四字成语中译英

预防为主prevention first

综合治理comprehensive control/management

全面推进entire/all-round push-on

重点突破breakthrough at key points

亲仁善邻cordiality, benevolence and good neighborliness

和睦相处living in harmony with others

强不凌弱，富不侮贫The strong should not oppress the weak and the rich should not bully the poor.

协和万邦All nations live side by side in perfect harmony.

海纳百川，有容乃大One should be as inclusive as the ocean, which is vast because it admits hundreds of rivers.

兼收并蓄embrace everything that is useful

光阴似箭Time flies like an arrow. /How time files!

有诺必践Commitment should always be kept.

一如既往unswervingly

和衷共济solidarity; fighting together with one accord

亡国灭种extinction; being conquered and destroyed

万众一心pull together; join hands; make joint efforts; be united as one

浩然气概noble spirit

不屈节操unyielding moral principle

赴汤蹈火go through fire and water

殊死奋战fight desperately; fight to death

可歌可泣moved one to songs and tears

英勇卓绝heroic and splendid

插科打诨comic parts

精微深奥profound and abstruse

博大精深extensive and profound

源远流长run a long history

天下为公The world belongs to all the people.

天下兴亡，匹夫有责Every man has a duty to his country.

吃苦耐劳hard work and enduring hardship

勤俭持家run the household industriously and frugally

尊师重教respect teachers and attach importance to education 当务之急urgent; imminent

不谋而合coincide with

莘莘学子students

青春洋溢young

书香浓郁academic/cultural atmosphere

朝气蓬勃，充满活力dynamic; vigorous

多姿多彩colorful

日新月异change with each passing day

光芒四射shining; brilliant

安居乐业live and work happily and peacefully

相知无远近Distance can never separate real friends.

携手前进join hands

名列前茅rank top

形容词性

举足轻重decisive, vital, significant

光辉灿烂glorious and magnificent

不可磨灭indelible

无边无际boundless

广袤富饶vast and fertile

宏伟挺拔towering magnificence

金壁辉煌splendid and magnificent

玲珑剔透exquisitely carved/made/wrought

蔚为壮观splendid; spectacular

庄严肃穆solemn

不屈不挠unyielding, unrelenting, dauntless

动词性

此起彼伏rise one after another, keep cropping up

繁衍生息live and multiply/reproduce

改朝换代changes of dynasties

穷兵黩武wantonly engage in military aggression; use all one’s armed might to indulge in wars of aggression

雅俗共赏appeal to both refined and popular tastes

与日俱增increase with each passing day, be steadily on the increase

极目远眺look as far as the eye can see

按资排辈to assign priority according to seniority

求同存异seeking common ground while putting aside differences

流连忘返linger on; be too delighted to leave

乐不思蜀too delighted to be homesick

不宣而战start an undeclared war

尽收眼底hold a panoramic view

扬长避短play up strengths and avoid weaknesses

反腐倡廉fight corruption and build a clean government

集思广益draw on collective wisdom and absorb all useful ideas

辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new

开拓进取blaze new trails and forge ahead

求同存异seek common ground while shelving differences

延年益寿prolong one’s life

审时度势size up the trend of events

招商引资attract investment

急功近利eager for instant success and quick profits

扫黑扫黄crack down on gangland and pornography

减员增效downsize(and cut payroll) to improve efficiency

退耕还林return cultivated land to forest or pasture