100個中國成語和俗語的英文版（上）
中華文化博大精深，成語和俗語都是智慧結晶，但翻譯成英文，如果表達不當，卻容易引起誤解。所以，和孩子一起來學學常見的中文成語英譯很有必要！
01愛屋及烏
Love me, love my dog.
02百聞不如一見
One look is worth a thousand words.Seeing is believing.
03比上不足，比下有余
To fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.
04笨鳥先飛
A slow sparrow should make an early start.
05不遺余力
Spare no effort; go all out; do one's best.
06不打不成交
No discord, no concord.
07拆東墻補西墻
Rob Peter to pay Paul.
08辭舊迎新
Bid farewell to the old and usher in the new.
09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.
10大開眼界
Broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener.
11國泰民安
The country flourishes and people live in peace.
12過猶不及
Going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; ?excess is just as bad as deficiency;too much is as bad as too little.
13好了傷疤忘了疼
Once on shore, one prays no more.
14好事不出門，壞事傳千里
Bad news travels fast.
15和氣生財
Harmony brings wealth;friendliness is conducive to business success.
16活到老學到老
Never too old to learn.
17既往不咎
Let bygones be bygones.
18金無足赤，人無完人
There are spots even on the sun.
19金玉滿堂
Treasures fill the home.
20腳踏實地
Be down-to-earth.
21腳踩兩只船
Sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp.
22君子之交淡如水
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
23老生常談，陳詞濫調
Cut and dried; cliché
24禮尚往來
Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
25留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒
Where there is life, there is hope.
26馬到成功
Achieve immediate victory; win instant success.
27名利雙收
Gain both fame and wealth.
28茅塞頓開
Be suddenly enlightened.
29沒有規矩，不成方圓
Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
30每逢佳節倍思親
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
31謀事在人，成事在天
Man proposes; God disposes.
32弄巧成拙
Make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart.
33賠了夫人又折兵
Suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish.
34拋磚引玉
A modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale.
35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.
36搶得先機
Take the preemptive opportunities.
37巧婦難為無米之炊
One can't make bricks without straw.
38千里之行始于足下
A thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step.
39前事不忘，后事之師
Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
40前怕狼，后怕虎
Fear wolves ahead and tigers behind; hesitate in doing something.
41強龍難壓地頭蛇
The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
42瑞雪兆豐年
A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year.
43人逢喜事精神爽
People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
44世上無難事，只怕有心人
Where there is a will, there is a way.
45世外桃源
A retreat away from the turmoil of the world.
46人之初，性本善
Humans are born good.
47上有天堂，下有蘇杭
Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
48塞翁失馬，焉知非福
A blessing in disguise;Every cloud has a silver lining.
49三十而立
A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
50水漲船高
A ship rises with the tide
51時不我待
Time and tide wait for no man.
52殺雞用牛刀
Use a steam-hammer to crack nuts.
53實事求是
Seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts.
54說曹操，曹操到
Speak of the devil.
55實話實說
Speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is.
56實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準
Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
57韜光養晦
Hide one's capacities and bide one's time.
58糖衣炮彈
Sugar-coated bullets.
59天有不測風云
Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue.
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