英语中常用的中国成语

英语中常用的中国成语

1.爱屋及乌Love me， love my dog.

2.百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.

3.比上不足比下有余worse off than some， better off than many； to fall short of the best， but be better than the worst.

4.笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.

5.不眠之夜white night

6.不以物喜不以己悲not pleased by external gains， not saddened by personnal losses

7.不遗余力spare no effort； go all out； do one’s best

8.不打不成交No discord， no concord.

9.拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul

10.辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new； ring out the old year and ring in the new

11.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

12.大开眼界open one’s eyes； broaden one’s horizon； be an eye-opener

13.国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace

14.过犹不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough； beyond is as wrong as falling short； too much is as bad as too little

15.功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.

16.好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore， one prays no more

17.好事不出门恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate， while bad news spread far and wide.

18.和气生财Harmony brings wealth.

19.活到老学到老One is never too old to learn.

20.既往不咎let bygones be bygones

21.金无足赤人无完人Gold can’t be pure and man can’t be perfect.

22.金玉满堂Treasures fill the home.

23.脚踏实地be down-to-earth

24.脚踩两只船sit on the fence

25.君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal； a hedge between keeps friendship green

26.老生常谈陈词滥调cut and dried， cliché

27.礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧Where there is life， there is hope.

29.马到成功achieve immediate victory； win instant success

30.名利双收gain in both fame and wealth

31.茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened

32.没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

33.每逢佳节倍思亲On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one’s dear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

34.谋事在人成事在天The planning lies with man， the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes， God disposes.

35.弄巧成拙be too smart by half； Cunning outwits itself

36.拿手好戏masterpiece

37.赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad

38.抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions； throw a sprat to catch a whale

39.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

40.抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities

41.巧妇难为无米之炊If you have no hand you can’t make a fist. One can’t make bricks without straw.

42.千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step–the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

43.前事不忘后事之师Past experience， if not forgotten， is a guide for the future. 44.前人栽树后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.

45.前怕狼后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something

46.强龙难压地头蛇Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt – Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

47.强强联手win-win co-operation

48.瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.

49.人之初性本善Man’s nature at birth is good.

50.人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.

51.人海战术huge-crowd strategy

52.世上无难事只要肯攀登Where there is a will， there is a way.

53.世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world；

54.死而后已until my heart stops beating

55.岁岁平安Peace all year round.

56.上有天堂下有苏杭Just as there is paradise in heaven， ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth

57.塞翁失马焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

58.三十而立A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty， a man should be able to think for himself.

59.升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)

60.四十不惑Life begins at forty.

61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖Such kindness of warm sun， can’t be repaid by grass. 62.水涨船高When the river rises， the boat floats high.

63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.

64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel

65.实事求是seek truth from facts； be practical and realistic； be true to facts

66.说曹操，曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.

67.实话实说speak the plain truth； call a spade a spade； tell it as it is

68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

69.山不在高，有仙则名No matter how high the mountain is， its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy；

70.韬光养晦hide one’s capacities and bide one’s time

71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets

72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

73.团结就是力量Unity is strength.

74.跳进黄河洗不清eve if one jumped into the Yellow River， one can not wash oneself clean–there’s nothing one can do to clear one’s name

75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

76.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.

77.往事如风The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.； What in past， is pas

78.望子成龙hold high hopes for one’s child

79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

80.文韬武略military expertise； military strategy

81.唯利是图draw water to one’s mill

82.无源之水，无本之木water without a source， and a tree wiithout roots

83.无中生有make create something out of nothing

84.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There’s no smoke without fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

87.虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward， whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

88.蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off

89.心想事成May all your wish come true

90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding； give tacit consent； tacit understanding 91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.

92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound

93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan

94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example

95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters

96.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear

97.循序渐进step by step

98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way； speed the parting guest

99.严以律己，宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

100鱼米之乡a land of fish and rice； a land of abundance； a natural or grand granary；a land of milk and honey

101.有情人终成眷属Jack shall have Jill， all shall be well.

102.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

103.有识之士people of vision

104.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain

105.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart， we come together as if by predestination.

106.与时俱进advance with times

107.以人为本people oriented； people foremost

108.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude

109.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further； Ascend further， were you to look farther； Would eye embrace a thousand miles？ Go up， one flight.

110.欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.

111.优胜劣汰survival of the fittest

112.英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.

113.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.

114.冤假错案cases in which people were unjustly， falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced； unjust， false or wrong cases

115.一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.

116.招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful

117.债台高筑become debt-ridden

118.致命要害Achilles’ heel

119.众矢之的target of public criticism

120.知己知彼，百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself， and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

121.纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist

122.纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.

123.左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea