爱屋及乌英语

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100个中国成语俗语的英文翻译

01爱屋及乌

Loveme,lovemydog.

02百闻不如一见

Onelookisworthathousandwords.

Seeingisbelieving.

03比上不足，比下有余

tofallshortofthebest,butbebetterthantheworst

04笨鸟先飞

Aslowsparrowshouldmakeanearlystart.

05不遗余力

sparenoeffort;goallout;doone'sbest

06不打不成交

Nodiscord,noconcord.

07拆东墙补西墙

robPetertopayPaul

08辞旧迎新

bidfarewelltotheoldandusherinthenew

09大事化小，小事化了

tryfirsttomaketheirmistakesoundlessriousandthentoreduceittonothing

atall

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10大开眼界

broadenone'shorizon;beaneye-opener

11国泰民安

thecountryflourishesandpeopleliveinpeace

12过犹不及

goingbeyondthelimitisasbadasfallingshort;excessisjustasbadasdeficiency;

toomuchisasbadastoolittle

13好了伤疤忘了疼

onceonshore,onepraysnomore

14好事不出门，坏事传千里

Badnewstravelsfast.

15和气生财

harmonybringswealth;

friendlinessisconducivetobusinesssuccess

16活到老学到老

nevertoooldtolearn

17既往不咎

letbygonesbebygones

18金无足赤，人无完人

Therearespotvenonthesun.

19金玉满堂

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Treasuresfillthehome.

20脚踏实地

bedown-to-earth

21脚踩两只船

sitonthefence;beafence-sitter;haveafootineithercamp

22君子之交淡如水

Ahedgebetweenkeepsfriendshipgreen.

23老生常谈，陈词滥调

cutanddried;cliché

24礼尚往来

Courtesycallsforreciprocity.

25留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

Wherethereislife,thereishope.

26马到成功

achieveimmediatevictory;wininstantsuccess

27名利双收

gainbothfameandwealth

28茅塞顿开

besuddenlyenlightened

29没有规矩，不成方圆

Nothingcanbeaccomplishedwithoutnormsorstandards.

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30每逢佳节倍思亲

Onfestiveoccasionsmorethaneveronethinksofone'sdearonesfaraway.

31谋事在人，成事在天

Manpropos;Goddispos.

32弄巧成拙

makeafoolofonelfintryingtobesmart

33赔了夫人又折兵

sufferadoubleloss;lothebaitalongwiththefish

34抛砖引玉

amodestspurtoinduceotherstocomeforwardwithvaluable

contributions;throwasprattocatchawhale

35破釜沉舟

cutoffallmeansofretreat；burnone'sownwayofretreatandbedetermined

tofighttotheend

36抢得先机

takethepreemptiveopportunities

37巧妇难为无米之炊

Onecan'tmakebrickswithoutstraw.

38千里之行始于足下

athousand-lijourneybeginswiththefirststep--thehighesteminenceistobe

gainedstepbystep

39前事不忘，后事之师

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Pastexperience,ifnotforgotten,isaguideforthefuture.

40前怕狼，后怕虎

fearwolvesaheadandtigersbehind；hesitateindoingsomething41强龙难压

地头蛇

Themightydragonisnomatchforthenativerpent.

42瑞雪兆丰年

Afallofasonalsnowgivespromiofafruitfulyear

43人逢喜事精神爽

Peopleareinhighspiritswheninvolvedinhappyevents.

44世上无难事，只怕有心人

Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.

45世外桃源

aretreatawayfromtheturmoiloftheworld

46人之初，性本善

Humansareborngood.

47上有天堂，下有苏杭

Justasthereisparadiinheaven,thereareSuzhouandHangzhouonearth

48塞翁失马，焉知非福

ablessingindisgui;

Everycloudhasasilverlining.

49三十而立

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Amanshouldbeindependentattheageofthirty./Atthirty,amanshouldbe

abletothinkforhimlf.

50水涨船高

Ashipriswiththetide

51时不我待

Timeandtidewaitfornoman.

52杀鸡用牛刀

uasteam-hammertocracknuts

53实事求是

ektruthfromfacts;bepracticalandrealistic;betruetofacts

54说曹操，曹操到

speakofthedevil

55实话实说

speaktheplaintruth;callaspadeaspade;tellitasitis

56实践是检验真理的唯一标准

Practiceisthesolecriterionfortestingtruth.

57韬光养晦

hideone'scapacitiesandbideone'stime

58糖衣炮弹

sugar-coatedbullets

59天有不测风云

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romtheblue

60团结就是力量

Unityisstrength.

61跳进黄河洗不清

EvenifonejumpedintotheYellowRiver,onecannotwashonelfclean-

there'snothingonecandotoclearone'sname

62歪风邪气

unhealthytrendsandvulgarpractices

63物以类聚，人以群分

Birdsofafeatherflocktogether.

64望子成龙

holdhighhopesforone'schild

65唯利是图

eknothingbutprofits;beblindtoallbutone'sowninterests66无中生有

asheerfabricationoutofnothing;fabricaterumorsoutofthinair67无风不起

浪

gcomesofnothing.

68徇私枉法

twistthelawtosuitone'sownpurpo

69新官上任三把火

anewbroomsweepsclean

70蓄势待发

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accumulatestrengthforatake-off

71心想事成

Mayallyourwishcometrue

72心照不宣

haveatacitunderstanding;thoroughlyunderstandeachother,withouthaving

exchangedawordofexplanation

73先入为主

Firstimpressionsarefirmlyentrenched.

74先下手为强

Hewhostrikesfirstgainstheadvantage.

Thebestdefenisoffen.

75热锅上的蚂蚁

antsonahotpan

76现身说法

warnpeoplebytakingonelfasanexample

77息事宁人

pouroilontroubledwaters;patchupaquarrelandreconcilethe

partiesconcerned

78循序渐进

proceedinanorderlywayandstepbystep;advancegraduallyindueorder79

严以律己，宽以待人

bestrictwithonelfandlenientwithothers

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80有情人终成眷属

JackshallhaveJill,allshallbewell.

81有钱能使鬼推磨

Moneymakesthemarego./Moneytalks.

82有识之士

amanofinsight83有勇无谋

boldbutnotcrafty

84有缘千里来相会

Separatedaswearethousandsofmilesapart,wecometogetherasif

bypredestination。

85与时俱进

keeppacewiththetimes

86以人为本

people-oriented

87因材施教

teachstudentsaccordingtotheiraptitude

88欲穷千里目，更上一层楼

toascendanotherstoreytoeathousandmilesfurther;Ascendfurther,were

youtolookfarther.

89欲速则不达

Hastemakeswaste.

Morehaste,lessspeed.

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90优胜劣汰

survivalofthefittest

91英雄所见略同

Greatmindsthinkalike.

92冤家宜解不宜结

Bettermakefriendsthanmakeenemies.

93冤假错案

casinwhichpeoplewereunjustly,fallyorwronglychargedorntenced;

unjust,falorwrongcas

94一言既出，驷马难追

Apromiisapromi.

Arealmannevergoesbackonhiswords.

95招财进宝

bringinwealthandtreasure

96债台高筑

becomedebt-ridden

97众矢之的

targetofpubliccriticism

98纸上谈兵

beanarmchairstrategist

99纸包不住火

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Youcan'twrapfireinpaper.

What'sdonebynightappearsbyday.

100.左右为难

caughtinadilemma;betweenthedevilandthedeepbluea