【语言】英语中常用的123个中国成语!很难找到这么全的...

2015年09月30日 au-news





1
爱屋及乌
Love me, love my dog.

2
百闻不如一见
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
a land of fish and rice; a land of abundance; a natural or grand granary;a land of milk and honey
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.
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
纸包不住火
Truth will come to light sooner or later.
123
左右为难
between the devil and the deep blue sea


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