汉语成语的翻译
1、生龙活虎: strong and healthy
2、一团和气: Complete harmony
3、好高骛远: aspiring spirit
4、独断专行: Make independent decisions
5、兴师动众: raise a big rumpus
6、魂不附体: Nearly gave up the ghost/ out of one’s wits
7、寄人篱下: Living with another family
8、情投意合: be of one mind
9、得陇望蜀: to hanker for more
10、咬牙切齿: to grind one’s teeth
11、一败涂地: be completely destroyed / be bankrupted
12、鬼鬼祟祟: on the sly
13、无法无天: run completely wild / wild and headstrong
14、安分守己: behave properly / know your place and mind your own busine
15、无精打采: listlely / depreed / in a low spirit / looked very downcast
16、鸦雀无声: in silence / be strangely quiet / in absolute silence
17、大惊小怪: make a commotion / be alarmists / make a fu over sth.
18、坐立不安/ 心情烦乱/ 如坐针毡/ 局促不安/ 心乱如麻/ 六神无主/ 手足无措/七上八下:
be on tenterhooks
19、欢天喜地: be filled with joy/ in high spirits/ gladly / be delighted / obvious
pleasure/ happy/ in jubilation / delights
20、一石二鸟/一箭双雕/一举两得: to kill two birds with one stone
21、沧海一粟/ 九牛一毛/ 微不足道/ 微乎其微/ 不足挂齿/ 不值一提： a drop in the bucket
22、对牛弹琴：to teach a pig to play on a flute
23、过街老鼠：like a rat croing the street / the object of universal condemnation/ a
bad man hated by everybody
24、门庭若市: a much visited house/ a busy town/ bustling/ crowded
25、望梅止渴：to gaze at plums to quench one’s thirst/ to console oneself with false
hopes/ to feed on fancies/ imagined satisfaction
26、危如累卵：as dangerous as a pile of eggs/ hazardous in the extreme/ great
insecurity/ in a precarious [critical] condition/ at stake [risk/ hazard]/
in peril [jeopardy/ danger]/ dangerous/ perilous/ critical/ hazardous/
precarious/ insecure/ risky/ unsafe/ touchy
27、乱七八糟：at sixes and sevens
28、招风惹草: look for trouble
29、插科打诨：cut in a joke
30、畅所欲言：speak one’s mind
31、称心如意：be after one’s own heart
32、了如指掌：at one’s finger-tips
33、浑水摸鱼：fish in troubled waters
34、成千上万：thousands upon thousands of
35、水深火热：in deep water
36、嗤之以鼻：turn up one’s nose at
37、皮包骨头：skin and bones
38、一触即发：touch and go
39、一生一世：from the cradle to the grave
40、一语道破：hit the nail on the head
41、充耳不闻：turn a deaf ear to
42、出人头地：be head and shoulders above others
43、吹毛求疵：pick a hole in sb’s coat
44、破釜沉舟：burn one’s boat
45、大惊小怪：make a fu about
46、大海捞针：look for a needle in a bundle of hay
47、颠倒黑白：talk black in to white
48、得意忘形：have one’s nose in the air
49、攀龙附凤：worship the rising sun
50、大发雷霆：hit the ceiling/ fly into a rage
51、骑虎难下：hold a wolf by the ears
52、视而不见：turn a blind eye to
53、三思而后行：look before you leap
54、趁热打铁：make hay while the sun shines
55、半信半疑: take sth with a grain of salt
56、锦囊妙计: get an ace up one’s sleeve
57、赴汤蹈火: go through fire and flood
58、福星高照: have a lucky star above you
59、进退维谷: be between the devil and the deep sea
60、咎由自取: reap what he has sown
61、口蜜腹剑: be fair without but foul within
62、伶牙俐齿: have a ready tongue
63、梁上君子: the light-fingered gentry
64、每况愈下: be on the downgrade
65、迷人眼目: throw dust into the eye of the public
66、摩拳擦掌: roll up one’s sleeves
67、全力以赴: do one’s level best
68、忍气吞声: swallow the insult
69、走投无路: come to the end of one’s tether
70、游手好闲: eating the bread of idlene
71、引狼入室: set the wolf to keep the sheep
72、信口开河: shoot off one’s mouth
73、一窍不通：not know the first thing of sth.
74、扪心自问：Search one’s heart
75、美中不足：a fly in the ointment
76、自作自受: give sb.rope to hang oneself
77、勾心斗角: put spokes in the other’s wheels
78、杀气腾腾: make vicious attacks
79、厚此薄彼: make fish of one and flesh of another
80、得意洋洋: walk on air
81、鸡毛蒜皮：trifling
82、开门见山: come straight to the point
83、狗急跳墙: do sth.desperate
84、顺手牵羊: walk off with sth.
