英译常用的100个中国成语<br />
1.爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.<br />
2.百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.<br />
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.<br />
4.笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.<br />
5.不眠之夜white night<br />
6.不以物喜不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses<br />
7.不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best<br />
8.不打不成交No discord, no concord.<br />
9.拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul<br />
10.辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new<br />
11.大事化小小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all<br />
12.大开眼界<br />
open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener<br />
13.国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace<br />
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<br />
15.功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.<br />
16.好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more<br />
17.好事不出门恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.<br />
18.和气生财Harmony brings wealth.<br />
19.活到老学到老One is never too old to learn.<br />
20.既往不咎let bygones be bygones<br />
21.金无足赤人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.<br />
22.金玉满堂Treasures fill the home.<br />
23.脚踏实地be down-to-earth<br />
24.脚踩两只船sit on the fence<br />
25.君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green<br />
26.老生常谈陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché<br />
27.礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.<br />
28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.<br />
29.马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success<br />
30.名利双收gain in both fame and wealth<br />
31.茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened<br />
32.没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.<br />
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.<br />
34.谋事在人成事在天The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.<br />
35.弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself<br />
36.拿手好戏masterpiece<br />
37.赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad<br />
38.抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale<br />
39.破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end<br />
40.抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities<br />
41.巧妇难为无米之炊If you have no hand you can't make a fist. One can't make bricks without straw.<br />
42.千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step<br />
43.前事不忘后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.<br />
44.前人栽树后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.<br />
45.前怕狼后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something<br />
46.强龙难压地头蛇Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.<br />
47.强强联手win-win co-operation<br />
48.瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.<br />
49.人之初性本善Man's nature at birth is good.<br />
50.人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.<br />
51.人海战术huge-crowd strategy<br />
52.世上无难事只要肯攀登Where there is a will, there is a way.<br />
53.世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;<br />
54.死而后已until my heart stops beating<br />
55.岁岁平安Peace all year round.<br />
56.上有天堂下有苏杭Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.<br />
57.塞翁失马焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.<br />
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.<br />
59.升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)<br />
60.四十不惑Life begins at forty.<br />
61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass.<br />
62.水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.<br />
63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.<br />
64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel<br />
65.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts<br />
66.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.<br />
67.实话实说<br />
speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is<br />
68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.<br />
69.山不在高，有仙则名"No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "<br />
70. 韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time<br />
71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets<br />
72.天有不测风云<br />
Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue<br />
73.团结就是力量Unity is strength.<br />
74.“跳进黄河洗不清”"eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name "<br />
75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena<br />
76.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.<br />
77.往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."<br />
78.望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child<br />
79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.<br />
80.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy<br />
81.唯利是图draw water to one's mill<br />
82.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots<br />
83.无中生有make create something out of nothing<br />
84.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.<br />
85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends<br />
86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean<br />
87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.<br />
88.蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off<br />
89.心想事成May all your wish come true<br />
90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding<br />
91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.<br />
92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound<br />
93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan<br />
94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example<br />
95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters<br />
96.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear<br />
97.循序渐进step by step<br />
98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest<br />
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99. 严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others<br />
100.鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey<br />
101.有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."<br />
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.<br />
有识之士people of vision<br />
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain<br />
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.<br />
与时俱进advance with times<br />
以人为本people oriented; people foremost<br />
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude<br />
欲穷千里目，更上一层楼"to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."<br />
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.<br />
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest<br />
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.<br />
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.<br />
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"<br />
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.<br />
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful<br />
债台高筑become debt-ridden<br />
致命要害Achilles' heel<br />
众矢之的target of public criticism<br />
知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.<br />
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategis<br />
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.<br />
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place<br />
不要错上加错don`t make things worse than they already are <br />
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