whiskey汉语成语英语翻译

爱财如命

love money as one loves one's life/love money as much as life itself.

爱理不理

look cold and indifferent

爱莫能助

willing to help but unable to do so

爱屋及乌

love for a person extends even to the crows on his roof/love me, love my

dog.

爱憎分明

understand what to love and what to hate/know whom to love and whom

to hate.

安步当车

stroll over instead of riding in a carriage/walk rather than ride.

安分守已

abide by the law and behave oneself/know one's place

安居乐业

live and work in peace and contentment

安民告示

a notice to reassure the public

安贫乐道

be content with poverty, caring only for one's principles or the way

安然无恙

safe and sound/(escape)unscathed

安如泰山

as solid as Mount Tai/ as firm(solid)as a rock

安营扎寨

pitch a camp/camp

按兵不动

hold one's troops where they are

—

take no action; bide one's time.

按部就班

follow the prescribed order/keep to conventional ways of doing things.

按图索骥

look

for

a

steed

with

the

aid

of

its

picture

—

try

to

find

something

by

following up a clue

按下葫芦浮起瓢

hardly has one gourd been pushed under water when another bobs

up--solve one problem only to find another cropping up

暗箭伤人

stab ab. in the back/injure sb. by underhand means

暗送秋波

make eyes at sb. / give sb. the glad eyes/ make secret overtures

to sb.

黯然神伤

feel dejected / depressed

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黯

然

失

色

be

cast

into

the

shade/

be

overshadowed/

be

eclipsed/

pale

into

insignificance

黯然销魂

sorrow at parting

昂首阔步

stride along with one's chin up/ stride proudly ahead

昂首望天

hold one's head high and gaze at the sky

嗷嗷待哺

cry piteously for food

八面玲珑

be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)

八面威风

an aura of awesome might/a commanding presence

八仙过海，各显神通

like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each one showing his or her special prowess.

八字还没一撇儿

there's not even the first stoke of the character /there's not the slightest sign of success

yet

拔苗助长

try

to

help

the

shoots

grow

by

pulling

them

upward

—

spoil

things

by

excessive

enthusiasm

常用汉语成语英译

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爱屋及乌

Love me, love my dog.

百闻不如一见

Seeing is believing.

比上不足，比下有余

best, but be better than the worst

笨鸟先飞

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 personal losses

不遗余力

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

不打不成交

拆东墙补西墙

rob Peter to pay Paul

辞旧迎新

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

大开眼界

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

国泰民安

The country flourishes and people live in peace

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

功夫不负有心人

Everything comes to him who waits.

好了伤疤忘了疼

once on shore, one prays no more

好事不出门，恶事传千里

Good

news

never

goes

beyond

the

gate,

while

bad

news spread far and wide.

和气生财

Harmony brings wealth

活到老，学到老

One is never too old to learn.

既往不咎

let bygones be bygones

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金无足赤

,

人无完人

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

金玉满堂

Treasures fill the home

脚踏实地

be down-to-earth

脚踩两只船

sit on the fence; If you catch two hares, you can catch neither.

君子之交淡如水

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

between keeps friendship green

老生常谈，陈词滥调

cut and dried, cliché

礼尚往来

Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

马到成功

achieve immediate victory; win instant success

名利双收

gain in both fame and wealth

茅塞顿开

be suddenly enlightened

没有规矩不成方圆

Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

每逢佳节倍思亲

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.

谋事在人，成事在天

Man proposes, God disposes.

弄巧成拙

be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.

拿手好戏

masterpiece

赔了夫人又折兵

throw good money after bad

抛砖引玉

a

modest

spur

to

induce

others

to

come

forward

with

valuable

contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

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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

抢得先机

take the preemptive opportunities

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.

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

,

后事之师

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

前人栽树

,

后人乘凉

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

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.

强强联手

win-win co- operation

瑞雪兆丰年

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.

人海战术

huge-crowd strategy

世上无难事，只要肯攀登

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

岁岁平安

Peace all year round

上有天堂，下有苏杭

as

there is

paradise in

heaven, ther are Suzhou and

Hangzhou on earth.

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