你必须知道的成语翻译

适者生存

the survival of the fittest

穷寇莫追

A animal is a dangerous .

积少成多

Every little makes a mickle. (Every little helps.)

脍炙人口

in everyone's mouth

钱可通神

Money can move even the gods.

谋事在人成事在天

Man proposes and God disposes.

学无捷径

There is no royal road/shortcut to learning.

机不可失

Opportunity seldo knocks twice.

优胜劣败

The weakest goes to the wall.

声东击西

to look one way and row another

小Car笔记：

shortcut：捷径，近路，抄近路，走捷径。【例句】①We saved time by taking a shortcut.我们走捷径以节省时间。②He was always looking for a shortcut to fame and fortune.他总是在找成名发财的捷径。

乐极生悲

After joy comes sadness.

说曹操到曹操就到

Talk of the devil and the devil comes.

团结就是力量

Union is strength.

需要为发明之母

Necessity is the mother of invention.

满招损，谦受益

Haughtiness invites ruin; humility receives benefits.

恶有恶报

He that does evil shall find evil.

恶事传千里

Bad news travels quickly.

熟能生巧

Practice makes perfect.

缓兵之计

a fabian policy

缘木求鱼

to get water from a

小Car笔记：

haughtiness：傲慢, 不逊【例句】She called him on his haughtiness.她责备他傲慢无礼。

Fabian：adj. 费边式的, 拖延时间的 n. 费边主义【常用短语】①Fabian tactics：慎重待机的策略; 缓进军略②Fabian Society：ph. 费边协会, 费边社(1884年在伦敦由英国资产阶级知识分子组成的一个政治组织, 主张采取温和缓进的办法改造社会), n. 费边社微不足道

a drop in the ocean：The police crackdown on speeding is just a drop in the ocean in solving Taiwan's traffic problems.

勤能补拙

can make up for lack of .

寿终正寝

to die a natural death (to die in one's bed)

寡不击众

There is no contending against odds.

对牛弹琴

to cast pearls before

祸不单行

never come single.

饱食终日无所事事

to eat the bread of

慷他人之慨

to be free with other's money

远亲不如近邻

Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors. / A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.

种瓜得瓜种豆得豆

You must reap what you have sown. / As you sow, so shall you reap.

小Car笔记：

natural death：生理死亡; 自然死亡

kinsman：男亲戚【例句】The bride's kinsman gathered to make preparations for the wedding. 新娘的男亲属们聚集在一起为婚礼做准备。

置之死地而后生

Put the in death ground and they will live.

道高一尺魔高一丈

While the climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten.

预防胜于治疗

Prevention is better than cure.

新官上任三把火

New sweep clean.

塞翁失马焉知非福

Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.

路遥知马力日久见人心

A distant journey tests the strength of a horse and a long task proves the character of a man.

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