成语翻译.docx

1、成语翻译成语翻译任重道远take a heavy burden and embark on a long roadability to carry heavy responsibilities through thick and thin；It is a long-term, arduous task.It is an arduous task and the road is long.厚德载物Social commitment千钧一发be in grave imminent danger; at a crucial critical moment; by the skin of ones t

2、eeth;hang on by the eyelids the eye-teeth; a thread; in a most dangerous condition;in an emergency;close call;a hundredweight hanging by a hair;韬光养晦hide ones capacities and bide ones time苦尽甘来All sufferings have their reward.; after suffering comes happiness.; After the bitter comes the sweet.; Luck

3、comes after hardship.; Bitterness ends, sweetness begins.; from foul to fair; sweet after sweat; Sweet are the fruits of labour.自强不息exert oneself constantly; constantly strive to become stronger; continuous self-renewal; make unremitting unceasing efforts to improve oneself; strive unceasingly; unce

4、asingly to make earnest efforts to stand on ones own feet七嘴八舌with seven mouths and eight tongues” - clash of opinions; all sorts of gossip; all talking at once; all talking in confusion; lively discussion with everybody trying to get a word in; Many men, many minds.百花齐放All flowers bloom together.; F

5、lowers of every kind are in bloom百家争鸣contention of a hundred schools of thought；All schools of thoughts contend for attention.；Let a hundred schools of thought contend.龙腾虎跃dragons rising and tigers leaping - a scene of bustling activity；a place where dragons soar and tigers leap；a scene of hustle an

6、d bustle as in a worksite, a farm-yard, a building lot, etc.龙马精神the vigor of a dragon or horse - vigorous spirit of the aged；full of vigor vitality重中之重priority among priorities炉火纯青The stove fire is pure green - perfection in ones studies.; come to a head; got exactly the results desired; high degree

7、 of professional proficiency; make a masterly application of .; master ones skill to perfection; attain perfection; pure blue flame千锤百炼thoroughly tempered; well-seasoned; much-steeled; go through fire and water; be repeatedly thoroughly tempered; by persistent knocking into shape; be steeled over an

8、d over again; severe training and hammering知足常乐A man who is contented will be happy.A contented mind is a perpetual feast.A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.Content is happiness.生生不息life and growth in naturecontinuous reproduction breed in an endless succession生机

9、勃勃full of vigour生气盎然brimming over with life厚积薄发accumulate richly and break forth vastly玩物丧志sap ones spirit by seeking pleasures; Excessive attention to trivialities trivia saps the will.; play through life and have no serious ambition; riding a hobby saps ones will to make progress; Sensuous luxury

10、blunts the edge of ones determination坐井观天sit in a well and look at the heaven-limited outlook, look at the sky from the bottom of a well, see the sky from the bottom of a well, sit at the bottom of a well to see the skieslook at the world through the window (all ones life)narrow-mindednessrestricted

11、 experiencetake a narrow view of things坐怀不乱Not disturbed with a woman in ones lap；Wear Josephs coat醉生梦死lead a befuddled life as if drunk or in a dream; drink in a quite uninhibited manner, forgetting life and death; eat, drink and make merry and let tomorrow look after itself; fiddle while Rome is b

12、urning; lead a happy-go-lucky befuddled life; live a gay life; live a life of dreams; live as if intoxicated or dreaming; revel away the time;sleep away ones life投鼠忌器spare the rat to save the dishes - to hold back from taking action against an evildoer for fear of involving good people; Beware of da

13、mages when pelting rats!; Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.; hesitate to pelt a rat for fear of smashing the vase dishes beside it; One who strikes at a rat cares if a vessel would be broken.; throw sth. at a rat, but afraid to break the vase - caution in taking action; When you throw ston

14、es at a rat, beware of the vase.作壁上观stand by watching others battle; be an onlooker; look on indifferently; sit by and watch; stand by watching others battles; stay behind the breastworks and watch others fight; watch the fighting from the rampart走马观花look at the flowers while passing on horseback -

15、to glance over things hurriedly; cast only a passing glance at; gain a superficial understanding through cursory observation; give a hurried and cursory glance at; give a hurried glance at; look at flowers while riding on horseback; look at the flowers while on horseback; skim the surface; snatch a

16、transient glance of a landscape; take a brief look at; view the flowers from on horseback - to make only a superficial understanding possible多难兴邦Challenges make a nation much stronger.左右逢源be able to achieve success one way or another;win gain advantage from of both sides；have ones bread buttered on

17、both sides；wanton as a calf with two dams失之东隅，收之桑榆What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts他山之石可以攻玉By others faults, wise men correct their own否极泰来Out of the depth of misfortune comes bliss.; After a storm comes a calm.; After extreme bad luck, comes good luck.; As a matter of real

18、ity extremes in fortune and misfortune would find their own mean.;Every cloud has a silver lining.; Extremes meet.; Extremes would find their own mean.;It is so bad that it must soon become get better.; Something good follows an utter evil.; The darkest hour is just before the dawn.; The extreme of

19、adversity is the beginning of prosperity.; The good emerges when the evil has reached its extreme.; When ill luck reaches its limit, good luck comes in.; When misfortune reaches its limit, prosperity comes.; When misfortune reaches the limit, good fortune is at hand.; When one is at his worst luck,

20、it is time for good luck to appear.; When the worse comes to the worst, it is likely that events would take a new turn.; When things are at their worst, they begin to mend.作茧自缚in a cocoon around oneself; be caught in ones own trap; cocoon oneself like silkworms; fall into a pit of ones own digging;

21、fall into the cocoon set by oneself; fry in ones own grease; get enmeshed in a web of ones own spinning; hoist oneself with by ones own petard; make a cocoon to shut oneself in; put a noose around ones own neck; spin a cocoon around oneself - to get enmeshed in a web of ones own spinning; tie onesel

22、f up with .; weave a cocoon and get imprisoned in it; wrap oneself up in a cocoon水至清则无鱼when the water is very clear, there will be no fish - one should not demand absolute purity哀莫大于心死Nothing is more lamentable than a dead heart.; Despair is the greatest sorrow.; Nothing gives greater cause for sorr

23、ow than despair.; There is no grief so great as despair.; There is no poverty like the poverty of spirit.叶公好龙Lord Ye professed to love dragons.; Lord Ye who claimed to be fond of dragons was scared out of his wits when a real one appeared.; Lord Yes love of dragons; professed love of what one really

24、 fears; What one does belies ones commitments.作奸犯科commit crimes in violation of the law;commit crimes and act the part of a traitor;commit offenses against law and discipline;violate the law and commit crimes趋之若鹜Scramble for;Go after in a swarm做贼心虚Have a guilty conscience;Ones guilty always fears da

25、ngerA guilty conscience is a self-accuser漫天叫价刻不容缓Brook no delayadmit permit (of) no delay; all the more urgent to .; be of great urgency; brook not a moments delay; cannot be delayed even a moment; demand immediate attention;Even a moment cannot be delayed.; It is a matter of great urgency.; must no

26、t lose a minute; not a moment to be lost; No time to lose.; Theres no time to be lost.; without a moments delay斩钉截铁resolute and decisive; categorical;categorical with grim determination; make it definitely clear; make sure there is no mistake about sth.; show firm determination; speak in unequivocal

27、 categorical terms; with decision and dispatch; without mincing words掷地有声坐山观虎斗sit on top of the mountain to watch the tigers fight;watch from a distance a fight between two tigers, reaping advantages whichever side wins;watching from a hilltop while two tigers fight;watch in safety while others figh

28、t, then reap the spoils when both sides are exhausted左思右想think of this way and that; muse on sth.;be busy trying to think of . ; be deep in thought; keep thinking;rack ones brains; think back and forth to oneself; think from different angles; think of this and that; turn sth. over in ones mind沐猴而冠a

29、monkey with a hat on - a worthless person in imposing attire; a devilish person with imposing attire; a snobbish social climber; making a monkey show - stupid political figures痛心疾首heartache and headache - with deep hatred and resentment; be very distressed about .; detest thoroughly; distressed and

30、disgusted; feel deeply grieved; feel bitter about .; resent hate deeply; deplore greatly; with bitter hatred不怕一万就怕万一It is always wise to play safe;同心同德be of one heart and one mind; be one heart with .; dedicate ourselves heart and soul to the same cause; do sth. wholeheartedly with sb.; have the same heart and mind; of one mind and principle; with one heart and one mind; work with one heart and one mind; work with one mind unite and work as one忘恩负义devoid of gratitude; be ungrateful and act contrary to justice; be ungratef