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中国成语谚语中英翻译集

冤假错案 ""cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases""

直言不讳 call a spade a spade; speak one's (own) mind

颠倒黑白、颠倒是非、混淆是非 call white black、 swear black is white

风平浪静 calm

屈指可数；寥寥无几 can (or be able to) count on one's fingers

胆小如鼠 cannot say boh to a goose

察言观色 carefully watch what sb. is doing and saying

粗枝大叶 careless slapdash sloppy

多此一举；徒劳无益 carry coals to Newcastle

发扬光大 carry forward

未雨绸缪。 Cast an anchor to windward.

明珠暗投；对牛弹琴 cast pearls before swine

空中楼阁 castles in the air

先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound

知人知面不知心。 Cats hide their claws.

畅行无阻 checkless

玉不琢，不成器 CHINESE STYLE- A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu. / ENGLISH STYLE- An uncut gem goes not sparkle. / The finest diamond must be cut. / Unpolished pearls never shine.

笨鸟先飞 CHINESE STYLE- a slow sparrow should make an early start. / ENGLISH STYLE- a lame traveler should get out betimes.

严师出高徒 CHINESE STYLE- Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers. / ENGLISH STYLE- It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.

十年树木，百年树人 CHINESE STYLE- It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men. / ENGLISH STYLE- It takes three generations to make a gentleman.

学无止境 CHINESE STYLE- knowledge is infinite / ENGLISH STYLE- progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop.

变化无常 chop and change fantasticality

分门别类 classify

闭关自守 close the country to international intercourse