常用成語英漢互譯

1、For personal use only in study and research; not for commercial use常用成語英漢互譯比上不足，比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst 笨鳥先飛 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 不眠之夜 white night不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddene

2、d by personnal losses 不遺余力 spare no effort; go all out; do ones best不打不成交 No discord, no concord. 拆東墻補(bǔ)西墻 rob Peter to pay Paul辭舊迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new大事化小，小事化了 try firstto make their mistake sound lessserious and then to reduce it t

3、o nothing at all大開眼界 open ones eyes; broaden ones horizon; be an eye-opener國泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace過猶不及 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 功夫不負(fù)有心人 Everything comes to him who waits. 好了傷疤忘了

4、疼 once on shore, one prays no more 好事不出門，惡事傳千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.和氣生財(cái) Harmony brings wealth 活到老，學(xué)到老 One is never too old to learn.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones金無足赤 , 人無完人 Gold cant be pure and man cant be perfect. 金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home 腳踏實(shí)地

5、 be down-to-earth 腳踩兩只船 sit on the fence 君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 老生常談，陳詞濫調(diào) cut and dried, clich 禮尚往來 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 Where there is life, there is hope. 馬到成功 achieve immediate victory; win insta

6、nt success 名利雙收 gain in both fame and wealth茅塞頓開 be suddenlyenlightened 沒有規(guī)矩不成方圓 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.每逢佳節(jié)倍思親 On festive occasions more than ever one thinksof ones dear ones far away. /It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.謀事在人，成事在天 The plann

7、ing lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. 弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.拿手好戲 masterpiece賠了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad拋磚引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale 破釜沉舟 cut off a

8、ll means of retreat ； burn ones own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end 搶得先機(jī) take the preemptive opportunities巧婦難為無米之炊 If you have no hand you cant make a fist./One cant make bricks without straw. 千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step-the highest eminence is to b

9、e gained step by step 前事不忘 , 后事之師 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.前人栽樹 , 后人乘涼 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests. /One sows and another reaps. 前怕狼 , 后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something 強(qiáng)龍難壓地頭蛇

10、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.強(qiáng)強(qiáng)聯(lián)手 win-win co-operation 瑞雪兆豐年 A timely snow promises a good harvest. 人之初 , 性本善 Mans nature at birth is good. 人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.人海戰(zhàn)術(shù) hug

11、e-crowd strategy 世上無難事，只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;死而后已 until my heart stops beating 歲歲平安 Peace all year round 上有天堂，下有蘇杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth. 塞翁失馬，焉知非福 Misfortune

12、 may be an actual blessing.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. 升級換代 updating and upgrading (of products) 四十不惑 Life begins at forty.誰言寸草心，報(bào)得三春暉 Such kindness of warm sun, cant berepaid by grass. 水漲船高 When the river rises, the b

13、oat floats high. 時(shí)不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.殺雞用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel實(shí)事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts說曹操 , 曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.實(shí)話實(shí)說 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is實(shí)踐是檢驗(yàn)真理的唯一標(biāo)準(zhǔn) Practice is the sole

14、 criterion for testing truth.山不在高，有仙則名 No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; 韜光養(yǎng)晦 hide ones capacities and bide ones time 糖衣炮彈 sugar-coated bullets天有不測風(fēng)云 Anything unexpected may happen. /a bolt from the blue團(tuán)結(jié)就是力量 Unity is strength.“跳進(jìn)黃河洗不清” eve i

15、f one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean-theres nothing one can do to clear ones name 歪風(fēng)邪氣 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena 物以類聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.往事如風(fēng) The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; /What in past, is past.望子成龍 hold high hopes for

16、 ones child屋漏又逢連陰雨 Misfortunes never come singly. Wheni t rains it pours.文韜武略 military expertise; military strategy唯利是圖 draw water to ones mill無源之水 , 無本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots無中生有 make/create something out of nothing無風(fēng)不起浪 There are no waves without wind. /Theres no smoke

17、 without fire.徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean 虛心使人進(jìn)步 ,驕傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.蓄勢而發(fā) accumulate strength for a take-off心想事成 May all your wish come true心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give taci

18、t consent; tacit understanding先入為主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.先下手為強(qiáng) catch the ball before the bound 像熱鍋上的螞蟻 like an ant on a hot pan現(xiàn)身說法 warn people by taking oneself as an example息事寧人 pour oil on troubled waters喜憂參半 mingled hope and fear循序漸進(jìn) step by step一路平安，一路順風(fēng) speed somebody on thei

19、r way; speed the parting guest嚴(yán)以律己 , 寬以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others魚米之鄉(xiāng) a land of milk and honey有情人終成眷屬 Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well. 有錢能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks.有識之士 people of vision 有勇無謀 use brawn rather than brain 有緣千里來相會(huì) Separated as we are tho

20、usands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.與時(shí)俱進(jìn) advance with times 以人為本 people oriented; people foremost因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude 欲窮千里目，更上一層樓 to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embra

21、ce a thousand miles? Go up, one flight. 欲速則不達(dá) Haste does not bring success. 優(yōu)勝劣汰 survival ofthe fittest英雄所見略同 Great minds think alike. 冤家宜解不宜結(jié) Better make friends than make enemies. 冤假錯(cuò)案 cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases 一言既出，駟馬難追 A real man never goes back on his words. 招財(cái)進(jìn)寶 Money and trea