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中国成语谚语俗语英译 一、中国谚语160句英译 1. There there is a will, there is a way.有志者,事竟成。 2. Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半。 5. Look before you leap. First think, then act.三思而后行。 6. It is never too late to mend亡羊补牢,犹为未晚。 7. Light come, light go.来得容易,去得快。 8. Time is money.时间就是金钱。 9. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真交。 11. After a storm comes a calm.雨过天晴。 12. All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 13. Art is long, but life is short.人生有限,学问无涯。 16. A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。 17. It is good to learn at another man's cost.前车之鉴。 19. Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.船到桥头自然直。 20. More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。 22. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事,只要肯登攀。 24. An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。 30. Diligence is the mother of success勤奋是成功之母。 31. Truth is the daughter of time.时间见真理。 32. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.积少成多。 33. No man is wise at all times.智者千虑,必有一失。 35. Live and learn活到老,学到老。 36. Kill two birds with one stone.一石双鸟。 37. It never rains but it pours.祸不单行。 38. In doing we learn.经一事,长一智。 39. Easier said than done.说起来容易做起来难。 42. Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.天才一分来自灵感,九十九分来自勤奋。 43. He who laughs last laughs best.谁笑在最后,谁笑得最好。 47. Action speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。 50. There is no smoke without fire.无风不起浪。 58. Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见。 65. The on-looker sees most of the game.旁观者清。 69. Time and tide waits for no man.岁月不等人。 71. Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进。 75. Habit is a second nature.习惯成自然。 81. Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。 83. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.世上无难事,只怕有心人。 84. You can't make something out of nothing.巧妇难为无米之炊。 85. Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。 94. Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。 101. Nothing so bad but might be a blessing.塞翁失马,焉知非福。 106.Birds of a feather of lock together.物以类聚,人以群分 107.When Heaven is about to place a great burden on a man,it always tests his resolution first,exhausts his body and makes him suffer great hardships,frustrates his efforts to recover from mental lassitude.Then Heaven toughens his nature and makes good his deficiencies. 天将降大任于斯人也,必先苦其心志,劳其筋骨,饿其体肤,空乏其身,行拂乱其所为,所 1 以动心忍性,增益其所不能。 112.How can a sparrow know the will of a swan?燕雀安知鸿鹄之志哉!(陈胜说的) 113.Among three people I meet on the way,there will be at least ont from whom I can learn something.I may follow his goodness or correct my own mistakes by learning from him. 三人行必有我师焉。择其善者而从之,其不善者而改之。 116. We would rather be short of books than believe all that they say。尽信书则不如无书。I 117.Long as the way is I will keep on searching above and below.路漫漫其修远兮,吾将上下而求索。 118.When a book is read a hundred times,its meanings will naturally become clear. 读书百遍,其义自见。 119.He owns a gifted pen,who reads tremendously.读书破万卷,下笔如有神。 120.A gentleman would rather be quick in action than talk a lot.君子欲讷于言而敏于行。 121.Do not do evil things though they may be insignincant.Do not given up good things though they may be minor matters.勿以恶小而为之,勿以善小而不为。 122.One must stand by one's words and must not stop one's action until success is achieved. 言必信,行必果。 123.Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you. 己所不欲,勿施于人。 124.To surpass others,a person has to surpass himself first;to criticise others,he has to criticise himself first; to make comments upon others,he has to make comments on himself first. 欲胜人者,必先自胜;欲论人者,必先自论;欲知人者,必先自知。 125.Where there's smoke,there's fire.无风不起浪。 126.No fish can survive if the watert is too clean. For the same reason,no company can bear one whose requirements are too critical.水至清则无鱼,人至察则无徒。 127.He sits no sure that sits too high.高处不胜寒。 129.So said, so done.说到做到。言出必行。 130.Haste makes waste.欲速则不达。 134.One can not be in two places at once.一心不可二用。 135.No weal without woe.福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。 136.Little chips light great fires.星星之火,可以燎原。 138.It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.狡兔三窟。 140. teach fish to swim.班门弄斧。 146.One man's meat is another man's poison.萝卜青菜,各有所爱。 149.A blessing in disguise.因祸得福 150.Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌 150.Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood. 磨刀不误砍柴功。 153.Seeing is believing.