英语中常见的100个中国成语
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英语中常见的100个中国成语
成语，因为其言简意赅的特性受到很多人的青睐。在英
文写作的过程中，我们也常会见到一
些成语，它们在英语中是如何翻译的呢？
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
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 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 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
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.; 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.有情人终成眷属 Jack
shall have Jill, all shall be well.