2021英语备课资料：100条中国成语俗语的翻译(上)

100条中国成语俗语的翻译

1.?爱屋及乌

Loveme, lovemydog.

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2.?百闻不如一见

Onelookisworthathousandwords.Seeingisbelieving.

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3. ?比上不足，比下有余

tofallshortofthebest, butbebetterthantheworst

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4.?笨鸟先飞

Aslowsparrowshouldmakeanearlystart.

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5.?不遗余力

sparenoeffort; goallout; doone'sbest

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6.?不打不成交

Nodiscord, noconcord.

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7.?拆东墙补西墙

robPetertopayPaul

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8.?辞旧迎新

bidfarewelltotheoldandusherinthenew

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9.?大事化小，小事化了

tryfirsttomaketheirmistakesoundlessseriousandthentoreduceittonothingatall

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10.?大开眼界

broadenone'shorizon; beaneye-opener

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11.?国泰民安

thecountryflourishesandpeopleliveinpeace

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12.?过犹不及

goingbeyondthelimitisasbadasfallingshort; excessisjustasbadasdeficiency;toomuchisasbadastoolittle

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13.?好了伤疤忘了疼

onceonshore, onepraysnomore

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14.?好事不出门，坏事传千里

Badnewstravelsfast.

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15.?和气生财

harmonybringswealth;friendlinessisconducivetobusinesssuccess

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16.?活到老学到老

nevertoooldtolearn

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17.?既往不咎

letbygonesbebygones

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18.?金无足赤，人无完人

Therearespotsevenonthesun.

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19.?金玉满堂

Treasuresfillthehome.

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20.?脚踏实地

bedown-to-earth

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21.?脚踩两只船

sitonthefence; beafence-sitter; haveafootineithercamp

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22.?君子之交淡如水

Ahedgebetweenkeepsfriendshipgreen.

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23.?老生常谈，陈词滥调

cutanddried; cliché

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24.?礼尚往来

Courtesycallsforreciprocity.

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25.?留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

Wherethereislife, thereishope.

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26.?马到成功

achieveimmediatevictory; wininstantsuccess

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27.?名利双收

gainbothfameandwealth

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28.?茅塞顿开

besuddenlyenlightened

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29.?没有规矩，不成方圆

Nothingcanbeaccomplishedwithoutnormsorstandards.

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30.?每逢佳节倍思亲

Onfestiveoccasionsmorethaneveronethinksofone'sdearonesfaraway.

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31.?谋事在人，成事在天

Manproposes; Goddisposes.

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32.?弄巧成拙

makeafoolofoneselfintryingtobesmart

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33.?赔了夫人又折兵

sufferadoubleloss; losethebaitalongwiththefish

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34.?抛砖引玉

amodestspurtoinduceotherstocomeforwardwithvaluablecontributions; throwasprattocatchawhale

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35.?破釜沉舟

cutoffallmeansofretreat；burnone'sownwayofretreatandbedeterminedtofighttotheend

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36.?抢得先机

takethepreemptiveopportunities

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37.?巧妇难为无米之炊

Onecan'tmakebrickswithoutstraw.

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38.?千里之行始于足下

athousand-lijourneybeginswiththefirststep--thehighesteminenceistobegainedstepbystep

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39.?前事不忘，后事之师

Pastexperience, ifnotforgotten, isaguideforthefuture.

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40.?前怕狼，后怕虎

fearwolvesaheadandtigersbehind；hesitateindoingsomething

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41.?强龙难压地头蛇

Themightydragonisnomatchforthenativeserpent.

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42.?瑞雪兆丰年

Afallofseasonalsnowgivespromiseofafruitfulyear.

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43.?人逢喜事精神爽

Peopleareinhighspiritswheninvolvedinhappyevents.

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44.?世上无难事，只怕有心人

Wherethereisawill, thereisaway.

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45.?世外桃源

aretreatawayfromtheturmoiloftheworld

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46.?人之初，性本善

Humansareborngood.

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47.?上有天堂，下有苏杭

Justasthereisparadiseinheaven, thereareSuzhouandHangzhouonearth.

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48.?塞翁失马，焉知非福

ablessingindisguise;Everycloudhasasilverlining.

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49.?三十而立

Amanshouldbeindependentattheageofthirty. /Atthirty, amanshouldbeabletothinkforhimself.

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50.?水涨船高

Ashipriseswiththetide.