成语英语翻译大全.pdf

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成语英语翻译大全

爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.

百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.

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

笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.

不眠之夜white night

不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one\'s best

不打不成交"No discord, no concord.

拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul

辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

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

大开眼界open one\'s eyes; broaden one\'s horizon; be an eye-opener

国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace

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

功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.

好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more

好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

和气生财Harmony brings wealth

活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.

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既往不咎let bygones be bygones

金无足赤,人无完人Gold can\'t be pure and man can\'t be perfect.

金玉满堂Treasures fill the home

脚踏实地be down-to-earth

脚踩两只船sit on the fence

君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché

礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."

马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success

名利双收gain in both fame and wealth

茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened

没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

每逢佳节倍思亲

On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one\'s dear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "

弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.

拿手好戏masterpiece

赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad

抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

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

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抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities

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.

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

前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.

One sows and another reaps.

前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something

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.

强强联手win-win co-operation

瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.

人之初,性本善Man\'s nature at birth is good.

人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.

人海战术huge-crowd strategy

世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "

世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

死而后已until my heart stops beating

岁岁平安Peace all year round

上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."

塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.

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At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." 升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)

四十不惑Life begins at forty.

谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can\'t be repaid by grass. "

水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.

时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.

杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel

实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.

实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

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; "

韬光养晦hide one\'s capacities and bide one\'s time

糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets

天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

团结就是力量Unity is strength.

“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 "

歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.

往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."

望子成龙hold high hopes for one\'s child

屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

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文韬武略military expertise; military strategy

唯利是图draw water to one\'s mill

无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

无中生有make/create something out of nothing

无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There\'s no smoke without fire.

徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off

心想事成May all your wish come true

心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding

先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.

先下手为强catch the ball before the bound

像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan

现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example

息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters

喜忧参半mingled hope and fear

循序渐进step by step

一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey

有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."

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有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

有识之士people of vision

有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain

有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

与时俱进advance with times

以人为本people oriented; people foremost

因材施教teach students according to their aptitude

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; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."

欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.

优胜劣汰survival of the fittest

英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.

冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.

冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"

一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.

招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful

债台高筑become debt-ridden

致命要害Achilles\' heel

众矢之的target of public criticism

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.

纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist

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纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.

左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock

繁荣昌盛thriving and prosperous

爱不释手fondle admiringly

爱财如命skin a flea for its hide

爱屋及乌love me,love my dog He that loves the tree loves the branch

安居乐业live and work in peace and contentment

白手起家build up from nothing

百里挑一one in hundred

百折不挠be indomitable

半途而废give up halfway leave sth. Unfinished

包罗万象all-embracing all-inclusive

饱经风霜weather-beaten

卑躬屈膝bow and scrape cringe

悲欢离合vicissitudes of life

背道而驰run counter to run in the opposite direction

本末倒置put the cart before the horse

笨鸟先飞the slow need to start early

必由之路the only way

闭关自守close the country to international intercourse

变本加厉be further intensified

变化无常chop and change fantasticality

变化无常chop and change fantasticality

别开生面having sth. New

别有用心have ulterior motives

彬彬有礼refined and courteous urbane

兵不厌诈in war nothing is too deceitful

博古通今erudite and informed

不败之地incincible position

不耻下问feel not ashamed to learn from one's subordinates

不可救药be past praying for beyond redemption

不劳而获reap where one has not sown

不屈不挠fortitude indefatigability perseverance persevere tenacity

不速之客crasher uninvited guest

不同凡响outstanding

不言而喻speak for itself tell its own story tell its own tale went without saying 不遗余力spare no effort spare no pains

不以为然not approve object to

不义之财filthy lucre filthy pelf the mammon of unrighteousness

不亦乐乎extremely

不远千里go to the trouble of travelling a long distance

不约而同happen to coincide

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不择手段by any kind of means by hook or crook play hard by fair means or foul

不知所措be at a loss be all adrift lose one's head out of one's wits

才疏学浅have little talent and learning

惨绝人寰extremely cruel

沧海桑田time brings a great change to the worlds

沧海一粟/九牛一毛a drop in the bucket

草木皆兵a state of extreme nervousness

层出不穷emerge in endlessly

层峦迭嶂peaks over peaks

察言观色carefully watch what sb. is doing and saying

姹紫嫣红very beautiful flowers

畅行无阻checkless

车水马龙heavy traffic

沉默寡言taciturnity

称心如意well-content

趁热打铁strike while iron is hot Hold a wolf the iron is hot

成群结队gang horde

诚惶诚恐with reverence and awe

诚心诚意sincere desire

承上启下a connecting link between the preceding and the following

吃苦耐劳tough

吃里扒外live on sb. while helping others secretly

痴心妄想胡思乱想wishful thinking

持之以恒preserve

叱咤风云ride the whirlwind

愁眉苦脸pull a long face snoot

愁眉苦脸的，愁眉苦脸地woebegone morosely

臭名远扬，臭名昭著flagrancy，notorious

出乎意料unexpected

出口成章have an outstanding eloquence

出类拔萃，鹤立鸡群fill the bill supereminence

出谋划策give counsel suggest

出奇制胜defeat sb. by a surprise action

出生入死go through fire and water

触类旁通comprehend by analogy

垂头丧气，无精打采down in the mouth lose one's spirits with the tail between the legs 垂头丧气的blue about the gills crestfallen downhearted

绰绰有余more than sufficient

此起彼伏as one falls,another rises

从容不迫go easy take one's time

从容不迫的leisured unhurried

从容不迫地by easy stages

粗枝大叶careless slapdash sloppy

粗枝大叶的broad-brush

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措手不及unaware unprepared

错综复杂扑朔迷离anfractuosity

错综复杂的anfractuous daedal reticula sinuous

打草惊蛇act rashly and alert the enemy

大材小用waste one's talent on a petty job

大公无私selfless

大海捞针look for a needle in a bottle of hay

大惑不解be extremely puzzled

大惊小怪a storm in a teacup foofaraw fuss like a hen with one chicken

大惊小怪的spoffish

大快人心affording general satisfaction

大名鼎鼎famous well known

大器晚成great minds mature slowly

爱财如命

love money as one loves one's life/love money as much as life itself.

爱理不理

look cold and indifferent

爱莫能助

willing to help but unable to do so

爱屋及乌

love for a person extends even to the crows on his roof/love me, love my dog.

爱憎分明

understand what to love and what to hate/know whom to love and whom to hate.

安步当车

stroll over instead of riding in a carriage/walk rather than ride.

安分守已

abide by the law and behave oneself/know one's place

live and work in peace and contentment

安民告示

a notice to reassure the public

安贫乐道

be content with poverty, caring only for one's principles or the way

安然无恙

safe and sound/(escape)unscathed

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安如泰山

as solid as Mount Tai/ as firm(solid)as a rock

安营扎寨

pitch a camp/camp

按兵不动

hold one's troops where they are—take no action; bide one's time.

按部就班

follow the prescribed order/keep to conventional ways of doing things.

按图索骥

look for a steed with the aid of its picture—try to find something by following up a clue

按下葫芦浮起瓢

hardly has one gourd been pushed under water when another bobs up--solve one problem only to find another cropping up

暗箭伤人

stab ab. in the back/injure sb. by underhand means

暗送秋波

make eyes at sb. / give sb. the glad eyes/ make secret overtures to sb.

黯然神伤

feel dejected / depressed

黯然失色

be cast into the shade/ be overshadowed/ be eclipsed/ pale into insignificance

黯然销魂

sorrow at parting

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昂首阔步

stride along with one's chin up/ stride proudly ahead

昂首望天

hold one's head high and gaze at the sky

嗷嗷待哺

cry piteously for food

八面玲珑

be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)

八面威风

an aura of awesome might/a commanding presence

八仙过海，各显神通

like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each one showing his or her special prowess.

八字还没一撇儿

there's not even the first stoke of the character /there's not the slightest sign of success yet 拔苗助长

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