unapologetic中国俗语英文翻译

A blessing in disguise.

因祸得福。

A burnt child dreads the fire.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蜡烛燃烧自己，照亮别人。

A close mouth catches no flies.

病从口入。

A contented mind is a perpetual feast.

知足常乐。

A drowning man will catch at a straw.

病急乱投医。

A faithful friend is hard to find.

知音难觅。

A fall in a pit,a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

A friend is never known till a man has need.

需要之时方知友。

A good beginning is half done./Well begun is half done.

好的开始是成功的一半。

A good beginning makes a good ending.

善始善终。

A good book is a good friend.

好书如挚友。

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

一本好书，相伴一生。

A good conscience is a constant.

问心无愧，高枕无忧。

A good medicine tastes bitter.

良药苦口。

A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft.

一分谨慎胜于十分心计。

A guilty conscience is a self- accuser.

做贼心虚。

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

君子之交淡如水。

A Jack of all trades is master of none.

通百艺而无一长。

A leopard cannot change its spots.

积习难改。

A letter from home is a priceless treasure.

家书抵万金。

A light breaks in upon somebody.

茅塞顿开。

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

小疏忽酿大祸。

A man can do no more than he can.

凡事都应量力而行。

A man cannot spin and reel at the same time./No man can do two thins at once.

一心不能二用。

A man should be independent at the age of thirty.

三十而立。

A man without distant care must have near sorrow.

人无远虑，必有近忧。

A miss is as good as a mile.

失之毫厘差之千里。

A new broom sweeps clean.

新官上任三把火。

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门。

A real man never goes back on his words.

一言既出，驷马难追。

A slow sparrow should make an early start.

笨鸟先飞。

A small investment brings a ten thousand-fold profit.

一本万利

A still tongue makes a wise head./He is a wise man who speaks little.

寡言为智。

A timely snow promises a good harvest.

瑞雪兆丰年。

A wise goose never lays a tame egg.

虎父无犬子。

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.

前车之覆，后车之鉴。

A year

’

s plan starts with spring.

一年之计在于春。

A young idler, an old beggar.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

Advancing with time.

与时俱进。

Adversity leads to prosperity.

穷则思变。

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

逆境出人才。

All rivers run into the sea.

殊途同归。

All roads lead to Rome.

条条大路通罗马。

All that glitters is not gold.

不是所有发光的都是金子。

All the rivers run into sea.

海纳百川。

All things are difficult before they are easy.

凡事总是有难而易。

All time is no time when it is past.

光阴一去不复返。

Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.

未雨绸缪。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

一天一苹果，医生远离我。

An even temper brings wealth.

和气生财。

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

一日之计在于晨。

As a man sows, so he shall reap.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.

自食其果。

Ascend further, were you to look farther.

欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。

Be down-to- earth.

脚踏实地。

Be driven to drastic alternatives

逼上梁山。

Behind the mountains there are people to be found.

天外有天，人外有人。

Best defense is offence.

进攻是最好的防御。

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

宁为鸡头，不为马尾。

Better make friends than make enemies.

冤家宜解不宜结。

Better master one than engage with ten.

会十事不如精一事。

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以类聚，人以群分。

Books and friends should be few but good.

读书如交友，应求少而精。

Business is the salt of life.

事业是人生的第一需要。

Calamity is man

’

s true touchstone.

患难见人心。

Care and diligence bring luck.

谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

Caution is the parent of safety.

小心驶得万年船。

Children are what the mothers are.

言传身教。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

择书如择友。

Complacency is the enemy of study.

自满是学习的敌人。

Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.

自信是走向成功的第一步。

Constant dripping wears away a stone.

水滴石穿。

Content is better than riches.

知足者常乐。

Courtesy demands reciprocity.

礼尚往来。

Covert sorrows into strength.

化悲痛为力量。

Creep before you walk.

循序渐进。

Custom is a second nature.

习惯是后天养成的。

Custom makes all things easy.

习惯成自然。

Deal with a man as he deals with you.

以其人之道还治其人之身。

Desire has no rest.

人的欲望无止境。

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

距离产生美。

Do as you would be done by.

己所不欲勿施于人。

Do it now.

机不可失，时不再来。

Do not teach fish to swim.

不要班门弄斧。

Do nothing by halves.

凡事不可半途而废。

Do well and have well.

善有善报。

Don

’

t judge a person by the clothes he wears.

