中国成语的英语翻译.doc

1.爱不释手fondle admiringly 
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
7.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.
9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul
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
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
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.
16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more
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.
18.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.
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
24.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence
25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché
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; Cunning outwits itself
36.拿手好戏 masterpiece
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；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
40.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities
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.
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
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.One sows and another reaps.
45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something
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.
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, ther 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.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
65.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
66.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
67.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
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; '
70.韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
73.团结就是力量Unity is strength.
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 '
75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
76.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
77.往事如风'The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas
78.望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
80.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
81.唯利是图draw water to one's mill
82.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
83.无中生有make create something out of nothing
84.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
88. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
89.心想事成May all your wish come true
90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
96.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
97.循序渐进step by step
98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
99.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
100鱼米之乡
101.有情人终成眷属'Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.'
102.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
103. 有识之士people of vision
104.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
105.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
106.与时俱进advance with times
107.以人为本people oriented; people foremost
108.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
109.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.' a land of milk and honey
110.欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
111. 优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
112.英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
113.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
114.冤假错案'cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases'
115.一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
116.招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
117.债台高筑become debt-ridden
118.致命要害Achilles' heel
119. 众矢之的target of public criticism
120.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.
121. 纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
122.左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea
123.纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.

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繁荣昌盛thriving and prosperous 
爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog. 
爱财如命skin a flea for its hide 
百里挑一one in hundred 
百折不挠be indomitable 
半途而废give up halfway leave sth. Unfinished 
包罗万象all-embracing all-inclusive 
饱经风霜weather-beaten 
卑躬屈膝bow and scrape cringe 
悲欢离合vicissitudes of life 
背道而驰run counter to run in the opposite direction 
本末倒置put the cart before the horse 
笨鸟先飞the slow need to start early 
必由之路the only way 
闭关自守close the country to international intercourse 
变本加厉be further intensified 
变化无常chop and change fantasticality 
变化无常chop and change fantasticality 
别开生面having sth. New 
别有用心have ulterior motives 
彬彬有礼refined and courteous urbane 
兵不厌诈in war nothing is too deceitful 
博古通今erudite and informed 
不败之地incincible position 
不耻下问feel not ashamed to learn from one's subordinates 
不可救药be past praying for beyond redemption 
不劳而获reap where one has not sown 
不屈不挠fortitude indefatigability perseverance persevere tenacity 
不速之客crasher uninvited guest 
不同凡响outstanding 
不言而喻speak for itself tell its own story tell its own tale went without saying 
不遗余力spare no effort spare no pains 