眼见为实 154.Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半 156.When in Rome, do as Roman do.入乡随俗 157.He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后谁笑得最美 158.Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道还治其人之身 159.Look before you leap.三思而后行 160.A friend in need is a friend in deed.患难见真情。 161.Rome was not built in a day.罗马并非一日可建成; 162.Constant dropping wears the stone.滴水石穿。 163.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).祸不单行。 164. Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。 165. An idle youth,a needy age.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。 166. Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠顶一个诸葛亮。 167. Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁 168. It's never too late to mend亡羊补牢 169. There is no smoke without fire.无风不起浪 170. Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕 171. Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置 172. Pride goes before a fall.骄兵必败 173. All roads lead to Roma.条条大道通罗马 174. Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进 175. It′s easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮 176. As you make your bed,so you must lie in it.自食其果 177. Many hands make light work.人多力量大 178. Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。 179. More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。 180. The first step is the hardest.万事开头难。 181. Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事今日毕。182. Wash your dirty linen at home.家丑不可外扬 183. Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.耳听为虚,眼见为实 成语俗语英文对照: 1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog. 2.百闻不如一见(眼见为实) Seeing is believing. 3.比上不足比下有余 Worse off than some, better off than many; To fall short of the best, but be better than the worst. 4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 5.不眠之夜 White night 6.不以物喜不以己悲 Not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses 12.大开眼界 Open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; Be an eye-opener 13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace 14.过犹不及 Going too far is as bad as not going far enough; Beyond is as wrong as falling short; Too much is as bad as too little 15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits. 19.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn. 20.既往不咎 Let bygones be bygones 21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home. 23.脚踏实地 Be down-to-earth 25.君子之交淡如水 The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; A hedge between keeps friendship green 27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope. 29.马到成功 Achieve immediate victory; Win instant success 30.名利双收 Gain in both fame and wealth 31.茅塞顿开 Be suddenly enlightened 32.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 33.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. 34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes. 35.弄巧成拙 Be too smart by half; 37.赔了夫人又折兵 Throw good money after bad 38.抛砖引玉 A modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; Throw a sprat to catch a whale 39.破釜沉舟 Cut off all means of retreat; 41.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist. 42.千里之行始于足下 A thousand-li journey begins with the first step 43.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 44.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests. 45.前怕狼后怕虎 Fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something 47.强强联手 Win-win co-operation 48.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest. 49.人之初性本善 Man's nature at birth is good. 50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man. 51.人海战术 Huge-crowd strategy 52.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way. 53.世外桃源 A fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; 54.死而后已 Until my heart stops beating 55.岁岁平安 Peace all year round. 56.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth. 57.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 58.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty. At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself. 59.升级换代 Updating and upgrading (of products) 60.四十不惑 Life begins at forty. 61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. 62.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high. 63.一箭双雕 To kill two birds with one stone 64.趁热打铁 To strike while the iron is hot 65.火上加油 To pour oil on the flame 66.晴天霹雳 Like a bolt from the blue 67.浑水摸鱼 To fish in the troubled water 68.轻如鸿毛 As light as a feather 69.空中楼阁 Castle in the air 70.破釜沉舟 To burn the boat 71.如履薄冰 To be on the thin ice 72.守口如瓶 As dumb as an oyster; As silent as the graves; As close as wax 73.一贫如洗 As poor as a Church mouse 74.健壮如牛 As strong as a horse 75.血流如注 To bleed like a pig 76.打草惊蛇 To wake a sleeping dog 77.对牛弹琴 To cast pearls before swine 78.画蛇添足 To paint the lily 79.雪中送炭 To help a lame dog over a stile 80.易如反掌 As easy as falling off a log 中国俗语,英文对照 1. 人山人海:There is a large crowd of people. 2. 家家有本难念的经:Every family has its own problem. 3. 天下无不散的宴席:All good things come to an end. 4. 平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚:Worship God every day; not just in times of adversity. 5. 挂羊头,卖狗 肉:Say one thing and do another. 6. 一言既出,驷马难追:You can not take back what you have said. 7. 祸从口出,言多必失:Shut the mouth and open the eyes. 8.where there is a will,there is a way. 有志者,事竟成。 9.nothing is too diffcult,if you put your heart into it. 世上无难事,只怕有心人。 10.as every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time. 一寸光阴一寸金。 11.all things in their being are good for something. 天生我才必有用。 12.there is nothing permanent except change. 唯有变化才是永恒的。 13.a word once spoken cannot be taken back even by a team of four horses. 一言既出,驷马难追。 14.friendship cannot stand always on one side. 友谊是双方的事。 15.one tree does not make a forest. 独木不成林。 16.man proposes, god disposes. 谋事在人,成事在天。 17.one careless move may lose the whole game. 一步不慎,满盘皆输。 18.diligence redeems stupidity. 勤能补拙。 19.a friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 20.strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。 21.it takes two to make a quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响。 22.when shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game. 鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。 23.a single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火,可以燎原。 24.better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. 明枪易躲,暗箭难防。 25.birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚,人以群分。 26.talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation. 天才在于勤奋,知识在于积累。 27.a still tongue makes a wise head. 沉默者有智慧(沉默是金)。 28.easy come, easy go. 来得容易去得快。 29.more haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 30.no pains, no gains. 不劳无获。 31.nothing venture, nothing gain. 不入虎穴,焉得虎子。 32.out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见,心不烦。 33.天有不测风云nothing is certain but death and taxes 中国谚语警句中英文对照 1.玉不琢,不成器: C: A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu. / E: An uncut gem goes not sparkle. / The finest diamond must be cut. / Unpolished pearls never shine. 2.十年树木,百年树人: C: It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men. / E: It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 3..此地无银三百两: never try to prove what nobody doubts. 4.严师出高徒: C: Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers. / E: It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse. 得不偿失: give a lark to catch a kite. 对症下药: a disease known is half the cure. 君子之交淡如水: a hedge between keeps friendship green. 家和万事兴: he is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. 江山易改,本性难移: the leopard cannot change its spots. 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧: where there is life, there is hope. 狡兔三窟: the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 举一反三: half a tale is enough for a wise man. 当局者迷,旁观者清: outsiders see more than insiders. / standers-by see more than gamesters. 世上无难事,只怕有心人: dogged does it. 笨鸟先飞: C: a slow sparrow should make an early start. / E: a lame traveler should get out betimes. 冷暖自知: every man is best known to himself. 宁为玉碎不为瓦全: better death than dishonor. 吃一堑,长一智: by falling we learn to go safely. 塞翁失马: no great loss without some small gain. 天无绝人之路: god tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. 仁者见仁,智者见智: E: the donkey means one thing, and the driver another. / C: the benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom. 师傅领进门,修行在个人: no man is his craft’s master the first day. 明枪易躲,暗箭难防It is easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow shot from hiding. 城门失火,殃及池鱼A fire on city wall brings disaster to the fish in the moat. 路遥知马力,日久见人心As a long road tests a horse’s strength, so a long task proves a person’s heart. 初生牛犊不怕虎New-born calves make little of tigers. 口蜜腹剑to be honey-mouthed and dagger-hearted 声东击西to shout in the east and strike in the west 刻骨铭心to be engraved on one’s heart and bones 引狼入室to lead a wolf into the house 百川归海All rivers flow into the sea. 