常用成语的英文翻译
海子的经典诗句-
英文成语
1.
爱不释手
fondle
admiringly
2.
百闻不如一见（眼见为实）
Seeing is
believing.
3.
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.
4.
笨鸟先飞
A slow sparrow should make an
early start.
5.
不眠之夜
white night
6.
不以物喜不以己悲
not pleased by external
gains, not saddened by personnal losses
7.
不遗余力
spare no effort; go all out; do
one's best
8.
不打不成交
No discord, no concord.
9.
拆东墙补西墙
rob Peter to pay Paul
10.
辞旧迎新
bid farewell to the old and
usher in the new; ring out the old year
and
ring in the new
11.
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
12.
大开眼界
open one's eyes; broaden one's
horizon; be an eye-opener
13.
国泰民安
The country flourishes and
people live in peace
14.
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
15.
功夫不负有心人
Everything comes to him
who
waits.
16.
好了伤疤忘了疼
once on shore, one prays
no
more
17.
好事不出门恶事传千里
Good news never
goes beyond
the gate, while bad news
spread far and
wide.
18.
和气生财
Harmony brings wealth.
19.
活到老学到老
One is never too old to
learn.
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英文成语
20.
既往不咎
let bygones be bygones
21.
金无足赤人无完人
Gold can't be pure and
33.
每逢佳节倍思亲
On festive occasions
more
than ever one thinks of one's dear
man
can't be perfect.
22.
金玉满堂
Treasures fill the home.
23.
脚踏实地
be down-to-earth
24.
脚踩两只船
sit on the fence
25.
君子之交淡如水
the friendship between
gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a
hedge
between keeps friendship green
26.
老生常谈陈词滥调
cut and dried,
clich
é
27.
礼尚往来
Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
28.
留得青山在不怕没柴烧
Where there is life,
there
is hope.
29.
马到成功
achieve immediate victory; win
instant success
30.
名利双收
gain in both fame and wealth
31.
茅塞顿开
be suddenly enlightened
32.
没有规矩不成方圆
Nothing can be
accomplished
without norms or standards.
ones far is on the festival occasions
when one misses his dear most.
34.
谋事在人成事在天
The planning lies with
man,
the outcome with Heaven. Man
proposes,
God disposes.
35.
弄巧成拙
be too smart by half; Cunning
outwits itself
36.
拿手好戏
masterpiece
37.
赔了夫人又折兵
throw good money after
bad
38.
抛砖引玉
a modest spur to induce others
to come forward with valuable
contributions; throw a sprat to catch a
whale
39.
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
40.
抢得先机
take the preemptive
opportunities
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英文成语
41.
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.
42.
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
49.
人之初性本善
Man's nature at birth is
good.
50.
人逢喜事精神爽
Joy puts heart into a
man.
51.
人海战术
huge-crowd strategy
52.
世上无难事只要肯攀登
Where there is a
43.
前事不忘后事之师
Past experience, if not
forgotten, is a guide for the future.
44.
前人
栽树后人乘凉
One generation plants the
trees in whose shade another generation
sows and another reaps.
45.
前怕狼后怕虎
fear the wolf in front and
the tiger behind hesitate in doing
something
46.
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.
will, there
is a way.
53.
世外桃源
a fictitious land of peace away
from the turmoil of the world;
54.
死而后已
until my heart stops beating
55.
岁岁平安
Peace all year round.
56.
上有天堂下有苏杭
Just as there is
paradise in
heaven, ther are Suzhou and
Hangzhou on
earth
57.
塞翁失马焉知非福
Misfortune may be an
actual
blessing.
58.
三十而立
A man should be independent
47.
强强联手
win-win co-operation
48.
瑞雪兆丰年
A timely snow promises a
good harvest.
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at the age of thirty, a
man should
be able to think for
himself.
英文成语
59.
升级换代
updating and upgrading (of
products)
60.
四十不惑
Life begins at forty.
61.
谁言寸草心报得三春晖
Such kindness of
warm sun,
can't be repaid by grass.
62.
水涨
船高
When the river rises, the boat floats
high.
