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中国成语谚语中英翻译集

谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 ""Such kindness of warm sun, can\'t be repaid by grass. ""

乳臭未干 (still) wet behind the ears

安然无恙 safe and sound

德高望重 sainted 、 saintlike

三思而后行。 Score twice before you cut once.

百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.

实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

要成大业，自信第一。 Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

大公无私 selfless

老马识途。 Sense comes with age.

多愁善感 sensitivity、sentimentality

风花雪月 sentimental writings of the exploiting classes

有缘千里来相会 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

发人深省 set people thinking

一鸣惊人；一举成名；不同凡响 set the Thames on fire (英) / set the world on fire (美)

夸夸其谈；信口开河；信口雌黄 shoot off one's mouth

一失足成千古恨. Short pleasure,long lament.

独具匠心 show originality

自取灭亡；自掘坟墓；咎由自取；自食其果 sign one's own death warrant; dig one's own grave; stew in one's own juice

诚心诚意 sincere desire

脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

不相上下；半斤八两；铢两悉称 six of one and half a dozen of the other

爱财如命 skin a flea for its hide

说到做到。言出必行。 So said, so done.

这就是人生。 So the world wags.