不要以貌取人。

Don

’

t paint the lily.

不要画蛇添足。

Don

’

t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事今日毕。

Dying is as natural as living.

生死有命，富贵在天。

Easier said than done.

说起来容易，做起来难。

East or west, home is best.

金窝银窝，不如自己的狗窝。

Even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean.

跳进黄河也洗不清。

Every day is not Sunday.

好景不长在。

Every dog has its day.

风水轮流转。

Every little helps a mickle.

积少成多。

Every man has his faults.

金无足赤，人无完人。

Every man has his weak side.

人都有弱点。

Every minute counts.

分秒必争。

Everybody is responsible for the fate of his country.

天下兴亡，匹夫有责。

Everything comes to him who waits

功夫不负有心人。

Experience must be bought.

吃一堑，长一智。

Failure is the mother of success.

失败是成功之母。

Faith can move mountains.

精诚所至，金石为开。

Fall short of the best, but be better than the worst

比上不足，比下有余。

Fear always springs from ignorance.

恐惧源于无知。

First impressions are firmly entrenched.

先入为主。

Food is the first necessity of the people.

民以食为天。

Fool

’

s haste is no speed.

欲速则不达。

For evil news rides fast , while good news baits later .

好事不出门，坏事传千里。

Friends must part.

天下没有不散的宴席。

From small beginning come great things.

伟大始于渺小。

From the egg to the apple

自始至终。

Gain both fame and wealth.

名利双收。

Gentlemen seek harmony but not uniformity.

君子和而不同。

Genuine knowledge comes from practice.

实践出真知。

God helps those who help themselves.

天助者自助。

Going beyond the limit is as wrong as falling short.

过犹不及。

Going too far is as bad as not going far enough.

过犹不及。

Gold can

’

t be pure and man can

’

t be perfect.

金无足赤人无完人。

Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.

以德报德是常理，以德报怨是大丈夫。

Good health is over wealth.

健康是最大的财富。

Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.

良药苦口利于病。

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

好事不出门，坏事

传千里。

Good wine needs no bush.

酒香不怕巷子深。

Grasp all,lose all.

贪多必失。

Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同。

Habit is a second nature.

习惯成自然。

Handsome is he who does handsomely.

行为美才是真美。

Happiness takes no account of time.

欢乐不觉时光过。

Harm set,harm get.

自作自受。

Harmony generates and sameness stifles vitality.

和实生物，同则不继。

harmony in diversity

和而不同。

Harmony is most precious.

以和为贵。

Harmony is the Way to be.

和也者，天下之达道也。

Haste does not bring success.

欲速则不达。

Haste makes waste.

欲速则不达。

He is not fir to command others that cannot command himself.

正人先正己。

He is wise that is honest.

诚实者最明智。

He knows most who speaks least.

大智若愚。

He laughs best who laughs last.

谁笑到最后谁笑得最美。

He loses all who loses the moment.

机不可失，时不再来。

He sits no sure that sits too high.

高处不胜寒。

He that handles pitch, shall foul his finger.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

He that respects not is not respected.

欲受人敬，要先敬人。

He who does not advance loses ground./Not to advance is to go back.

不进则退。

Health is better than wealth.

健康胜过财富。

Health is happiness.

健康是福。

Heaven-man Oneness.

天人合一。

Hesitate in doing sth.

前怕狼，后怕虎。

Hitch your wagon to star.

人要志向高远。

Hold high hopes for one

’

s child.

望子成龙。

Honesty is the best policy.

诚信为本。

Idleness is the root of all evils.

懒惰是万恶之源。

If you have no hand, you can

’

t make a fist.

巧妇难为无米之炊。

Industry is the parent of success.

勤奋是成功之母。

It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.

狡兔三窟。

It is better to die when life is a disgrace.

宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。

It is never too late to mend.

亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

It is the first step that costs troublesome.

万事开头难。

It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.

错失良机，后悔已迟。

It takes three generations to make a gentleman.

十年树木，百年树人。

It

’

s easy to be wise after the event.

事后诸葛亮。

It

’

s never too late to learn.

活到老，学到老。

It

’

s never too late to mend.

亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

Joy puts heart into a man.

人逢喜事精神爽。

Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.

与人同乐，其乐无穷。

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

上有天堂，下有苏

杭。

Justice has long arms.

天网恢恢疏而不漏。

Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

Keep pace with the times.

与时俱进。