and he comes.
67.实话实说speak the
plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it
is
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68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion
for testing
truth.
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69.山不在高，有仙则名'No matter how high the mountain
is, its name will
spread far and wide if there
is a fairy; '
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70.韬光养晦hide
one's capacities and bide one's time
71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a
bolt from the blue
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73.团结就是力量Unity is strength.
74.“跳进黄河洗不清”'eve if one jumped into the Yellow
River, one can
not wash oneself clean--there's
nothing one can do to clear one's name
'
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75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices
and evil phenomena
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76.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock
together.
77.往事如风'The past has vanished
(from memory) like wind.; What in past,
is pas
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78.望子成龙hold high hopes for
one's child
79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never
come singly. When it rains it pours.
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80.文韬武略military expertise;
military strategy
81.唯利是图draw water to
one's mill
82.无源之水,无本之木water without a
source, and a tree wiithout roots
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83.无中生有make create
something out of nothing
84.无风不起浪There
are no waves without wind. There's no smoke
without
fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the law for the
benefit of relatives or friends
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86.新官上任三把火a new broom
sweeps clean
87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty
helps one go forward, whereas
conceit makes
one lag behind.
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88.
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
89.心想事成May all your wish come true
90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit
consent; tacit
understanding 91.先入为主First
impressions are firmly entrenched.
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92.先下手为强catch the ball
before the bound
93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on
a hot pan
94.现身说法warn people by taking
oneself as an example
95.息事宁人pour oil on
troubled waters
96.喜忧参半mingled hope and
fear
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97.循序渐进step by step
98.一路平安，一路顺风speed
somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
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99.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with
oneself and lenient towards others
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101.有情人终成眷属'Jack shall have Jill, all shall be
well.'
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102.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money
talks.
103. 有识之士people of vision
104.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
105.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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106.与时俱进advance with times
107.以人为本people oriented; people foremost
108.因材施教teach students according to their
aptitude
109.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼'to ascend
another storey to see a thousand
miles
further; Ascend further, were you to look farther;
Would eye embrace
a thousand miles? Go up, one
flight.' a land of milk and honey
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110.欲速则不达Haste does
not bring success.
111. 优胜劣汰survival of
the fittest
112.英雄所见略同Great minds think
alike.
113.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends
than make enemies.
114.冤假错案'cases in
which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly
charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong
cases'
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115.一言既出，驷马难追A real
man never goes back on his words.
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116.招财进宝Money and
treasures will be plentiful
117.债台高筑become debt-ridden
118.致命要害Achilles' heel
119.
众矢之的target of public criticism
120.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.
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121.
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
122.纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or
later.
123.左右为难between the devil and the
deep blue sea
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