谚语中英对照

趁熱
hot.
The crafty rabbit has three 32. 狡兔 different entrances to it's Do not put all your eggs in one basket. 有三窟 lair 33. 老婆 Your neigbour's wife looks 是別人的 prettier than your own. 靚 The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
16. 大丈 A great (or 夫能屈能 successful) man can bend 伸 and stretch. A man must learn to sail in all winds.
17. 不入 If you don't go into the cave 虎穴,焉得 of the tiger, how are you Nothing ventured, nothing gained. 虎子 going to get its cub ? 18. 又要 You want you horse to look Want to have your cake and eat it 馬兒好,又 good but you also want it not too.(Implying: You cannot have your cake 要馬兒不 to have to eat grass. and eat it too.) 食草 19. 無風 不起浪 There is no wave without wind. There is no smoke without fire.
1. 天下 無不散之 筵席 2. 五十 步笑百步
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There is no never ending banquet under the sun.
All good things must come to an end. or The best of friends must part.
The (soldier who retreated ) 50 paces jeered at the one who The pot calls the kettle black. (retreated) 100 paces. The participant's perspective are clouded while the bystanders' views are clear. The squire at the frontier lost his horse. (The horse eventually came back bringing some other horses with it.) There are two parts to this proverb. I will put together two English phrases to make the figurative translation. You can't see the forest for the trees ,but onlookers see the whole game.
Shoot two birds (geese , wild 25. 一箭 foul, whatever) with one Kill two birds with one stone. 雙雕 single arrow. 26. 本性 It's is impossible to change A leopard cannot change its spots. your basic characteristics. Or: Old habits die hard. 難移 27. 三個 3 monks fetching water 和尚擔水 resulted in no rice gruel (to Too many cooks spoil the broth. 無粥食 eat.) 28. 一將 Tens of thousands of bones What thousands must die so that Caesar may 功成萬骨 will become ashes when one become great. 枯 general achieves his fame. Once bitten by a mosquito, you worry about mosquitoes 28. 一刻 all day. 被蚊咬終 (Another version) Once bitten, twice shy. 日怕蚊叮 Once bitten by a snake, you are even frightened by a rope that resembles a snake. Golden coloured on the outside, but rotten inside. (This is from a fable ,"What 29. 金玉 the All that glitters is not gold and 其外, 敗 tangerine hawker said". The beware of the skeleton in the closet. 絮其中 golden colour refers to the skin of the tangerine.) 30. 欲速 If you are in a hurry you will More haste, less speed. 則不達 never get there. 31. 打鐵 Strike while the iron is ditto
A woman's heart is like a 34. 女人 A woman's heart is as deep as the ocean . needle in the bottom of the 心海底針 (from the movie "Titanic") ocean. 35. 以 攻為守 Use attack as the tactic of The best defense is an offense. defense.
Different flowers look good 5. 各花入 to Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 各眼 different people Good luck seldom comes in 6.. 禍不 pairs but bad things never 單行 walk (occur) alone. 7. 以毒 攻毒 Fight poison with poison Misery loves company.
Time Essay, by James Poniewozik. Page 64. Time magazine, Canadian Edition. June 24,2002. "They held up the myths of honor among thieves-we don't sell drugs, we don't kill civilians...."
Birds of a feather flocks together. Or: Like attracts
22. . 醉翁 The drunken gentleman's 之意不在 Kissing the baby for the nurse (or nanny). desire is not about the wine. 酒 23. 牛不 You cannot push a cow's head You can lead a horse to water, but you can't 飲水,不能 down unless it is drinking make him drink. 按牛頭低 water by it's own will. The arrogant (or 24. 驕兵 over-confident) army will 必敗 lose the battle for sure. Pride goes before a fall.
Fight fire with fire.
8. 花開堪 Pick the flower when it is Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. 折直需折 ready to be picked . 9. 歲月不 Age and time do not wait for Time and tide waits for no man. 留人 people. 10. 家家 Each family has its own 有一本難 difficult scripture (or 念的經 sutra) to recite. Each family has its own kind of hell.
13. 有錢 If you have money you can make Money makes the world go around. 能使鬼推 the ghosts and devils turn Or: Money talks. your grind stone. 磨 Good (happenings, results, 14. 好事 achievements etc..) must go The course of true love never runs smooth. through many trials and 多磨 tribulations The "their way " (Way=Tao) can be interpreted in different ways, the most general being "Even thieves have their principles." Another interpretation is : "even the bad guys have a conscience". So, could this also mean "There is honour Transliteration: (Even) amongst thieve" ?. Well, a recent "Time 15. 盜亦 Theives have "their (own) essay" in Time's magazine seems to imply it 有道 way/code of behaviour" (Tao) does.
3. 當局 者迷
4. 塞翁 失馬
This expression has its origin in a Chinese fable. See e.g. (From the Chinavista website) Chinese Fable#6 ;Blessing or Bane
Certain bad luck is actually "a blessing in disguise."
20. 入鄉 Follow the local custom when In Rome do as the Romans do. you go to a foreign place. 隨俗
Things of the same 21. 物以 characteristics congregate 類聚 together.
11. 虎父 Tiger father begets tiger son A chip off the old block. 虎子 12. 人算 Man's schemes are inferior to Man proposes and god disposes.
不如天算
those made by heaven