123個常見中國成語英譯

　　上學(xué)的時候，老師鼓勵我們寫作文時可以適當(dāng)使用成語，能夠提升作文的語言水平。這個道理在英文寫作中也是適用的。不過，有些中文的成語在英語中如果表達(dá)不當(dāng)，反而會讓人誤解。所以，一起來學(xué)學(xué)常見中文成語的英譯很有必要!　　

　　1.愛屋及烏 Love me, love my dog.

　　2.百聞不如一見 (眼見為實)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.笨鳥先飛 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 personal losses

　　7.不遺余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

　　8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.

　　9.拆東墻補(bǔ)西墻 rob Peter to pay Paul

　　10.辭舊迎新 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.大開眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

　　13.國泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

　　14.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

　　15.功夫不負(fù)有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.

　　16.好了傷疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

　　17.好事不出門惡事傳千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

　　18.和氣生財 Harmony brings wealth.

　　19.活到老學(xué)到老 One is never too old to learn.

　　20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones

　　21.金無足赤，人無完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

　　22.金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home.

　　23.腳踏實地 be down-to-earth　　

　　24.腳踩兩只船 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.老生常談，陳詞濫調(diào) cut and dried, cliché，stereotype

　　27.禮尚往來 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

　　28.留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 Where there is life, there is hope.

　　29.馬到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success

　　30.名利雙收 gain in both fame and wealth

　　31.茅塞頓開 be suddenly enlightened

　　32.沒有規(guī)矩，不成方圓 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

　　33.每逢佳節(jié)倍思親 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.謀事在人，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.拿手好戲 masterpiece

　　37.賠了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad

　　38.拋磚引玉 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.搶得先機(jī) take the preemptive opportunities

　　41.巧婦難為無米之炊 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.前事不忘后事之師 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

　　44.前人栽樹,后人乘涼 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.強(qiáng)龍難壓地頭蛇 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.強(qiáng)強(qiáng)聯(lián)手 win-win co-operation　　

　　48.瑞雪兆豐年 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.人海戰(zhàn)術(shù) huge-crowd strategy

　　52.世上無難事，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.歲歲平安 Peace all year round.

　　56.上有天堂，下有蘇杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth

　　57.塞翁失馬，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.升級換代 updating and upgrading (of products)

　　60.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

　　61.誰言寸草心，報得三春暉 Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass.

　　62.水漲船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.

　　63.時不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.

　　64.殺雞用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel

　　65.實事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts　　

　　66.說曹操,曹操到 Speak of the devil and he comes.

　　67.實話實說 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

　　68.實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標(biāo)準(zhǔn) Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

　　69.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;

　　70.韜光養(yǎng)晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time

　　71.糖衣炮彈 sugar-coated bullets

　　72.天有不測風(fēng)云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

　　73.團(tuán)結(jié)就是力量 Unity is strength.

　　74.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

　　75.歪風(fēng)邪氣 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

　　76.物以類聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.

　　77.往事如風(fēng) The past has vanished (from memory) like wind; What in past, is past

　　78.望子成龍 hold high hopes for one's child

　　79.屋漏又逢連陰雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

　　80.文韜武略 military expertise; military strategy

　　81.唯利是圖 draw water to one's mill

　　82.無源之水,無本之木 water without a source, and a tree without roots

　　83.無中生有 make/create something out of nothing

　　84.無風(fēng)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.虛心使人進(jìn)步,驕傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

　　88.蓄勢而發(fā) 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.先入為主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.

　　92.先下手為強(qiáng) catch the ball before the bound

　　93.像熱鍋上的螞蟻 like an ant on a hot pan

　　94.現(xiàn)身說法 warn people by taking oneself as an example

　　95.息事寧人 pour oil on troubled waters

　　96.喜憂參半 mingled hope and fear

　　97.循序漸進(jìn) step by step

　　98.一路平安，一路順風(fēng) wish you a safe / good trip / journey

　　99.嚴(yán)以律己,寬以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

　　101.有情人終成眷屬'Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.

　　102.有錢能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.

　　103.有識之士 people of vision

　　104.有勇無謀 use brawn rather than brain

　　105.有緣千里來相會 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

　　106.與時俱進(jìn) advance with times

　　107.以人為本 people oriented; people foremost

　　108.因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude

　　109.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 embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight.　　

　　110.欲速則不達(dá) Haste does not bring success./More haste, less speed.

　　111. 優(yōu)勝劣汰 survival of the fittest

　　112.英雄所見略同 Great minds think alike.

　　113.冤家宜解不宜結(jié) Better make friends than make enemies.

　　114.冤假錯案 cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases

　　115.一言既出，駟馬難追 A real man never goes back on his words.

　　116.招財進(jìn)寶 Money and treasures will be plentiful

　　117.債臺高筑 become debt-ridden

　　119.眾矢之的 target of public criticism

　　120.知己知彼,百戰(zhàn)不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

　　121. 紙上談兵 be an armchair strategist

　　122.紙包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later.

　　123.左右為難 between the devil and the deep blue sea