中國成語英語翻譯大全

1、中 國 成 語 英 語 翻 譯Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者.事竟成愛屋及烏Love me, love my dog. ?百聞不如一見 Seeing is believing.?比上缺乏,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,

2、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 ones best ?不打不成交No discord, no concord. ?拆東墻補西墻 rob Peter to pay Paul ?福舊迎新 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

3、 their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all ?大開眼界 open ones eyes; broaden ones 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

4、as toolittle ?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 Goodnewsnever goes beyond the gate, while bad newsspread far and wide. ?和氣生財 Harmony brings wealth ? 活到老,學到老Oneis never too old to learn. ?既往不咎 let bygones be bygones ? 金無足赤,人無完人 Gold c

5、ant be pure and mancant 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, clich e ?禮尚往來Courtesy calls for reciprocity. ?留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒W

6、here there is life, there is hope. ?馬到成功 achieveimmediate victory; win instant success ?名利J雙收 gain in both fame and wealth ?茅塞頓開 be suddenly enlightened ?沒有規(guī)矩不成方圓 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. ? 每 逢佳節(jié)倍思親 ?On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of ones dear ones far

7、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 moneyafter bad ? 拋磚弓 I玉 a modest spur to induce

8、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 cantmake a fist./ One cant make bricks

9、 without straw. ?千里之行前事不忘,后事之始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step-the highest eminence is to be gained step by step ? 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 an

10、other reaps. ? 前怕 狼,后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitatein 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(lián)手 win-win co-operation ?瑞雪兆豐年 A timely snow

11、 promises a good harvest. ? 人之初,性本善 Mans nature at birth is good. ? 人逢 喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man. ? 人海戰(zhàn)術 huge-crowd strategy ?世上無難事,只要肯攀登Where there is a will, there is a way. ?世夕卜到k源 a fictitious land of peace awayfrom the turmoil of the world; ?死而后已 until my heart stops beating ? 歲歲平安 Peace

12、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 manshould be independent at the age of thirty. ?At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself. ?升級換代 updatingand upgrading (of produ

13、cts) ?四十不惑 Life begins at forty. ?誰言寸草心,報得三春暉 Such kindness of warm sun, cant be repaid by grass. ?水漲船高 Whenthe 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; bepractical and realistic; be true to facts ?微曹操

14、,曹操至口 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,有仙那么名Nomatter how high the mountain is, its namewill spread far and wide if there is a fairy; ? 韜光養(yǎng)晦 hide ones capacities an

15、d bide ones 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 jumpedinto the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean-theres nothing one can do to clear ones name ?歪風牙B氣 unhealthypractices and evil phenom

16、ena ? 物以類聚, 人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together. ?往事如風The past has vanished (frommemory) like wind.; What in past, is past. ?望子成龍 hold highhopes for ones child ?屋漏又逢連陰雨 Misfortunes never comesingly. When it rains it pours. ?文韜武略 military expertise;military strategy ? 唯利是圖 draw water to ones mill

17、? 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 Thereare no waves without wind. Theres 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

18、one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lagbehind. ?蓄勢而發(fā) accumulate strength for a take-off ? 心想事 成 Mayall your wish cometrue ?心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding ?先入為主 Firstimpressions are firmly entrenched. ? 先下手為強 catch the ball before the bound ? 像熱鍋上的螞蟻 li

19、ke an ant on a hot pan ? 現(xiàn) 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 somebodyon 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(xiāng) a land of mi

20、lk and honey ?有情人終成眷屬Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well. ?有錢能使鬼推磨 Moneymakes the mare go. Moneytalks. ?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 studentsaccording to their aptitude ?欲窮千里目,更上一層樓to ascendanother storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further,were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight