中国成语英译

sweetspot

中国成语英译
, O2 q2 F! M3 T6 @) s% N
在這裡我們收集了一些中國成語的英譯，為了讓妳查閱的方便，我們採用筆劃的方式來讓妳查詢。比如說，妳想知道「忠言逆耳」英文怎麼說，妳就先要知道「忠」是八劃，然後就到八劃的地方去找，就對了。希望這些成語對你有幫助！
/ h# t4 v; q6 h有問題歡迎指正，大家一起成長！
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩
Once bitten, twice shy.
* P" F; S* }5 Q" T( q% A" F1 R; Y
一言既出，駟馬難追
% Z0 d: N2 ~( LA word spoken is past recalling.

一見鍾情
& V1 ^% H- b8 i2 wto fall in love at first sight

. p% }4 p' L) ?6 C一箭雙鵰
( M7 L% [# D. e2 mKill two birds with one stone.

$ h8 ^/ O7 h% e' J一寸光陰一寸金
! [+ I, V0 u( i; e  M1 ]/ N+ h# KTime is money.
$ A$ [$ F/ F& \) E- K( W
9 ^/ e% o6 N/ C9 W一失足成千古恨
The error committed on impulse may turn out to be the sorrow of a whole life.
$ L( L. q' Z" P4 o1 G2 P8 x# D0 N( s
一將功名萬古枯
What millions died that Caesar might be great.

一年之計在於春，一日之計在於晨
Plan your year in spring and your day at dawn.
$ `# {3 K. \& w8 Z6 k/ @& w
( K( ]$ {' l# ^0 p2 a一人難稱百人意
You cannot please everyone.
0 P6 s. G1 E- J; ^- V- s( B
( C7 k3 T9 M/ `* P; J0 ]2 H& e一氣呵成
/ u. g; }. ]( RNever make two bites of a cherry.
; B+ W1 X. q0 X% {7 j
/ m' f/ w& ~! C# f5 ~2劃

9 B0 ]; V  F( F九死一生
3 t) y' T1 [1 ~7 ]* Pto have a hair-breadth escape

人生如夢
Life is but a dream.

人生自古誰無死
Death comes to all men.

人生百歲古來稀
It is seldom that a man lives to be a hundred years old.
4 o: O6 b# [0 [1 m  U
人定勝天
( ^8 x; S, V9 u) ~/ t# I# pMan can conquer nature.

人不可貌相
9 y. b$ x  ]9 v2 K' Y' CAppearances are often deceptive./ Never judge a look by its cover.

$ a. c& q# e5 W: M# V8 t$ \十年風水輪流轉
Every dog has its day.
; N3 F* s- H& h; r5 j) o4 v: k( a
3 [* o  [4 y0 T- i3劃

三思而後行
. A2 ?3 t! _" P+ CLook before you leap.
9 G" U( M0 ?# O" z" N
+ n& X7 a' q, {' j/ m三句不離本行
to talk shop

+ j& ~9 g# M) W( W/ r- g三個臭皮匠勝過一個諸葛亮
2 Y% C: y6 d, Q3 I  ^- fTwo heads are better than one.
' N7 H8 W% v6 L
千鈞一髮
) P: }+ M+ F' o1 L3 a( K( vto hang by a hair thread
. m( L/ x: ]* X3 @4 a" a! ]) ]
大智若愚
He who canot play the fool is not a wise man.
7 b2 r+ w# q! r# u
大器晚成
Rome was not built in a day.

山窮水盡
- H) d) e$ m0 M' X: uat the end of ones resources

! o- F& u$ c) X8 Y& H9 W6 j山中無老虎，猴子稱大王
Among the blind the one-eyed is king./When the cats away, the mice will pay.

小題大做
Make a mountain out of a molehill.

/ W, l9 G- L0 C- L. N' U4 {/ B小洞不補，大來吃苦
A stitch in time saves nine.
+ f' {/ q- j7 R$ P1 |1 w
, V4 i  ^- m1 v小不忍則亂大謀
+ N2 I) I4 o' ~7 f, K1 W/ D6 lPatience is a virtue.

1 R+ C- E1 H8 Y, q. I工欲善其事，必先利其器
You cannot make bricks without straw.
5 ~  d% i9 q1 s9 T8 y- Q, B' S
& }9 t' J) [4 D% o不要厚此薄彼
Dont make fish of one and flesh of another.

4 t; W; X( L7 k$ y5 p不畏艱難
. `. z5 v- V$ I1 k9 UTake the bull by the horns.

不要不自量力
+ [; y: _( ]4 N9 E+ @- f4 X, RDont put a quarter into a pint pot.