70.
韬光养晦
hide one's
capacities and bide
one's time
71.
糖衣炮弹
sugar-
coated bullets
72.
天有不测风云
Anything
unexpected may
happen. a bolt from the
blue
73.
团结就是力量
Unity is
strength.
74.
“
跳进黄河洗不清”
'eve if one jumped
into
63.
时不我待
Time
and tide wait for no man.
the Yellow River, one can not wash
oneself
64.
杀鸡用牛刀
break a
butterfly on the wheel
clean--there's nothing one can do to
clear
65.
实事求是
seek
truth from facts; be
practical and
realistic; be true to facts
66.
说曹操
,
曹操到
Talk of the devil and he
comes.
67.
实话实说
speak the
plain truth; call a
spade a spade; tell
it as it is
68.
实
践是检验真理的唯一标准
Practice is the
sole criterion for testing truth.
69.
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; '
one's name '
75.
歪风邪气
unhealthy
practices and evil
phenomena
76.
物以类聚，
< br>人以群分
Birds of a feather flock
together.
77.
往事如风
'The past
has vanished (from
memory) like wind.;
What in past, is pas
78.
望子成龙
hold high
hopes for one's child
79.
屋漏又逢连阴雨
Misfortunes never come
singly. When it rains it pours.
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英文成语
80.
文韬武略
military
expertise; military
strategy
81.
唯利是图
draw water
to one's mill
82.
无源之水
,
无本之木
water
without a source,
and a tree wiithout
roots
83.
无中生有
make
create something out of
nothing
84.
无风不起浪
There are
no waves without
wind. There's no smoke
without fire.
85.
徇私
枉法
bend the
law for the benefit of relatives
or
friends
90.
心照不宣
have a
tacit understanding; give
tacit
consent; tacit understanding
91.
先入为
主
First
impressions are firmly entrenched.
92.
先下手为强
catch the
ball before the
bound
93.
像热锅上的蚂蚁
like an
ant on a hot pan
94.
现身说法
warn
people by taking oneself
as an example
95.
息事宁人
pour oil
on troubled waters
96.
喜忧参半
mingled
hope and fear
97.
循序渐进
step by
step
86.
新官上任三把火
a new
broom sweeps
clean
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虚心使人进步
,
骄傲使人
落后
Modesty helps
one go
forward, whereas conceit makes one
lag
behind.
88.
蓄势而发
accumulate strength for
a
take-off
89.
心想事成
May all
your wish come true
99.
严以律己
,
宽以待人
b
e strict with oneself
and lenient
towards others
100
鱼米之乡
101.
有情人终成眷属
'Jack
shall have Jill, all
shall be well.'
102.
有钱能使鬼推磨
Money
makes the mare
go. Money talks.
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98.
一路平安，一路顺风
speed
somebody on
their way; speed the
parting guest
英文成语
103.
有识之士
people of vision
104.
有勇无谋
use brawn
rather than brain
105.
有缘千里来相会
Separated as we are
thousands of miles apart, we come
together
113.
冤家宜解不宜结
Better
make friends than
make enemies.
114.
冤假错案
'cases in
which people were
unjustly, falsely or
wrongly charged or
as if by
predestination.
106.
与时俱进
advance
with times
107.
以人为本
people
oriented; people
foremost
108.
因材施教
teach
students according to
their aptitude
109.
欲穷千里目，更上一层楼<
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'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.' a land of milk and
honey
110.
欲速则不达
Haste
does not bring
success.
111.
优胜劣汰
survival
of the fittest
112.
英雄所见略同
Great
minds think alike.
sentenced; unjust, false or wrong
cases'
115.
一言既出，驷马难追
A
real man never
goes back on his words.
116.
招财进宝
Money and
treasures will be
plentiful
117.
债台高筑
become
debt-ridden
118.
致命要害
Achilles'
heel
119.
众矢之的
target of public
criticism
120.
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.
121.
纸上谈兵
be an armchair
strategist
122.
左右为难
between
the devil and the
deep blue sea
123.
纸包不住火
Truth
will come to light
sooner or later.
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