中華文化博大精深，成語俗語都是智慧結晶，但翻譯成英文如果表達不當，卻容易引起誤解。所以，一起來學學常見中文成語的英譯很有必要！

01

愛屋及烏

Loveme,lovemydog.

02

百聞不如一見

Onelookisworthathousandwords.

Seeingisbelieving.

03

比上不足，比下有余

Tofallshortofthebest,butbebetterthantheworst.

04

笨鳥先飛

Aslowsparrowshouldmakeanearlystart.

05

不遺余力

Sparenoeffort;goallout;doone'sbest.

06

不打不成交

Nodiscord,noconcord.

07

拆東墻補西墻

RobPetertopayPaul.

08

辭舊迎新

Bidfarewelltotheoldandusherinthenew.

09

大事化小，小事化了

Tryfirsttomaketheirmistakesoundlessseriousandthentoreduceittonothingatall.

10

大開眼界

Broadenone'shorizon;beaneye-opener.

11

國泰民安

Thecountryflourishesandpeopleliveinpeace.

12

過猶不及

Goingbeyondthelimitisasbadasfallingshort;excessisjustasbadasdeficiency;

toomuchisasbadastoolittle.

13

好了傷疤忘了疼

Onceonshore,onepraysnomore.

14

好事不出門，壞事傳千里

Badnewstravelsfast.

15

和氣生財

Harmonybringswealth;

friendlinessisconducivetobusinesssuccess.

16

活到老學到老

Nevertoooldtolearn.

17

既往不咎

Letbygonesbebygones.

18

金無足赤，人無完人

Therearespotsevenonthesun.

19

金玉滿堂

Treasuresfillthehome.

20

腳踏實地

Bedown-to-earth.

21

腳踩兩只船

Sitonthefence;beafence-sitter;haveafootineithercamp.

22

君子之交淡如水

Ahedgebetweenkeepsfriendshipgreen.

23

老生常談，陳詞濫調

Cutanddried;cliché

24

禮尚往來

Courtesycallsforreciprocity.

25

留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒

Wherethereislife,thereishope.

26

馬到成功

Achieveimmediatevictory;wininstantsuccess.

27

名利雙收

Gainbothfameandwealth.

28

茅塞頓開

Besuddenlyenlightened.

29

沒有規矩，不成方圓

Nothingcanbeaccomplishedwithoutnormsorstandards.

30

每逢佳節倍思親

Onfestiveoccasionsmorethaneveronethinksofone'sdearonesfaraway.

31

謀事在人，成事在天

Manproposes;Goddisposes.

32

弄巧成拙

Makeafoolofoneselfintryingtobesmart.

33

賠了夫人又折兵

Sufferadoubleloss;losethebaitalongwiththefish.

34

拋磚引玉

Amodestspurtoinduceotherstocomeforwardwithvaluablecontributions;throwasprattocatchawhale.

35

破釜沉舟

Cutoffallmeansofretreat；burnone'sownwayofretreatandbedeterminedtofighttotheend.

36

搶得先機

TakethePemptiveopportunities.

37

巧婦難為無米之炊

Onecan'tmakebrickswithoutstraw.

38

千里之行始于足下

Athousand-lijourneybeginswiththefirststep--thehighesteminenceistobegainedstepbystep.

39

前事不忘，后事之師

Pastexperience,ifnotforgotten,isaguideforthefuture.

40

前怕狼，后怕虎

Fearwolvesaheadandtigersbehind;hesitateindoingsomething.

41

強龍難壓地頭蛇

Themightydragonisnomatchforthenativeserpent.

42

瑞雪兆豐年

Afallofseasonalsnowgivespromiseofafruitfulyear.

43

人逢喜事精神爽

Peopleareinhighspiritswheninvolvedinhappyevents.

44

世上無難事，只怕有心人

Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.

45

世外桃源

Aretreatawayfromtheturmoiloftheworld.

46

人之初，性本善

Humansareborngood.

47

上有天堂，下有蘇杭

Justasthereisparadiseinheaven,thereareSuzhouandHangzhouonearth

48

塞翁失馬，焉知非福

Ablessingindisguise;

Everycloudhasasilverlining.

49

三十而立

Amanshouldbeindependentattheageofthirty./Atthirty,amanshouldbeabletothinkforhimself.

50

水漲船高

Ashipriseswiththetide

51

時不我待

Timeandtidewaitfornoman.

52

殺雞用牛刀

Useasteam-hammertocracknuts.

53

實事求是

Seektruthfromfacts;bepracticalandrealistic;betruetofacts.

54

說曹操，曹操到

Speakofthedevil.

55

實話實說

Speaktheplaintruth;callaspadeaspade;tellitasitis.

56

實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準

Practiceisthesolecriterionfortestingtruth.

57

韜光養晦

Hideone'scapacitiesandbideone'stime.

58

糖衣炮彈

Sugar-coatedbullets.

59

天有不測風云

Anythingunexpectedmayhappen.aboltfromtheblue.

60

團結就是力量

Unityisstrength.

61

跳進黃河洗不清

EvenifonejumpedintotheYellowRiver,onecannotwashoneselfclean-there'snothingonecandotoclearone'sname

62

歪風邪氣

Unhealthytrendsandvulgarpractices.

63

物以類聚，人以群分

Birdsofafeatherflocktogether.

64

望子成龍

Holdhighhopesforone'schild.

65

唯利是圖

Seeknothingbutprofits;beblindtoallbutone'sowninterests.

66

無中生有

Asheerfabricationoutofnothing;fabricaterumorsoutofthinair.

67

無風不起浪

Therearenowaveswithoutwind.Nothingcomesofnothing.

68

徇私枉法

Twistthelawtosuitone'sownpurpose.

69

新官上任三把火

Anewbroomsweepsclean.

70

蓄勢待發

Accumulatestrengthforatake-off.

71

心想事成

Mayallyourwishcometrue.

72

心照不宣

Haveatacitunderstanding;thoroughlyunderstandeachother,withouthavingexchangedawordofexplanation.

73

先入為主

FirstimPssionsarefirmlyentrenched.

74

先下手為強

Hewhostrikesfirstgainstheadvantage.

Thebestdefenseisoffense.

75

熱鍋上的螞蟻

Antsonahotpan

76

現身說法

Warnpeoplebytakingoneselfasanexample.

77

息事寧人

Pouroilontroubledwaters;patchupaquarrelandreconcilethepartiesconcerned.

78

循序漸進

Proceedinanorderlywayandstepbystep;advancegraduallyindueorder.

79

嚴以律己，寬以待人

Bestrictwithoneselfandlenientwithothers.

80

有情人終成眷屬

JackshallhaveJill,allshallbewell.

81

有錢能使鬼推磨

Moneymakesthemarego./Moneytalks.

82

有識之士

Amanofinsight.

83

有勇無謀

Boldbutnotcrafty.

84

有緣千里來相會

Separatedaswearethousandsofmilesapart,wecometogetherasifbyPdestination.

85

與時俱進

Keeppacewiththetimes.

86

以人為本

People-oriented.

87

因材施教

Teachstudentsaccordingtotheiraptitude.

88

欲窮千里目，更上一層樓

Toascendanotherstoreytoseeathousandmilesfurther;Ascendfurther,wereyoutolookfarther.

89

欲速則不達

Hastemakeswaste.

Morehaste,lessspeed.

90

優勝劣汰

Survivalofthefittest.

91

英雄所見略同

Greatmindsthinkalike.

92

冤家宜解不宜結

Bettermakefriendsthanmakeenemies.

93

冤假錯案

Casesinwhichpeoplewereunjustly,falselyorwronglychargedorsentenced;unjust,falseorwrongcases.

94

一言既出，駟馬難追

Apromiseisapromise.

Arealmannevergoesbackonhiswords.

95

招財進寶

Bringinwealthandtreasure.

96

債臺高筑

Becomedebt-ridden.

97

眾矢之的

Targetofpubliccriticism.

98

紙上談兵

Beanarmchairstrategist.

99

紙包不住火

Youcan'twrapfireinpaper.

What'sdonebynightappearsbyday.

100

左右為難

Caughtinadilemma;betweenthedevilandthedeepbluesea.