120个中国成语的英文翻译
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120个中国成语的英文翻译
1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my
dog.
2.眼见为实 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 personal
losses.
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.
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.
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.
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
ones
far away.
34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with
man, the outcome with Heaven. Man
proposes;
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
contributions; 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
determined to fight to the end.
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.
42.千里之行始于足下 The highest eminence 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 sows and another
reaps.
45.前怕狼后怕虎 Fear the wolf in front and
the tiger behind hesitate in doing
something.
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.
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.
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, there are Suzhou and
Hangzhou 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. At thirty, a man
should be able to think for himself.
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.
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.
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
68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion
for testing truth.
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.
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.
73.团结就是力量 Unity is strength.
74.跳进黄河洗不清
There's nothing one can do to clear one's name.
75.歪风邪气 Unhealthy practices and evil
phenomena.
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.
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.
80.左右为难 Between the devil and the deep blue
sea.
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 without roots.
83.无中生有 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.
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.
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.
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.
97.循序渐进
Step by step.
98.纸包不住火 Truth will come to
light sooner or later.
99.严以律己,宽以待人 Be strict
with oneself and lenient towards others.
100.纸上谈兵 Be an armchair strategist.
101.有情人终成眷属 Jack shall have Jill, all shall be
well.
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.
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.
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.
115.一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes
back on his words.
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.