中国谚语英文翻译

2021年1月26日发(作者：service)
中国谚语英文翻译

驚弓之鳥
/
談虎色變
A burnt child dreads fire.
見微知著
/
一葉知秋
A feather shows the way the wind blows.
意外之財
/
一筆橫財
a financial windfall
急風知勁草
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
千里鵝毛
A gift is cheap, but love is dear.
錢能通神
A golden hammer breaks an iron door.
小不忍則亂大謀
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
忙中有錯
A hasty man drinks his tea with his fork. '
少壯不努力
,
老大徒傷悲
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
百無一用是書生
A learned man is an idler who kills time by study.
星星之火可以燎原
A little leak will sink a great ship.
量小非君子
A little pot will soon be hot.
新官上任三把火
A new broom sweeps clean.
滾石不生苔
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
知恥近乎勇
A sense of shame is the farthest thing from cowardice.
小洞不補
,
大洞吃苦
A stitch in time saves nine.
虎父虎子
A wise goose never laid a tame egg.
能者多勞
Able men are always busy.
四海之內皆兄弟
All men are brothers.
殊途同歸
/
條條大路通羅馬
All roads lead to Rome.
一瓶不響
,
半瓶響叮噹
An empty wagon makes the most noise.
冰凍三尺非一日之寒
An oak is not felled at one stroke.
上行下效
As the old cock crows, the young one learns.

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B
九牛一毛

be a drop in a bucket ~
年高德邵

be an statesman
花團錦簇

be blanketed with flowers
琳朗滿目

be eye-catching ~
淋漓盡致

be in great detail; vividly and incisively
方興未艾

be in the ascendant (
福星高照
,
有旭日東昇之勢
)
纖毫之細

be minute
行雲流水

be natural and spontaneous; like floating clouds and flowing water
喜優參半

be/go through ups and downs
紅顏薄命

Beauty is a fading flower.
秀色可餐

Beauty is a feast in itself.
色即是空

Beauty is but skin-deep.
東施效顰

Being butcher, don't imitate the piper.
雜而不精

Better be master of one than Jack-of-all-trades.
寧為雞口
,
不為牛後

Better to reign in hell than serve in Heaven.
物以類聚

Birds of a feather flock together.
血濃於水

Blood is thicker than water.
恩將仇報

Bring up a raven and it will peck out your eyes.

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C
蓋棺論定
Call no man happy before he is dead.
老吾老以及人之老
,
幼吾幼以及人之幼
Charity begins at home.
以牙還牙
,
以眼還眼
Claw me and I'll claw thee.
平生不做虧心事
,
半夜敲門心不驚
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
掛羊頭賣狗肉
Cry out wine and sell vinegar.
害人反害己
Curses come home to roost.

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D
一了白了
Death pays all scores.
慎謀能斷
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.
棋逢敵手
/
強中自有強中手
Diamond cuts diamond.
膽大心細
Discretion is the better part of valor.
己所不欲
,
勿施於人
Do to others as you would be done by.

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E
虎父虎子
Eagles do not breed doves.
悖入悖出
Easy come, easy go.
虎落平陽被犬欺
Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he is dead.
智者千慮
,
必有一失
Even Homer sometimes nods.
生死有命
Every bullet has its billet.
天無絕人之路
Every cloud has a silver lining.
雞犬升天
Every dog has its day.
後生可畏
Every oak has been an acorn.
賣瓜說瓜甜
Every peddler praises his own needles.
人莫不親其親
Everyone knows that he should show respect for his parents.

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F
事實勝於雄辯
Fact speaks louder than eloquence.
望梅止渴
/
畫餅充飢
Fine words butter no parsnips.
有備無患
Forewarned is forearmed.
傻人多福
Fortune favors fools.

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G

得寸進尺
Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.
樹大招風
/
人怕出名豬怕肥
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
有備無患
Good watch prevents misfortune.
英雄所見略同
Great minds think alike.

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H
聊勝於無
Half a loaf is better than none.
樂極生悲
He laughs best who laughs last.
吃得苦中苦
,
方為人上人
He that has no cross deserves no crown; No pain, no gain.
守株待兔
He that waits for chance is never sure of his dinner.
欲加之罪何患無詞
He that wants to hand a dog is sure to find a rope.
虎頭蛇尾
He who enters an a whirlwind will depart as an ant.
巧言令色鮮矣仁
He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.
近朱者赤
,
近墨者黑
He who lies down with dogs will rise with fleas.
最獨婦人心
Hell hath no Fury like a woman scorned.
死有餘辜
His life is not worth a year's purchase.
飢不擇食
Hunger finds no fault with the cookery.

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I
山窮水盡疑無路
,
柳暗花明又一村
,
否極泰來
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
巧婦難為無米之炊
If you have no hand, you can't make a fist.