72個成語的英語翻譯

72个成语的英语翻译

1. 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

2. 大開眼界

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

3. 國泰民安

The country flourishes and people live in peace

4. 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

5. 功夫不負有心人

Everything comes to him who waits

6. 好了傷疤忘了疼

once on shore,one prays no more

7. 好事不出門惡事傳千里

Good news never goes beyond the gate,while bad news spread far and wide

8. 和氣生財

Harmony brings wealth

9. 活到老學到老

One is never too old to learn

10. 既往不咎

let bygones be bygones

11. 金無足赤人無完人

Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect

12. 金玉滿堂

Treasures fill the home

13. 腳踏實地

be down-to-earth

14. 腳踩兩隻船

sit on the fence

15. 君子之交淡如水

the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal;a hedge between keeps friendship green

16. 老生常談陳詞濫調

cut and dried,cliché

17. 禮尚往來

Courtesy calls for reciprocity

18. 留得青山在不怕沒柴燒

Where there is life,there is hope

19. 馬到成功

achieve immediate victory;win instant success

20. 名利雙收

gain in both fame and wealth

21. 茅塞頓開

be suddenly enlightened

22. 沒有規矩不成方圓

Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards

23. 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

24. 謀事在人成事在天

The planning lies with man,the outcome with Heaven Man proposes,God disposes

25. 弄巧成拙

be too smart by half;Cunning outwits itself

26. 拿手好戲

masterpiece

27. 賠了夫人又折兵

throw good money after bad

28. 拋磚引玉

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

29. 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

30. 搶得先機

take the preemptive opportunities

31. 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

32. 千里之行始於足下

a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

33. 前事不忘後事之師

Past experience,if not forgotten,is a guide for the future

34. 前人栽樹後人乘涼

One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests One sows and another reaps

35. 前怕狼後怕虎

fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something

36. 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

37. 強強聯手

win-win co-operation

38. 瑞雪兆豐年

A timely snow promises a good harvest

39. 人之初性本善

Man's nature at birth is good

40. 人逢喜事精神爽

Joy puts heart into a man

41. 人海戰術

huge-crowd strategy

42. 世上無難事只要肯攀登

Where there is a will,there is a way

43. 世外桃源

a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

44. 死而後已

until my heart stops beating

45. 歲歲平安

Peace all year round

46. 上有天堂下有蘇杭

Just as there is paradise in heaven,there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth

47. 塞翁失馬焉知非福

Misfortune may be an actual blessing

48. 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

49. 升級換代

updating and upgrading(of products)

50. 四十不惑

Life begins at forty

51. 誰言寸草心報得三春暉

Such kindness of warm sun,can't be repaid by grass

52. 水漲船高

When the river rises,the boat floats high

53. 時不我待

Time and tide wait for no man

54. 殺雞用牛刀

break a butterfly on the wheel

55. 實事求是

seek truth from facts;be practical and realistic;be true to facts

56. 說曹操,曹操到

Talk of the devil and he comes

57. 實話實說

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

58. 實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準

Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth

59. 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

60. 韜光養晦

hide one's capacities and bide one's time

61. 糖衣炮彈

sugar-coated bullets

62. 天有不測風雲

Anything unexpected may happen a bolt from the blue.

63. 團結就是力量

Unity is strength.

64. “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'

65. 歪風邪氣

unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

66. 物以類聚,人以群分

Birds of a feather flock together.

67. 往事如風

The past has vanished(from memory)like wind;What in past, is passed.

68. 望子成龍

hold high hopes for one's child

69. 屋漏又逢連陰雨

Misfortunes never come singly When it rains it pours

70. 文韜武略

military expertise;military strategy

71. 唯利是圖

draw water to one's mill

72. 無源之水,無本之木

water without a source,and a tree without roots

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