己所不欲勿施於人
Do unto others as you would be done.
7 ~  t; H* l" y4 ^/ K
6 `6 o: R3 v- ^% i3 L4 t4 \仁者無敵
The benevolent have no enemy.

# F% A8 t  s# ^/ B0 z工欲善其事必先利器
) d9 Y( O+ _( p" K4 WYou cannot make bricks without straw.
, L" l. v6 j. m# v% m3 t  f
; Y6 _2 C+ a% ^( R: p3 H亡羊補牢
Better late than never./ Its never too late to mend.

# \9 W2 i2 ]% c( a# U5 u# u8 j# R4劃
: J) ^* Z9 R4 X不告而別
to take French leave

( u. i& r3 i  V不要不自量力
Dont put a quarter into a pint pot.

不要厚此薄彼
Dont make fish of one and flesh of another.

不畏艱難
# s0 ]5 A3 |$ r" W, hTake the bull by the horns.

, f6 e0 T4 c' v  K不戰而屈人之兵
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
- l9 f+ e: a) M! a
/ B' w, d5 @" K6 Y- G: H0 D2 Z不入虎穴焉得虎子
How can one obtain tiger-cubs without entering the tigers lair.
) c& ]4 y6 L4 x7 K) U+ D
不經一事，不長一智
5 Z6 q- s1 u6 x9 o% ?5 R# rExperience is the mother of wisdom.
8 O& n, m- x1 K$ C1 Z* n) }
7 d. Q" c/ C: j" ?少年老成
to have an old head on young shoulders

8 l& d% }, |8 R& s  d天無絕人之路
* s' o; t" u3 P) b/ Q3 j1 n0 HGod tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
6 P% w" X. l* n& p* x% @5 y+ S6 l
8 |1 Z; E! d/ Y; z9 }6 h5 b天下烏鴉一般黑
+ ^7 p+ D& `& R7 |6 L5 f* SCrows are black all over the world.

天無絕人之路
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb./ When one door shuts another opens.

天助自助者
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
, A( z) r/ J: ?" q- p
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福
It is the unexpected that always happens.
3 V7 K1 ]& Z  K, u2 v) I
6 E  b( Y# u0 Q$ ~毛遂自薦
3 i5 y$ J; C4 S9 y0 E# w- Oto recommend ones own person
1 @( y$ B2 h; P0 l! `
心正不怕雷打
& G9 j! O5 C1 h$ L+ AA good conscience is a soft pillow.

6 R& v+ `  q) r6 ~化干戈為玉帛
Bury the tomahwak(hatchet).

9 _' r% }9 m, \% T# Y8 c) H仁者無敵
8 w5 w+ b5 o) F* c( bThe benevolent have no enemy.
; v* t& [7 F8 I8 h: l7 p3 `5 s5 l
今日事今日畢
/ V7 {/ X: a# S  r; e* Y/ ZNever put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
; K+ F9 g" w1 j$ c* P
文勝於武
The pen is mightier than the sword.


! I1 T) Y& D7 B: E3 z- ]5劃
- k2 n: g# _4 L" t
8 F( b& I$ I7 }% N5 m" N. ^以身作則
& C5 ]) ]' b: v6 H) gto practice what one practices
- I5 E+ \! q7 Y. U8 P3 n
% P3 t9 m7 H7 o* q: t" ^- Z1 _以毒攻毒
to set a thief to catch a thief
- f- J" f$ y) z. F% n
3 Z6 T. o: m; R- Y, C以怨報德
3 ~  t6 `, z1 Z. yto bite the hand that feeds one

) B- p$ }9 W( q" d3 q以逸待勞
+ U7 I/ m& {: dTo wait at ease till the enemy is exhausted.
7 f7 k4 F) I) G% L6 q/ z
以寡敵眾
* Q% R+ W7 v5 U( K4 mto fight against longer odds

以德報怨
to render good for evil
* R" d2 \% j6 B) ?, f
: `$ g% i/ D, m  j2 |以其人之道還治其人之身
Set a thief to catch a thief.

以子之矛，攻子之盾
to turn a persons battery against himself
( W+ M2 c9 s& _5 [% q; A7 }9 b+ O
四大皆空
7 c/ L. I0 w) G" i8 j4 c9 v; k2 iAll is vanity.

+ g, j, j' ?8 i) e四海之內皆兄弟
9 Z6 a* l8 }! j, Q  K6 c/ w3 N  IAll are brothers within the four seas.

6 ^- Y9 {% f  U! Y  U! ?! Z3 ~未雨綢繆
to save against a rainy day
' }9 c( a- ^- f+ \. ^5 r2 T
9 A4 t; A# P  M7 w1 d2 m目不識丁
not know A from B
, V5 c; V, m' \: B6 H, P
7 Y4 Y; c  h* R  M* f2 [失敗為成功之母
" c' g7 i9 v2 d  n9 p7 dFailure is the mother of success.

- `. ]% T# }# g失之毫釐，差之千里
A miss is as good as a mile.

只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針
4 z$ }7 i; z: ^! [6 B5 w% HLittle strokes fell great oaks.

$ n( j, u. W0 j毛遂自薦
to recommend ones own person

  L- y2 l9 u) }" V打落水狗
6 a9 k" P. Z7 |$ E4 k$ t# I& mto hit a person when hes down

0 m) e3 [4 Z) L0 ]打鐵趁熱
9 U& c  |' Z# h+ `9 G- s' L& O1 k: NStrike while the iron is hot.
) x  e% J: P7 K* N1 F
犯錯是人之常情，寬恕是超凡的
( B: S5 n: I  W3 Q0 a1 w% e8 |& FTo err is human; to forgive divine.
- _3 D, G- v/ H, N8 g7 S* a% N
5 b5 f7 ^- J* B: ?$ J2 g) M7 _只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針
Little strokes fell great oaks.

6劃

任勞任怨
$ a* @& @  L. h7 n* C3 Tto bear hardship without complaint
# b. D; W2 Y6 y# v& J. F& i
0 j+ k, @' H8 w" _自作自受
As you make your bed so you must lie on it.

自討苦吃
, Y; x1 C4 T  Uto make a rod for ones own back

自力更生
to shift for oneself

自掃門前雪
" H1 u) S( t6 n) m0 I; SAfter us the deluge.
# a' R4 ~5 z0 m- ~/ k
4 e  @% d( ?- k' S) a  Q; w# U+ C回頭浪子
5 T' d" ]3 z$ gthe return of a prodigal
2 i" h: W" ^2 V7 x# o9 A6 {$ `
先下手為強
- O7 N+ o, C+ @* _7 OOffence is the best defence.
2 e! U# Q8 \8 j) Y; Y9 }
同甘共苦
  V/ a5 W5 ?1 q4 X! ~' D# eto share ones joys and sorrows
" D3 _, q$ H" a, {& B5 S( p. o$ s
6 G9 B+ |0 J% a! d$ T' `0 o因地制宜
' ]8 d. G7 L* J' F: \0 uact according to circumstances
+ ^, @& L: ^( I$ @# N
有勇無謀
more brave than wise

' x% g3 e, @& L6 O) i有備無患
Good watch prevents misfortune.

有志者事竟成
Where there is a will, there is a way.

有錢能使鬼推磨
Money makes the world go around. /Money talks.

" ^6 S& ~5 c8 K' W& Y2 g9 p+ Q: q江山易改本性難移
5 N( o. T1 L& @+ G% Y- P. y3 K; EThe child is father of the man.

: \) ~2 Y* a0 T* b' G+ B' W百無一失
7 M8 \; e0 s. a! b! c: fNot a single miss in a hundred times.
$ l$ F* Z4 S' W* ]
百聞不如一見
To see is to believe. (Seeing is believing.)

吃得苦中苦，方為人上人
: }( v& q8 u6 T0 ?If you wish to be the best man, you must be prepared to suffer the bitterest of the bitter.

每人一生中皆有得意之日
% a% P! u+ ]* YEvery dog has his day.

色是假，美是空
1 p* u& p% r; B. t3 C* U9 mCharm is deceitful, and beauty empty.

吉人自有天相
The good are protected by Heaven. / Alls wel that ends well.

. G# I7 {7 b, a- Q- g! s如人飲水冷暖自知
Only the wearer knows where the shoes pain.
, N" V! ^1 R  ?3 _5 I
& |2 K+ D* F& v. x2 j, q1 ]0 d吃得苦中苦，方為人上人
1 O# F. |, U) ~& p* ENo gain without pain.

2 r8 l0 B4 v4 O/ V) J) m2 f, ~
2 _& G  n- A9 d8 f9 ?7劃
弄巧成拙
Overreach oneself; overshoot oneself; overshoot the mark
9 b. F1 x. X% b% F8 q) ]
忍無可忍
to be at the end of ones patience
( J) C' ?5 a5 v. L/ @. I
忍一時之氣免百日之憂
4 G9 V# f' f; Q/ |# S: apatience for a moment; comfort for many years
5 \6 J) W) M# i. [" w
% |8 W. X7 E* C# }: a忘恩負義
to kick down the ladder
! x; p* Q# M) @+ ~% w9 o' `
0 W- t5 t/ M! |走馬看花
a flying visit
2 L3 L. ?7 s9 P4 v
防患於未然
& N1 T& o- \, ?, N  J' e' `to nip a thing in the bud

佛要金裝，人要衣裝
Fine feathers make fine birds.

兵精不必多
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
4 c) g6 k$ @% x! {  m
0 N4 a, t% @/ `1 b3 E3 x+ F身在福中不知福
4 N! O2 f% Z3 v- jThe worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.
: n$ p$ A0 R; _- M5 N! q
你敬我一尺，我回你一丈
You scratch my back, and I will sratch yours.
/ X1 o0 f/ r4 N3 l( \
別狗咬呂洞賓，不識好人心
9 q% e5 H& u& D& N/ a% D7 {" p0 FDont bite the hand that feeds you.
' N# ]' M( y3 R# H5 ^3 j# V% ]
$ P8 G. R6 m0 {9 O; C/ d志在千里
6 ~3 }, I$ ?  NHitch your wagon to a star.


& B3 Y  f. n( S* m8劃
+ O) o0 h) K8 l
% @& F! N6 B$ ]1 a3 t" }' w奇裝異服
. s8 I/ u& a3 _) j; `! E6 Ja fantastic garb

忠言逆耳
Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear
- g; A2 f' O+ J* G" l
明辨是非
to distinguish right from wrong

知足常樂
Happy is he who is content
6 j# F/ g$ x0 a9 Z( N
( ?& q6 {) m. W知足者富
He who feels contented is rich

知人知面不知心
Its easy to know mens faces, but not their hearts.
) E8 j! g7 v: A- j& K
知己知彼百戰百勝
" q$ ~7 Z$ P3 qKnow your enemy and know yourself.
$ y2 l! G# l7 t" z! o2 R
空中樓閣
& d6 i' b" B% |9 E, B" Z' icastles in the air

8 M% f& R% X& _$ O8 t; q& E金科玉律
the gold rule

奇裝異服
a fantastic garb

明辨事非
to distinguish right fromwrong
) Z. x6 g2 f$ [$ I- N% f( y! R
! W( F& P4 `6 E  z9 \, s" T雨後春筍
2 Q& @2 ?# Q0 o) z/ slike bamboo shoots after a spring shower

) p8 |3 @6 q4 O8 g" H' E雨過天青
7 K) W4 b0 s* rAfter a storm comes a calm.

, G0 K5 c9 V7 M7 O秀才不出門能知天下事
+ M9 ]2 S0 y: O/ P; TA scholor does not step outside his gate, yet he knows the happenings under the sun.
& u% F7 f. t1 d7 r! c! N
4 ^9 v- ]: m% I$ w- J" p& e; M' y事實勝於雄辯
Facts are most convincing.

來得容易去得快
Easy come, easy go.
9 q! t3 z' ]/ a0 n$ s; S
' l! O1 v( b6 S1 J金玉其外敗絮其中
: I" L6 n8 z0 }! X/ k" x7 Y. jAll that glitters is not gold.

/ U- w0 D! m* N* M) }兔子不吃窩邊草
The fox preys farthest from his hole.
5 h) [  y$ j$ t
若要人不知除非己莫為
If you would not be known to do anything, never do it.
. D2 E6 g& d+ u9 A% \* s" g
沒有笑臉不出門
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.
! W% I0 H& R6 y* E, W1 U
7 N3 R/ z' O* ~) m+ J; I虎父無虎子
Like father, like son.

& ]- B% N7 k# L2 ^5 |+ R8 S往者不可諫，來者猶可追
A mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
( X6 K' A' q% n; x7 o
9 L. s5 b7 M  U% s0 L
5 Z% B6 @% |* h1 t# i2 r) [  K5 X9劃
6 B! y/ @2 l3 W+ n( H1 {$ {: \" f
8 r5 q* U. Q* F* ], i; C2 @姻緣天註定
Marriages are made in heaven.
  G( i9 M" `& y- c9 w( ~: a4 M
+ N' c: Q5 a9 d: g, ~逆來順受
to make the best of a bad bargain

( I  z5 C: p7 I流芳百世
  d  o. \; ~) Q5 g) r7 S5 Ha niche in the temple of fame

% I; G  _: p! P9 L為虎作倀
to act as guide to a tiger
. h" i+ K0 m- ?, _$ b( |1 `
孤注一擲
7 S( G5 d9 U) ~$ D- T0 {to put all ones egg in one basket
4 E: s$ M! x7 Z. R* S
勇者不懼
5 R3 d0 j( K- z6 Q* b. [A brave man will not shrink from dangers.
0 t/ ^  ?7 C3 `# W+ c5 D
( R8 D1 q+ D2 h- i/ p* _洗心革面
5 ~* o& z8 B% e, ?' O  Qto turn over a new leaf
( h- |2 f- H7 w( V0 f4 h; Q
; L1 Y. F) E8 c* I% K/ B美中不足
& j$ o- _* q# ~+ t& a1 V5 Za fly in the ointment
2 J) N6 z( M6 L
背道而馳
to run counter

) P+ g- z6 E, [走湯蹈火
to go through fire and water

; {. i* J* g" u. w風燭殘年
7 ?* h' x" v$ P2 P3 F$ hto have one foot in the grave

& V* C3 |3 [1 w風聲鶴唳，草木皆兵
to apprehend danger in every sound

活到老學到老
& w0 u9 J7 F+ P/ N# SIts never too late to learn./ Live and learn.
2 C& x6 K3 w: i0 }& V# q, j7 H1 T
" _3 r5 J* J# Z4 ]/ n' W前事不忘後事之師
0 {' ?; m: g& y, C: p' }, L* p7 gRemember the past and it will guide your future.
$ b/ \# q: z! W5 Z' d  Y
# b: M  X: b0 ]4 \- l6 F( M' W星星之火可以燎原
# E( `+ O0 V$ \4 G, D( ~# T6 I# NA single spark can start a prairie fire.
  F' e* i+ N4 b# ^6 A0 v! h  D! p
$ m1 u' N6 S( `$ p- h4 h待人寬容如待己
) i  r, }, [/ p- ]4 TLive and let live.
% {9 ?& Z7 R) G  X0 R: J% y0 J( B
按部就班
Learn to walk before you run.
( P  ^! Y8 p+ z: u; I7 n

8 j. w1 T) E2 S+ @0 b# ]( y. }10劃

病從口入禍從口出
0 N; S8 ^' I  |; e+ j) iIllness comes in by mouth and comes out by it.

笑裏藏刀
a smile to hide ones hate
: y  h! t8 h, M3 P9 p2 Q4 y( j
2 t  q1 A) p3 \: W" W留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒
Where theres life theres hope
- a: a) H* m: x, Q! T
. J  T) f  a4 f# A海底撈月
to fish in the air
# U, |# d/ ^: y1 H1 n+ x! ^  Y
海底撈針
( `  y- A: c+ W; j' ?to look for a needle in a bundle of hay
* D6 e" H* l3 V0 t# Y" j
差之毫釐失之千里
4 l' e0 @0 h/ m2 J) |6 \% uA miss is as good as a mile
9 Y8 u2 e' A, ^( s, [  g' H. W+ [
. M4 V) t2 O& u$ b既往不咎
Let the dead bury their dead.

- }2 O% }% R/ i& d殺身成仁
to sacrifice ones life to preserve ones virtue complete

+ ?( ?) h- H( F- R: Q; U4 g殺雞焉用牛刀
Take not a musket to kill a butterfly
% W& ]$ ?! T( @
飢不擇食
; m/ i8 }7 l  IA good appetite is a good sauce.
/ C" @+ J9 G0 B, u- q% k
: z4 I( [% x! z! {3 n" m, g害群之馬
black sheep
9 \2 I* j7 L( t, y
7 N  k5 l7 z: ^! a家醜不可外揚
4 r* `5 q7 `& E2 JDont wash your dirty linen in public.

恩威並濟
. t- |: M" O6 I8 a. X. J8 halternate weakness with severity
, W, g  y0 h+ z3 U$ r
旁觀者清
The outside sees the best of the game.

7 G+ ?/ _) o; s3 R) L時運不濟
to have a bad time
; i2 F0 f2 Z; s* ?7 v* t$ @0 L. n  J
( n- s5 I6 [  R2 P殊途同歸
' A5 d& `( s5 u7 P& ]8 {All roads lead to Rome .

眾志成城/團結就是力量
Union is strenth.

! S. E/ ?2 U* ~3 ^1 z- f6 I疾風知勁草
Adversity reveals genius.
1 p$ [4 l7 |; D( a6 \
旁觀者清，當局者迷
/ y2 e- s- p- s/ T. ALookers-on see most of the game.
) e, d- ~  C! K6 F/ s
' H7 h4 \8 I. s莫在太歲頭上動土
' p, P6 h3 n  ?& n# BLet sleeping dogs lie.

Wayne67