画饼充饥to draw cakes to allay hunger We were drawing water in a bamboo basket. 三个臭皮匠,胜过诸葛亮。 班门弄斧show off one’s proficiency with axe before Lu Ban, the master carpenter 胸有成竹to have a bamboo in his stomach 桃李满天下 to have the peaches and plums all over the world to have students all over the world 叶公好龙 professed love of what one really fears 东施效颦 crude imitation with ludicrous effect 南柯一梦 a fond dream or illusory joy/fond dream 四面楚歌 to be besieged on all sides 初出茅庐 at the beginning of one’s career 失之东隅收之桑榆What one loses on the swings, one gets back on the roundabouts. 塞翁失马安知祸福?A loss may turn out to be a gain. 眉飞色舞his eyebrows are flying and his countenance is dancing 粗枝大叶with big branches and large leaves 扬眉吐气to raise the eyebrows and let out a breath 无孔不入to get into every hole 开门见山to open the door and see the mountain 纸醉金迷with drunken paper and bewitched gold 风雨飘摇the wind and rain are rocking 小题大做make a mountain out of a molehill 赴汤蹈火go through fire and water 过河拆桥kick down the ladder 格格不入be like square pegs in round holes 魂不附体jump out of one’s skin 空中楼阁castle in the air 浑水摸鱼to fish in troubled water 班门弄斧to teach fish to swim 掌上明珠the apple of one’s eye 一丘之貉birds of a feather flock together 家丑不可外扬It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. speak one’s mind畅所欲言 be after one’s own heart称心如意 at one’s finger-tips 了如指掌 fish in troubled waters 混水摸鱼 thousands upon thousands of 成千上万 in deep water 水深火热 turn up one’s nose at嗤之以鼻 touch and go 一触即发 hit the nail on the head 一语道破 make fish of one and flesh of another 厚此薄彼stick to one’s last安分守己 put o ne’s cards on the table表明观点 break the ice 打破僵局 jump out of one’s skin大吃一惊 walk on air 得意洋洋 吹毛求疵pick a hole in sb’s coat 破釜沉舟burn one’s boat 大惊小怪 make a fuss about 大海捞针 look for a needle in a bundle of hay 颠倒黑白 talk black into white 得意忘形have one’s nose in the air 骑虎难下 hold a wolf by the ears 视而不见 turn a blind eye to 开门见山 come straight to the point 顺手牵羊 walk off with sth 守株待兔 trust to chance and stroke of luck 唇枪舌剑 engage in a battle of words 黔驴技穷at one’s wit’s end 单枪匹马 all by oneself 生龙活虎 bursting with energy 胆小如鼠as timid as a hare 如鱼得水like a duck to water 多如牛毛as plentiful as blackberries 水中捞月to fish in the air 害群之马black sheep 挥金如土to spend money like water 热锅上的蚂蚁like a cat on a hot tin roof 如履薄冰to tread upon eggs 棋逢敌手diamond cut diamond 火上加油to add fuel to the fire 趁热打铁Strike while the iron is hot. 隔墙有耳Walls have ears. 眼见为实Seeing is believing. 沧海一粟a drop in the ocean 破釜沉舟burn one’s boat 竭泽而渔to drain a pond to catch all the fish 打草惊蛇to wake a sleeping dog 易如反掌to be as easy as turning over one’s hand 掌上明珠a pearl in the palm 守口如瓶to keep one’s mouth closed like a bottle 雪中送炭to send charcoal in snowy weather 画蛇添足to draw a snake and add feet to it 中国古典名句英译集锦 1、但愿人长久,千里共婵娟。 We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though miles apart. 2、独在异乡为异客,每逢佳节倍思亲。 A lonely stranger in a strange land I am cast, I miss my family all the more on every festive day. 3、大江东去,浪淘尽,千古风流人物。 The endless river eastward flows; with its huge waves are gone all those gallant heroes of bygone years. 4、二人同心,其利断金。 If two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can cut through metal. 5、富贵不能淫,贫贱不能移,威武不能屈,此之谓大丈夫。 It is a true great man whom no money and rank can confuse, no poverty and hardship can shake, and no power and force can suffocate. 6、海内存知己,天涯若比邻。 A bosom friend afar brings distance near. 7、千里之行始于足下。 a thousand li journey starts with the first step. 8、祸兮,福之所依;福兮,祸之所伏。 Misfortune, that is where happiness depends; happiness, that is where misfortune underlies. 10、江山如此多娇,引无数英雄尽折腰。 This land so rich in beauty has made countless heroes bow in homage. 11、举头望明月,低头思故乡。 Raising my head, I see the moon so bright; withdrawing my eyes, my nostalgia comes around. 12、俱往矣,数风流人物,还看今朝。 All are past and gone; we look to this age for truly great men 13、君子成人之美,不成人之恶。 The gentleman helps others to achieve their moral perfection but not their evil conduct. 16、老吾老以及人之老,幼吾幼以及人之幼。 Expend the respect of the aged in one’s family to that of other families; expend the love of the young ones in one’s family to that of other families. 19、路漫漫其修远兮,吾将上下而求索。 The way ahead is long; I see no ending, yet high and low I’ll search with my will unbending. 22、锲而不舍,金石可镂。carve without stop, even metal and stone can be engraved. 23、人有悲欢离合,月有阴晴阳缺,此事古难全。 People have sorrow and joy; they part and meet again. The moon dims or shines; it waxes or wanes. Nothing is perfect, not even in the olden days.