不以为然not approve object to 
不义之财filthy lucre filthy pelf the mammon of unrighteousness 
不亦乐乎extremely 
不远千里go to the trouble of travelling a long distance 
不约而同happen to coincide 
不择手段by any kind of means by hook or crook play hard by fair means or foul 
不知所措be at a loss be all adrift lose one's head out of one's wits 
才疏学浅have little talent and learning 
惨绝人寰extremely cruel 
沧海桑田time brings a great change to the worlds 
沧海一粟/九牛一毛a drop in the bucket 
草木皆兵a state of extreme nervousness 
层出不穷emerge in endlessly 
层峦迭嶂peaks over peaks 
察言观色carefully watch what sb. is doing and saying 
姹紫嫣红very beautiful flowers 
畅行无阻checkless 
车水马龙heavy traffic 
沉默寡言taciturnity 
称心如意well-content 
趁热打铁strike while iron is hot Hold a wolf the iron is hot 
成群结队gang horde 
诚惶诚恐with reverence and awe 
诚心诚意sincere desire 
承上启下a connecting link between the preceding and the following 
吃苦耐劳tough 
吃里扒外live on sb. while helping others secretly 
痴心妄想 胡思乱想wishful thinking 
持之以恒preserve 
叱咤风云ride the whirlwind 
愁眉苦脸pull a long face snoot 
愁眉苦脸的，愁眉苦脸地woebegone morosely 
臭名远扬，臭名昭著flagrancy， notorious 
出乎意料unexpected 
出口成章have an outstanding eloquence 
出类拔萃，鹤立鸡群fill the bill supereminence 
出谋划策give counsel suggest 
出奇制胜defeat sb. by a surprise action 
出生入死go through fire and water 
触类旁通comprehend by analogy 
垂头丧气，无精打采 down in the mouth lose one's spirits with the tail between the legs 
垂头丧气的blue about the gills crestfallen downhearted 
绰绰有余more than sufficient 
此起彼伏as one falls,another rises 
从容不迫go easy take one's time 
从容不迫的leisured unhurried 
从容不迫地by easy stages 
粗枝大叶careless slapdash sloppy 
粗枝大叶的broad-brush 
措手不及unaware unprepared 
错综复杂 扑朔迷离 anfractuosity 
错综复杂的anfractuous daedal reticula sinuous 
打草惊蛇act rashly and about: the enemy 
大材小用waste one's talent on a petty job 
大公无私selfless 
大海捞针look for a needle in a bottle of hay 
大惑不解be extremely puzzled 
大惊小怪a storm in a teacup foofaraw fuss like a hen with one chicken 
大惊小怪的spoffish 
大快人心affording general satisfaction 
大名鼎鼎famous well known 
大器晚成great minds mature slowly 
大千世界the boundless universe 
大失所望greatly disappointed 
大同小异largely identical but with minor differences 
大显身手 大显神通strut one's stuff 
大言不惭 夸夸其谈fanfaronade rodomontade 
大义凛然inspiring awe by upholding justice 
大义灭亲place righteousness above family loyalty 
大智若愚Still waters run deep. An empty vessel makes the most sound Still water runs deep 
呆若木鸡dumbstruck transfixed 
待人接物the ways one gets along with others 
殚思极虑rack one's brains 
胆小如鼠cannot say boh to a goose 
胆战心惊的funky 
淡泊明志not seek fame and wealth 
道貌岸然be sanctimonious 
得过且过drift along muddle along 
得天独厚的advantaged 
得心应手handy with facility 
得意忘形 得意洋洋 bloat get dizzy with success 
得意洋洋elated elation exaltation jauntiness 
得意扬扬ride high 
得意洋洋的cock-a-hoop high-blown perky 
得意扬扬的triumphant 
德才兼备have both ability and moral integrity 
德高望重sainted saintlike 
登峰造极reach the limit reach the peak of perfection 
地大物博vast territory and abundant resources 
颠倒黑白 颠倒是非 混淆是非call white black swear black is white 
颠三倒四confused disorderly 
雕虫小技insignificant skill 
调兵遣将move forces 
调虎离山lure the enemy away from his base 
掉以轻心treat sth. Lightly 
喋喋不休blat cackle chackle harp harp on jaw-jaw rattle twitter wag 
顶天立地of indomitable spirit 
东施效颦blind imitation with ludicrous effection 
东山再起bob up like a cork 
独具匠心show originality 
独树一帜develop a school of one's own 
独一无二in a class by oneself 
独一无二的unique unmatched unparalleled 
度日如年one day seems like a year 
断章取义garble quote out of context 
对牛弹琴whistle jigs to a milestone Cast pearls before swine 
对症下药suit the remedy to the case 
多才多艺versatility 
多才多艺的accomplished all-round allround miscellaneous versatile 
多愁善感sensitivity sentimentality 
多愁善感的moonstruck spoony 
多此一举bring owls to Athens hold a candle to the sun 
多多益善the more the better 
咄咄逼人aggressive 
脱胎换骨thoroughly remould oneself 
阿谀奉承 趋炎附势greasiness 
恩将仇报 以怨报德 忘恩负义 bite the hand that feeds one 
尔虞我诈each trying to cheat the other 
发人深省的thought-provoking 
发人深省set people thinking 
发扬光大carry forward 
翻山越岭tramp over hill and dale 
翻天覆地world-shaking 
泛滥成灾overrun 
飞黄腾达 青云直上come into one's kingdom rise in the world strike oil 
飞黄腾达的successful 
飞禽走兽birds and beasts 
废寝忘食forget food and sleep 
分道扬镳part company,each going his own way 
分化瓦解disintegrate divide and demoralize 
分门别类classify 
纷至沓来come in a continuous stream 
纷至沓来的thick as hail 
奋不顾身dash ahead regardless of one's safety 
愤愤不平be indignant 
愤世嫉俗的cynical 
丰富多彩rich and colorful 
丰功伟绩great achievement 
丰衣足食have ample food and clothing 
风花雪月sentimental writings of the exploiting classes 
风马牛不相及be totally unrelated 
风靡一时be the rage 
风平浪静calm 
风起云涌like a rising wind and scudding clouds 
风雨同舟stand together regardless of situation 
风雨无阻in all weathers 
锋芒毕露make a showy display of one's abilities 
蜂涌而来pour 
逢场作戏join in the fun on occasion 
逢凶化吉trun ill luck into good 
奉公守法law-abiding 
敷衍了事make short shrift of palter scuffle 
釜底抽薪take a drastic measure to deal with a situation 
赴汤蹈火 出生入死go through fire and water 
富丽堂皇magnificence 
覆水难收spilt water cannot be gathered up again It is no use crying over spilt milk