常见成语翻译

常见成语翻译

1.

Never say die.

永不言败。

cross, no crown.

不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。

wine in old bottles.

旧瓶装新酒。

too old to learn, never too late to turn.

亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

garden without its weeds.

没有不长草的园子。

living man all things can.

世上没有万事通。

man can do two things at once.

一心不可二用。

man is born wise or learned.

没有生而知之者。

man is content.

人心不足蛇吞象。

man is wise at all times.

聪明一世，糊涂一时。

are so blind as those who won't see.

视而不见。

are so deaf as those who won't hear.

充耳不闻。

news is good news.

没有消息就是好消息。

one can call back yesterday.

昨日不会重现。

pains, no gains.

没有付出就没有收获。

pleasure without pain.

没有苦就没有乐。

rose without a thorn.

没有不带刺的玫瑰。

sweet without sweat.

先苦后甜。

smoke without fire.

无风不起浪。

g brave, nothing have.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

g dries sooner than a tear.

眼泪干得最快。

g in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

世上无难事，

只怕有心人。

g is difficult to the man who will try.

世上无难事，只要肯登攀。

g seek,

nothing find.

没有追求就没有收获。

g is so necessary for travelers as languages.

外出旅行，语言最要紧。

g is to be got without pains but poverty.

世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。

to advance is to go back.

不进则退。

to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.

不懂世故，幼稚

可笑。

way is impossible to courage.

勇者无惧。

nce is the first duty of a soldier.

军人以服从命令为天职。

ation is the best teacher.

观察是最好的老师。

e is the best defense.

进攻是最好的防御。

friends and old wines are best.

陈酒味醇，老友情深。

sin makes new shame.

一失足成千古恨。

a man and twice a child.

一次老，两次小。

a thief, always a thief.

偷盗一次，做贼一世。

bitten, twice shy.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no b oy.

一个和尚挑水喝，

两个和尚抬水

喝，三个和尚没水喝。

cannot put back the clock.

时钟不能倒转。

eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.

百闻不如一见。

false move may lose the game.

一着不慎，满盘皆输。

good turn deserves another.

行善积德。

hour today is worth two tomorrow.

争分夺秒效率高。

man's fault is other man's lesson.

前车之鉴。

never loses anything by politeness.

讲礼貌不吃亏。

swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。

's words reflect one's thinking.

言为心声。

of debt, out of danger.

无债一身轻。

of office, out of danger.

无官一身轻。

of sight, out of mind.

眼不见，心为静。

ce is the best remedy.

忍耐是良药。

wise, pound foolish.

贪小便宜吃大亏。

dealing is praised more than practiced.

正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。

the eye and plague the heart.

贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。

re comes through toil.

苦尽甘来。

water into a sieve.

竹篮子打水一场空。

ce makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

is not pudding.

恭维话不能当饭吃。

makes good men better, and bad men worse.

好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。

loss to unjust gain.

宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。

tion is better than cure.

预防胜于治疗。

goes before, and shame comes after.

骄傲使人落后。

e is debt.

一诺千金。

bs are the daughters of daily experience.

谚语是日常经验的结晶。

the chestnut out of fire.

火中取栗。

the cart before the horse.

本末倒置。

your shoulder to the wheel.

鼎力相助。

g enriches the mind.

开卷有益。

g is to the mind while exercise to the body.

读书健脑，运动强身。

t yourself, or no one else will respect you.

要人尊敬，必须自重。

is not built in a day.

冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

is one thing and doing another.

言行不一。

is believing.

眼见为实。

the truth from facts.

实事求是。

a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.

智者当差，不用交代。

a thief to catch a thief.

以贼捉贼。

accounts make long friends.

好朋友勤算账。

ing is better than nothing.

聊胜于无。

learn, soon forgotten.

学得快，忘得快。

ripe, soon rotten.

熟得快，烂得快。

is silver, silence is gold.

能言是银，沉默是金。

water run deep.

静水常深。

the iron while it is hot.

趁热打铁。

s belongs to the persevering.

坚持就是胜利。

things as they come.

既来之，则安之。

g mends no holes.

空谈无补。

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of the devil and he will appear.

说曹操，曹操就到。

love, soon cold.

一见钟情难维久。

is better than wealth.

健康胜过财富。

is happiness.

健康就是幸福。

all parties.

兼听则明。

never helps the man who will not act.

自己不动，叫天何用。

is a fool that forgets himself.

愚者忘乎所以。

is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

背后说好话，才是真朋友。

is a wise man who speaks little.

聪明不是挂在嘴上。

is lifeless that is faultless.

只有死人才不犯错误。

is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.

正人先正己。

is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.

自嘲者不会让人见笑。

is wise that is honest.

诚实者最明智。

knows most who speaks least.

大智若愚

【充满哲理的谚语】

is a wise man who speaks little.

聪明不是挂在嘴上。

is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

背后说好话，才是真朋友。

ing is better than nothing.

