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中国成语谚语中英翻译集

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.""

小洞不补，大洞吃苦 "a stitch in time saves nine (经常略为 ""a stitch in time"")"

害群之马(团体中的败类) "a/the bad/rotten apple; black sheep (如果是 ""the black sheep of the family""，则意为「家庭中的不肖子」)"

风平浪静；水平如镜 (as) calm as a millpond; like a millpond

一清二楚 (as) clear as crystal; (as) clear as a bell

泰然自若 (as) cool as a cucumber

身强力壮；非常健康 (as) fit as a fiddle/flea

安如盘石；十分平稳 (as) steady as a rock

骨瘦如柴(瘦得皮包骨) (as) thin as a rake/lath/stick

近水楼台先得月。 A baker's wife may bite of a bun, a brewer's wife may bite of a tun.

海内存知己,天涯若比邻 A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.

一着不慎,满盘皆输. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

养不教，父之过。 A child is better unborn than untaught.

承上启下 a connecting link between the preceding and the following

江山易改，本性难移。 A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.

对症下药 a disease known is half the cure.

沧海一粟/九牛一毛 a drop in the bucket

酒肉朋友 a fair-weather friend

世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

患难见真情。 A friend is best found in adversity.

君子动口不动手. A gentelman uses his tongue,not his hands!

君子坦荡荡,小人悲戚戚 A good man is seldom uneasy,an ill one never easy.

瑞雪兆丰年。 A good winter brings a good summer.

君子之交淡如水 a hedge between keeps friendship green.

鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey