英语翻译中国成语
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英语中常用的123个中国成语
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
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
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 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 a thousand-li journey
begins
with the first step--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 generation plants the
trees in whose shade another generation
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, ther 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, 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
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”
Yellow River, one can not wash
oneself
clean--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
like wind.;
What in past, is pas
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.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
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
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
98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their
way;
speed the parting guest
99.严以律己,宽以待人be
strict with oneself and
lenient towards others
100鱼米之乡
101.有情人终成眷属
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
storey
to see a thousand miles further; Ascend
further, were you to look farther; Would eye
embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one
flight.
land of milk and honey
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
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.
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