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中国成语谚语中英翻译集

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳；上一次当，学一次乖 "once bitten

服从是军人的天职。 Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.

顶天立地 of indomitable spirit

四面八方 on every hand; on all hands; in all directions

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.

左右为难；进退两难 on the horns of a dilemma

千载难逢 once in a blue moon

好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

一心不可二用。 One can not be in two places at once.

一叶障目，不见泰山。 One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

度日如年 one day seems like a year

前人栽树,后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests. One sows and another reaps.

百里挑一 one in hundred

活到老，学到老 One is never too old to learn.

一花独放不是春。 One lark does not make a spring.

一花独放不是春。 One swallow does not make a summer.

大开眼界 open one\'s eyes; broaden one\'s horizon; be an eye-opener

怏怏不乐(情绪或心情不佳) out of humor (in a bad temper; moody)

不合时宜；不妥当 out of joint

眼不见,心不烦. Out of sight,out of mind.

当局者迷，旁观者清 outsiders see more than insiders. / standers-by see more than gamesters.

不同凡响 outstanding

泛滥成灾 overrun