中華文化博大精深，成語俗語都是智慧結(jié)晶，但翻譯成英文如果表達(dá)不當(dāng)，卻容易引起誤解。所以，一起來學(xué)學(xué)常見中文成語的英譯很有必要！

　　01

愛屋及烏

Love me, love my dog.

　　02

百聞不如一見

One look is worth a thousand words.

Seeing is believing.

　　03

比上不足，比下有余

to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst

　　04

笨鳥先飛

A slow sparrow should make an early start.

　　05

不遺余力

spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

　　06

不打不成交

No discord, no concord.

　　07

拆東墻補(bǔ)西墻

rob Peter to pay Paul

　　08

辭舊迎新

bid farewell to the old and usher in the new

　　09

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

　　10

大開眼界

broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

　　11

國泰民安

the country flourishes and people live in peace

　　12

過猶不及

going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;

too much is as bad as too little

　　13

好了傷疤忘了疼

once on shore, one prays no more

　　14

好事不出門，壞事傳千里

Bad news travels fast.

　　15

和氣生財

harmony brings wealth;

friendliness is conducive to business success

　　16

活到老學(xué)到老

never too old to learn

　　17

既往不咎

let bygones be bygones

　　18

金無足赤，人無完人

There are spots even on the sun.

　　19

金玉滿堂

Treasures fill the home.

　　20

腳踏實(shí)地

be down-to-earth

　　21

腳踩兩只船

sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp

　　22

君子之交淡如水

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

　　23

老生常談，陳詞濫調(diào)

cut and dried; cliché

　　24

禮尚往來

Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

　　25

留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒

Where there is life, there is hope.

　　26

馬到成功

achieve immediate victory; win instant success

　　27

名利雙收

gain both fame and wealth

　　28

茅塞頓開

be suddenly enlightened

　　29

沒有規(guī)矩，不成方圓

Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

　　30

每逢佳節(jié)倍思親

On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.

　　31

謀事在人，成事在天

Man proposes; God disposes.

　　32

弄巧成拙

make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart

　　33

賠了夫人又折兵

suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish

　　34

拋磚引玉

a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

　　35

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

　　36

搶得先機(jī)

take the preemptive opportunities

　　37

巧婦難為無米之炊

One can't make bricks without straw.

　　38

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

　　39

前事不忘，后事之師

Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

　　40

前怕狼，后怕虎

fear wolves ahead and tigers behind； hesitate in doing something

　　41

強(qiáng)龍難壓地頭蛇

The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.

　　42

瑞雪兆豐年

A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year

　　43

人逢喜事精神爽

People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.

　　44

世上無難事，只怕有心人

Where there is a will, there is a way.

　　45

世外桃源

a retreat away from the turmoil of the world

　　46

人之初，性本善

Humans are born good.

　　47

上有天堂，下有蘇杭

Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth

　　48

塞翁失馬，焉知非福

a blessing in disguise;

Every cloud has a silver lining.

　　49

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.

　　50

水漲船高

A ship rises with the tide

　　51

時不我待

Time and tide wait for no man.

　　52

殺雞用牛刀

use a steam-hammer to crack nuts

　　53

實(shí)事求是

seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

　　54

說曹操，曹操到

speak of the devil

　　55

實(shí)話實(shí)說

speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

　　56

實(shí)踐是檢驗(yàn)真理的唯一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

　　Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

　　57

韜光養(yǎng)晦

　　hide one's capacities and bide one's time

　　58

糖衣炮彈

　　sugar-coated bullets

　　59

天有不測風(fēng)云

　　Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

　　60

團(tuán)結(jié)就是力量

Unity is strength.

　　61

跳進(jìn)黃河洗不清

Even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean - there's nothing one can do to clear one's name

　　62

歪風(fēng)邪氣

unhealthy trends and vulgar practices

　　63

物以類聚，人以群分

Birds of a feather flock together.

　　64

望子成龍

hold high hopes for one's child

　　65

唯利是圖

seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests

　　66

無中生有

a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air

　　67

無風(fēng)不起浪

There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.

　　68

徇私枉法

twist the law to suit one's own purpose

　　69

新官上任三把火

a new broom sweeps clean

　　70

蓄勢待發(fā)

accumulate strength for a take-off

　　71

心想事成

May all your wish come true

　　72

心照不宣

have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation

　　73

先入為主

First impressions are firmly entrenched.

　　74

先下手為強(qiáng)

He who strikes first gains the advantage.

The best defense is offense.

　　75

熱鍋上的螞蟻

ants on a hot pan

　　76

現(xiàn)身說法

warn people by taking oneself as an example

　　77

息事寧人

pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned

　　78

循序漸進(jìn)

proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order

　　79

嚴(yán)以律己，寬以待人

be strict with oneself and lenient with others

　　80

有情人終成眷屬

　　Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.

　　81

有錢能使鬼推磨

　　Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.

　　82

有識之士

　　a man of insight

　　83

有勇無謀

　　bold but not crafty

　　84

有緣千里來相會

　　Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

　　85

與時俱進(jìn)

　　keep pace with the times

　　86

以人為本

people-oriented

　　87

因材施教

teach students according to their aptitude

　　88

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.

　　89

欲速則不達(dá)

Haste makes waste.

More haste, less speed.

　　90

優(yōu)勝劣汰

survival of the fittest

　　91

英雄所見略同

Great minds think alike.

　　92

冤家宜解不宜結(jié)

Better make friends than make enemies.

　　93

冤假錯案

cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases

　　94

一言既出，駟馬難追

A promise is a promise.

A real man never goes back on his words.

　　95

招財進(jìn)寶

bring in wealth and treasure

　　96

債臺高筑

become debt-ridden

　　97

眾矢之的

target of public criticism

　　98

紙上談兵

be an armchair strategist

　　99

紙包不住火

You can't wrap fire in paper.

What's done by night appears by day.

　　100

左右為難

caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea