超美的35个中国谚语翻译

No shame in asking questions, even to people of lower status.

不耻下问

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No one knows a son better than the father.

知子莫若父

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Three humble shoemakers brainstorming will make a great statesman. 三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮

4

Kill a chicken before a monkey.

杀鸡儆猴

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Too many cooks spoil the broth

人多反误事

6

No wind, no waves.

无风不起浪

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Lift a stone only to drop on your own feet.

搬起石头砸自己的脚

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A camel standing amidst a flock of sheep.

鹤立鸡群

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An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can t buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.

一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。

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Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire. 众人拾柴火焰高

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An ant may well destroy a whole dam.

千里之堤毁于蚁穴

12

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门

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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. 因噎废食

14

If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame.

子不教，父之过

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A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

呆若木鸡

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When you are poor, neighbors close by will not come;once you become rich, you ll be surprised by visits from (alleged) relatives afar.

穷在闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲。

17

Bad things never walk alone.

祸不单行

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A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.

吃一堑长一智

19

A smile will gain you ten more years of life.

笑一笑十年少

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one picture is worth ten thousand words.

百闻不如一见

21

Once bitten by a snake, he/she is scared all his/her life at the mere sight of a rope.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳

22

Things of today, accomplished today.

今日事今日毕

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seize every minute and every second

争分夺秒

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If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

忍一时风平浪静，退一步海阔天空/ 忍一时之气，免百日之忧

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Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

授人以鱼，不如授人以渔

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To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.

缘木求鱼

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If you don t want anyone to know it,don t do it

若要人不知，除非己莫为

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There are many paths to the top of the mountain,but the view is always the same.

殊途同归

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Tell me and I forget; Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand

不闻不若闻之，闻之不若见之；见之不若知之，知之不若行之；学至于行而止矣。

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While the green hills last, there’ll be wood to burn.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

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Flowers may bloom again, but a person never has the chance to be young again.

花有重开时，人无再少年

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The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

千里之行，始于足下

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When you drink from the stream remember the spring.