中国俗语翻译

1.爱屋及乌：Love me, love my dog.

2.百闻不日一见：One look is worth a thousand words.

Seeing is believing.

3.比上不足，比下有余： 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.不遗余力：spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

6.不打不成交：No discord, no concord.

7.拆东墙补西墙：rob Peter to pay Paul

8.辞旧迎新：bid farewell to the old and usher in the new

9.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

10.大开眼界： broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

11.国泰民安：the country flourishes and people live in peace

12.过犹不及：going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;too much is as bad as too little

13.好了伤疤忘了疼：once on shore, one prays no more

14.好事不出门，坏事传千里：Bad news travels fast.

15.和气生财：harmony brings wealth;friendliness is conducive to business success

16.活到老学到老： never too old to learn

17.既往不咎：let bygones be bygones

18.金无足赤，人无完人：There are spots even on the sun.

19.金玉满堂：Treasures fill the home.

20.脚踏实地： be down-to-earth

21.脚踩两只船：sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp

22.君子之交淡如水：A hedge between keeps friendship green.

23.老生常谈，陈词滥调：cut and dried; cliché

24.礼尚往来：Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

25.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧：Where there is life, there is hope.

26.马到成功：achieve immediate victory; win instant success

27.名利双收：gain both fame and wealth

28.茅塞顿开：be suddenly enlightened

29.没有规矩，不成方圆：Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

30.每逢佳节倍思亲： On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.

31.谋事在人，成事在天：Man proposes; God disposes.

32.弄巧成拙：make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart

33.赔了夫人又折兵：suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the

fish

34.抛砖引玉：a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

35.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

36.抢得先机：take the preemptive opportunities

37.巧妇难为无米之炊：One can't make bricks without straw.

38.前事不忘，后事之师：Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

39.千里之行始于足下：a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

40.前怕狼，后怕虎： fear wolves ahead and tigers behind； hesitate in doing something

41.强龙难压地头蛇：The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.

42.瑞雪兆丰年：A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year

43.人逢喜事精神爽：People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.

44.世上无难事，只怕有心人：Where there is a will, there is a way.

45.世外桃源：a retreat away from the turmoil of the world

46.人之初，性本善：Humans are born good.