56句常见中国习语的英文表达

56句常见中国习语的英文表达

1. 爱屋及乌

Love me, love my dog.

2. 百闻不如一见

Seeing is believing.

3. 笨鸟先飞

A slow sparrow should make an early start.

4. 国泰民安

The country flourishes and people live in peace.

5. 功夫不负有心人

Everything comes to him who waits.

6. 好事不出门恶事传千里

Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

7. 和气生财

Harmony brings wealth.

8. 活到老学到老

One is never too old to learn.

9. 金无足赤人无完人

Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

10. 金玉满堂

Treasures fill the home.

11. 脚踏实地

Be down-to-earth.

12. 脚踩两只船

Sit on the fence.

13. 留得青山在不怕没柴烧

Where there is life, there is hope.

14. 马到成功

achieve immediate victory; win instant success

15. 名利双收

gain in both fame and wealth

16. 没有规矩不成方圆

Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

17. 谋事在人成事在天

The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven.

18. 巧妇难为无米之炊

One can't make bricks without straw.

19. 千里之行始于足下

A thousand-li journey begins with the first step.

20. 人之初性本善

Man's nature at birth is good.

21. 人逢喜事精神爽

Joy puts heart into a man.

22. 世上无难事只要肯攀登

Where there is a will, there is a way.

23. 岁岁平安

Peace all year round.

24. 塞翁失马焉知非福

Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

25. 三十而立

A man should be independent at the age of thirty.

26. 说曹操,曹操到

Talk of the devil and he comes.

27. 天有不测风云

Anything unexpected may happen.

28. 团结就是力量

Unity is strength.

29. 物以类聚，人以群分

Birds of a feather flock together.

30. 望子成龙

hold high hopes for one's child

31. 屋漏又逢连阴雨

Misfortunes never come singly.

32. 无源之水,无本之木

Water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots.

33. 无中生有

create something out of nothing

34. 无风不起浪

There's no smoke without fire.

35. 新官上任三把火

A new broom sweeps clean.

36. 虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后

Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag

behind.

37. 蓄势而发

accumulate strength for a take-off

38. 心想事成

May all your wishes come true.

39. 先入为主

First impressions are firmly entrenched.

40. 像热锅上的蚂蚁

like an ant on a hot pan

41. 一路平安，一路顺风

speed somebody on their way

42. 有情人终成眷属

Jack shall have Jil.

43. 有钱能使鬼推磨

Money talks.

44. 有识之士

people of vision

45. 有勇无谋

use brawn rather than brain

46. 与时俱进

advance with times

47. 因材施教

teach students according to their aptitude

48. 欲速则不达

Haste does not bring success.

49. 优胜劣汰

survival of the fittest

50. 英雄所见略同

Great minds think alike.