聊胜于无。

g is to be got without pains but poverty.

世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。

8.

Like author, like book.,

文如其人。

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Like father, like son.

有其父必有其子。

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3

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Like tree, like fruit.

羊毛出在羊身上。

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Little things amuse little minds.

小人无大志。

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Promise is debt.

一诺千金。

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Everything is easy when you`re busy, nothing is easy when you`re laz.

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勤奋让一切都简单，懒惰让一切都困难。

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爱情篇

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A beautiful woman smiling, bespeaks a purse weeping.

美人一微笑，就有人破财。

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（

bespeak

：预先要求，预约）

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A cheerful wife is the joy of life.

有个乐天的妻子是人生一大乐事。

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A life with love is happy; a life for love is foolish.

生活中有爱是幸福；

为爱而生活是愚蠢。

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A maid that laughs is half taken.

少女露笑脸，婚事已半成。

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A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.

少女要是多人追，

往往挑中最差的

那一个。

（

wooers:

追求者）

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A man may woo where he will, but wed where is his ward.

追求爱情靠自 己，

与谁结婚靠

机运。

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A man’s best fortune or his worst is his wife.

一个男人最好和最坏的财富都是他的妻子。

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

小别胜新婚。

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Absence sharpens love; presence strengthens it.

相聚爱益切，离聚情更深。

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All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.

有情人终成眷属。

（

Jill

：妻；女情人；女人，姑娘 ）

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All’s fair in love and war.

爱情和战争，都是不择手段的。

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Beauty and honesty seldom agree.

美貌与贞洁难和睦。

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Beauty and wisdom rarely go together.

美貌与智慧不能并存。

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Beauty fades like a flower.

红颜易逝。

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Beauty is but a blossom.

美丽只是盛开的花朵。

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Beauty is eloquent even when silent.

即使在静默之时，美貌仍足以传情。

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder / gazer. // Beauty is the child of love. // Beauty lies in

lover’s eyes.

情人眼里出西施。

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不怕慢，只怕站。

Do not fear going slow, only fear standing still.

化干戈为玉帛。

beat swords into ploughs

欲穷千里目，

更上一层楼。

We widen our views 3 hundred miles by ascending one flight of

stairs.

会当凌绝顶，一览众山小。

When

reaching

the

great

peak

(of

Mount

Tai),

we

hold

all

mountains in a single glance.

结交一言重，相期千里至。

Friends are as good as their words, they travel a thousand li to

keep a rendezvous.

桃李不言，下自成蹊。

Peaches and plums do not have to talk, the world beats a path to

them.

君子敏于行而讷于言。

The gentlemen are speedy as a worker and cautious as a speaker.

实事求是。

Seek truth from the facts.

不到黄河心不死。

Until all is over ambition never dies. / Never say die.

雄关漫道真如铁，

而今迈步从头越。

The strong pass of the enemy is like a wall of iron, yet

with firm strides, we are conquering its summit.

路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。

My way ahead is long; I see no ending; yet high and

low I'll search with my will unbending.

安不忘危，

治不忘乱。

In security, we should never forget the dangers and in times of peace,

we should always beware of the potential for chaos.

海不辞水，

故能成其大。

The ocean never turns away streams, so it becomes wide and deep.

山不辞土石，

故能成其高。

The mountain never turns away stones, so it becomes towering

and strong.

同舟共济。

Help one another, for we are all in the same boat.

天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

Like Weather, one's fortune may change by the evening.

治大国如烹小鲜。

Running a large country is like cooking a small fish.

先天下之忧而忧，

后天下之乐而乐。

To worry before the common people worries; to enjoy

only after the people can enjoy.

春愁难遣强看山，

< br>往事惊心泪欲潸。

四百万人同一哭，

去年今日割台湾。< /p>

On such a nice

spring day, my heart was so heavy with sadness. So I went out sightseeing in the mountain,

however, my mind always went back to this day last year when 4 million peopleon Taiwan

cried the same tears of sorrow as Taiwan was ceded.

原乡人的血，

必须流返原乡，

才会停止沸腾。

Only when the blood of the native son flows

back to his native place will it stop boiling.

已所不欲，勿施于人。

What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.

有德者，

必有言，

有言者，

不必有德。

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak

are not all virtuous.

不耻下问。

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

不知为不知，

是知也。

What you know, you know, what you don't know, you

don't know. This is knowledge. / True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of one's

knowledge.

40.

自求多福

/

< br>天助自助者

. He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.

天下为公

Justice for all in the World.

自相矛盾

Self Contradiction!

有朋自远方来，

不亦乐乎。

人不知而不愠，

不亦君子乎 。

When friends gather round from

afar do we not rejoice? Whom lack of fame cannot vex is not he a gentleman?

力拔山兮气盖世

With strength to lift mountains and spirit to take on the world.

四海为家。

Make my home everywhere within the four seas. / The world is my home.

吾生也有涯，而知也无涯

Life is finite, while knowledge is infinite.