關(guān)于英語常用的讀書成語精選

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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不當，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！

愛屋及烏

Loveme,lovemydog.

百聞不如一見

Onelookisworthathousandwords.

Seeingisbelieving.

比上不足，比下有余

Tofallshortofthebest,butbebetterthantheworst.

笨鳥先飛

Aslowsparrowshouldmakeanearlystart.

不遺余力

Sparenoeffort;goallout;doone'sbest.

不打不成交

Nodiscord,noconcord.

拆東墻補西墻

RobPetertopayPaul.

辭舊迎新

Bidfarewelltotheoldandusherinthenew.

大事化小，小事化了

Tryfirsttomaketheirmistakesoundlessseriousandthentoreduceittonothingatall.

大開眼界

Broadenone'shorizon;beaneye-opener.

國泰民安

Thecountryflourishesandpeopleliveinpeace.

過猶不及

Goingbeyondthelimitisasbadasfallingshort;excessisjustasbadasdeficiency;

toomuchisasbadastoolittle.

好了傷疤忘了疼

Onceonshore,onepraysnomore.

好事不出門，壞事傳千里

Badnewstravelsfast.

和氣生財

Harmonybringswealth;

friendlinessisconducivetobusinesssuccess.

活到老學(xué)到老

Nevertoooldtolearn.

既往不咎

Letbygonesbebygones.

金無足赤，人無完人

Therearespotsevenonthesun.

金玉滿堂

Treasuresfillthehome.

腳踏實地

Bedown-to-earth.

腳踩兩只船

Sitonthefence;beafence-sitter;haveafootineithercamp.

君子之交淡如水

Ahedgebetweenkeepsfriendshipgreen.

老生常談，陳詞濫調(diào)

Cutanddried;cliché

禮尚往來

Courtesycallsforreciprocity.

留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒

Wherethereislife,thereishope.

馬到成功

Achieveimmediatevictory;wininstantsuccess.

名利雙收

Gainbothfameandwealth.

茅塞頓開

Besuddenlyenlightened.

沒有規(guī)矩，不成方圓

Nothingcanbeaccomplishedwithoutnormsorstandards.

每逢佳節(jié)倍思親

Onfestiveoccasionsmorethaneveronethinksofone'sdearonesfaraway.

謀事在人，成事在天

Manproposes;Goddisposes.

弄巧成拙

Makeafoolofoneselfintryingtobesmart.

賠了夫人又折兵

Sufferadoubleloss;losethebaitalongwiththefish.

拋磚引玉

Amodestspurtoinduceotherstocomeforwardwithvaluablecontributions;throwasprattocatchawhale.

破釜沉舟

Cutoffallmeansofretreat；burnone'sownwayofretreatandbedeterminedtofighttotheend.

搶得先機

TakethePemptiveopportunities.

巧婦難為無米之炊

Onecan'tmakebrickswithoutstraw.

千里之行始于足下

Athousand-lijourneybeginswiththefirststep--thehighesteminenceistobegainedstepbystep.

前事不忘，后事之師

Pastexperience,ifnotforgotten,isaguideforthefuture.

前怕狼，后怕虎

Fearwolvesaheadandtigersbehind;hesitateindoingsomething.

強龍難壓地頭蛇

Themightydragonisnomatchforthenativeserpent.

瑞雪兆豐年

Afallofseasonalsnowgivespromiseofafruitfulyear.

人逢喜事精神爽

Peopleareinhighspiritswheninvolvedinhappyevents.

世上無難事，只怕有心人

Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.

世外桃源

Aretreatawayfromtheturmoiloftheworld.

人之初，性本善

Humansareborngood.

上有天堂，下有蘇杭

Justasthereisparadiseinheaven,thereareSuzhouandHangzhouonearth

塞翁失馬，焉知非福

Ablessingindisguise;

Everycloudhasasilverlining.

三十而立

Amanshouldbeindependentattheageofthirty./Atthirty,amanshouldbeabletothinkforhimself.

水漲船高

Ashipriseswiththetide

時不我待

Timeandtidewaitfornoman.

殺雞用牛刀

Useasteam-hammertocracknuts.

實事求是

Seektruthfromfacts;bepracticalandrealistic;betruetofacts.

說曹操，曹操到

Speakofthedevil.

實話實說

Speaktheplaintruth;callaspadeaspade;tellitasitis.

實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準

Practiceisthesolecriterionfortestingtruth.

韜光養(yǎng)晦

Hideone'scapacitiesandbideone'stime.

糖衣炮彈

Sugar-coatedbullets.

天有不測風(fēng)云

Anythingunexpectedmayhappen.aboltfromtheblue.

團結(jié)就是力量

Unityisstrength.

跳進黃河洗不清

EvenifonejumpedintotheYellowRiver,onecannotwashoneselfclean-there'snothingonecandotoclearone'sname

歪風(fēng)邪氣

Unhealthytrendsandvulgarpractices.

物以類聚，人以群分

Birdsofafeatherflocktogether.

望子成龍

Holdhighhopesforone'schild.

唯利是圖

Seeknothingbutprofits;beblindtoallbutone'sowninterests.

無中生有

Asheerfabricationoutofnothing;fabricaterumorsoutofthinair.

無風(fēng)不起浪

Therearenowaveswithoutwind.Nothingcomesofnothing.

徇私枉法

Twistthelawtosuitone'sownpurpose.

新官上任三把火

Anewbroomsweepsclean.

蓄勢待發(fā)

Accumulatestrengthforatake-off.

心想事成

Mayallyourwishcometrue.

心照不宣

Haveatacitunderstanding;thoroughlyunderstandeachother,withouthavingexchangedawordofexplanation.

先入為主

FirstimPssionsarefirmlyentrenched.

先下手為強

Hewhostrikesfirstgainstheadvantage.

Thebestdefenseisoffense.

熱鍋上的螞蟻

Antsonahotpan

現(xiàn)身說法

Warnpeoplebytakingoneselfasanexample.

息事寧人

Pouroilontroubledwaters;patchupaquarrelandreconcilethepartiesconcerned.

循序漸進

Proceedinanorderlywayandstepbystep;advancegraduallyindueorder.

嚴以律己，寬以待人

Bestrictwithoneselfandlenientwithothers.

有情人終成眷屬

JackshallhaveJill,allshallbewell.

有錢能使鬼推磨

Moneymakesthemarego./Moneytalks.

有識之士

Amanofinsight.

有勇無謀

Boldbutnotcrafty.

有緣千里來相會

Separatedaswearethousandsofmilesapart,wecometogetherasifbyPdestination.

與時俱進

Keeppacewiththetimes.

以人為本

People-oriented.

因材施教

Teachstudentsaccordingtotheiraptitude.

欲窮千里目，更上一層樓

Toascendanotherstoreytoseeathousandmilesfurther;Ascendfurther,wereyoutolookfarther.

欲速則不達

Hastemakeswaste.

Morehaste,lessspeed.

優(yōu)勝劣汰

Survivalofthefittest.

英雄所見略同

Greatmindsthinkalike.

冤家宜解不宜結(jié)

Bettermakefriendsthanmakeenemies.

冤假錯案

Casesinwhichpeoplewereunjustly,falselyorwronglychargedorsentenced;unjust,falseorwrongcases.

一言既出，駟馬難追

Apromiseisapromise.

Arealmannevergoesbackonhiswords.

招財進寶

Bringinwealthandtreasure.

債臺高筑

Becomedebt-ridden.

眾矢之的

Targetofpubliccriticism.

紙上談兵

Beanarmchairstrategist.

紙包不住火

Youcan'twrapfireinpaper.

What'sdonebynightappearsbyday.

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左右為難

Caughtinadilemma;betweenthedevilandthedeepbluesea.