(轉) 常用成語英漢互譯

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　　愛屋及烏 Love me, love my dog.

　　百聞不如一見 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

　　笨鳥先飛 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

　　不遺余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

　　不打不成交 "No discord, no concord.

　　拆東墻補西墻 rob Peter to pay Paul

　　辭舊迎新 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

　　大開眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

　　國泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

　　過猶不及 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

　　功夫不負有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.

　　好了傷疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

　　好事不出門，惡事傳千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

　　和氣生財 Harmony brings wealth

　　活到老，學到老 One is never too old to learn.

　　既往不咎 let bygones be bygones

　　金無足赤,人無完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

　　金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home

　　腳踏實地 be down-to-earth

　　腳踩兩只船 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

　　老生常談，陳詞濫調 cut and dried, cliché

　　禮尚往來 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

　　留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 "Where there is life, there is hope."

　　馬到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success

　　名利雙收 gain in both fame and wealth

　　茅塞頓開 be suddenly enlightened

　　沒有規矩不成方圓 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

　　每逢佳節倍思親

　　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.

　　謀事在人，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.

　　拿手好戲 masterpiece

　　賠了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad

　　拋磚引玉 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

　　搶得先機 take the preemptive opportunities

　　巧婦難為無米之炊 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,后事之師 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

　　前人栽樹,后人乘涼 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

　　強龍難壓地頭蛇 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.

　　強強聯手 win-win co-operation

　　瑞雪兆豐年 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.

　　人海戰術 huge-crowd strategy

　　世上無難事，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

　　歲歲平安 Peace all year round

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

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

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

　　At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."

　　升級換代 updating and upgrading (of products)

　　四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

　　誰言寸草心，報得三春暉 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "

　　水漲船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.

　　時不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.

　　殺雞用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel

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

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

　　實話實說 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

　　實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

　　山不在高，有仙則名 "No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "

　　韜光養晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time

　　糖衣炮彈 sugar-coated bullets

　　天有不測風云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

　　團結就是力量 Unity is strength.

　　“跳進黃河洗不清” "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 "

　　歪風邪氣 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

　　物以類聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.

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

　　望子成龍 hold high hopes for one's child

　　屋漏又逢連陰雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

　　文韜武略 military expertise; military strategy

　　唯利是圖 draw water to one's mill

　　無源之水,無本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

　　無中生有 make/create something out of nothing

　　無風不起浪 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

　　虛心使人進步,驕傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

　　蓄勢而發 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

　　先入為主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.

　　先下手為強 catch the ball before the bound

　　像熱鍋上的螞蟻 like an ant on a hot pan

　　現身說法 warn people by taking oneself as an example

　　息事寧人 pour oil on troubled waters

　　喜憂參半 mingled hope and fear

　　循序漸進 step by step

　　一路平安，一路順風 speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

　　嚴以律己,寬以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

　　魚米之鄉 a land of milk and honey

　　有情人終成眷屬 "Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."

　　有錢能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

　　有識之士 people of vision

　　有勇無謀 use brawn rather than brain

　　有緣千里來相會 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

　　與時俱進 advance with times

　　以人為本 people oriented; people foremost

　　因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude

　　欲窮千里目，更上一層樓 "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."

　　欲速則不達 Haste does not bring success.

　　優勝劣汰 survival of the fittest

　　英雄所見略同 Great minds think alike.

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

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

　　一言既出，駟馬難追 A real man never goes back on his words.

　　招財進寶 Money and treasures will be plentiful

　　債臺高筑 become debt-ridden

　　致命要害 Achilles' heel

　　眾矢之的 target of public criticism

　　知己知彼,百戰不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

　　紙上談兵 be an armchair strategist

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

　　左右為難 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place

liuhuifang

very good,thank you very much!