100个中国成语和俗语的英文版（上）

中华文化博大精深，成语和俗语都是智慧结晶，但翻译成英文，如果表达不当，却容易引起误解。所以，和孩子一起来学学常见的中文成语英译很有必要！

01爱屋及乌

Love me, love my dog.

02百闻不如一见

One look is worth a thousand words.Seeing is believing.

03比上不足，比下有余

To fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.

04笨鸟先飞

A slow sparrow should make an early start.

05不遗余力

Spare no effort; go all out; do one's best.

06不打不成交

No discord, no concord.

07拆东墙补西墙

Rob Peter to pay Paul.

08辞旧迎新

Bid farewell to the old and usher in the new.

09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.

39前事不忘，后事之师

Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

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.

47上有天堂，下有苏杭

Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth

48塞翁失马，焉知非福

A blessing in disguise;Every cloud has a silver lining.

49三十而立

A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.

50水涨船高

A ship rises with the tide

51时不我待

Time and tide wait for no man.

52杀鸡用牛刀

Use a steam-hammer to crack nuts.

53实事求是

Seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts.

54说曹操，曹操到

Speak of the devil.

55实话实说

Speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is.

56实践是检验真理的唯一标准

Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

57韬光养晦

Hide one's capacities and bide one's time.

58糖衣炮弹

Sugar-coated bullets.

59天有不测风云

Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue.

100个中国成语和俗语的英文版（下）