85、守株待兔: trust to chance and stoke of luck
86、铜墙铁壁: an impregnable fortre
87、唇枪舌剑: engage in a battle of words
88、黔驴技穷: at one’s end
89、单枪匹马: all by oneself
90、生龙活虎：bursting with energy
91、见异思迁：a rolling stone
92、苦苦哀求：be on one’s knees
93、惹是生非: wake a sleeping dog
94、毛骨悚然：be horror-stricken
95、不屈不挠：indomitable
96、班门弄斧：show off in the presence of an expert
97、大刀阔斧：be bold and resolute
98、故步自封：narrow-minded conservatism
99、夜郎自大：ignorant boasting
100、鸡犬不宁：be in great disorder
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1、汗马功劳：outstanding military exploits
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2、目瞪口呆：be stunned
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3、盘根错节：be too complicated
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4、三言两语：to explain clearly in a few words
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5、棋逢对手：be well-matched
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6、犬马之劳：work faithfully
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7、三心二意：be wavering
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8、雪中送炭：offering timely help
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9、血肉相连：maintain the closest relations with
110、七上八下：be in a turmoil
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11、饱食终日：be content to eat three square meals a day and do nothing 1
12、叶公好龙：Lord Ye who profeed to love dragons
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13、南柯一梦：sth vanished like a dream
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14、愣头愣脑：be somewhat rash in the head
1
15、举目无亲：be entirely on your own
1
16、毛遂自荐/ 自告奋勇：volunteer
1
17、洗心革面、脱胎换骨：turn over a new leaf
1
18、过河拆桥、忘恩负义：kick down the ladder
1
19、专心致志、聚精会神：devote one’s full attention to
120、陈词滥调：old stuff/ cliche
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21、痴心妄想：wishful thinking / fond dream
1
22、长篇大论: a ponderous thesis / a lengthy speech [article]
1
23、粗心大意：carele / negligent
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24、丰功伟绩：great [magnificent] contributions
1
25、灵丹妙药：miraculous cure / heal-all
1
26、自以为是、夜郎自大：self-conceited / arrogant
1
27、以怨报德、恩将仇报：return kindne with ingratitude
1
28、低三下
四、奴颜婢膝：humble oneself
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29、宽宏大量、既往不咎：forgive and forget
130、工于心计、唯利是图：be calculating and mercenary
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31、意志坚强：tough-minded
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32、自私自利：be egotistic
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33、忠心耿耿：with loyalty and devotion
1
34、死心塌地：die-hard
135:、坚忍不拔：firm and indomitable
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36、顽固不化：be incorrigibly obstinate
1
37、别具匠心：show one’s ingenuity
1
38、别出心裁：try to be different
1
39、招摇撞骗：swindle and bluff
140、足智多谋：wise and resourceful
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41、仪态万方：appeared in all one’s glory
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42、丑态百出：act like a buffoon
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43、诡计多端：have a whole bag of tricks
1
44、毋庸置疑：it is beyond doubt
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45、欢天喜地：be in the seventh heaven
1
46、精力充沛：be in full of beans
1
47、空中楼阁：castle in the air
1
48、晴天霹雳：a bolt from the blue
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49、正中下怀：after one’s own heart
150、毛发倒竖：one’s hair stands on end
1
51、一箭双雕：kill two birds with one stone
1
52、露出马脚：show the cloven hoof
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53、千钧一发：hang by a hair
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54、杀鸡取卵：kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
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55、别有用心：have an axe to grind
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56、胡言论语：talk through one’s hat
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57、家徒四壁：to be as poor as Job
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58、不伦不类：neither fish nor fowl
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59、一视同仁：no respecter of persons
160、千方百计：leave no stone unturned
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1、偷偷摸摸：hole and corner
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2、半斤八两：six of one and half a dozen of the other
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3、九死一生：by the skin of one’s teeth
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4、直言不讳：call a spade a spade
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5、缘木求鱼：make a wild-goose chase
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6、钻冰求酥：hold a candle to the sun
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7、以冰致蝇：catch at shadows
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8、以狸饵鼠：lash the waves
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9、隔靴搔痒：beat the air
190、打草惊蛇：wake a sleeping dog/ to stir up the gra and alert the snake
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1、易如反掌：as easy as falling off a log / to be as easy as turning over one’s hand 19
2、挥金如土：to spend money like dirt / spend money like water
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3、画蛇添足：paint the lily / to draw a snake and add feet to it
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4、掌上明珠：the apple of one’s eye / a pearl in the palm
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5、声东击西：to shout in the east and strike in the west
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6、刻骨铭心：to be engraved on one’s heart and bones
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7、井底之蛙：to be like a frog at the bottom of a well
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8、扬眉吐气：to feel proud and elated
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9、灯红酒绿：diipated and luxurious
200、纸醉金迷：(a life of ) luxury and diipation
一些时间的换形译法：
1、三个月内：in a quarter of a year
2、二十年的时间： two decades
3、一百年前：a century ago
4、二十五年前：a quarter of a century ago
5、三月上旬：in the first ten days of March
6、十八（架飞机）：a dozen and a half airplanes
7、一位耄耋老人： an old man of over eighty years old
8、八十七年前：fourscore and seven years ago
9、年逾花甲：over sixty years old
10、年过七旬：over seventy years old
11、古稀之年：in the years of seventy
12、而立之年：thirty years old
13、不惑之年：over forty years old
14、本世纪初二十五年：the first quarter of this century
15、过去的十年间：in the last decade
16、三十位学生：one and a half score of students
17、两个星期：a fortnight
18、五百年来：five centuries
19、一个该题时代的儿童：a two or three years old child
20、黄口小儿：a under ten years old boy
21、一个金钗之年的少女：a twelve years old girl
22、她正值豆蔻年华：She is in the year of thirteen or fourteen.
23、他已近加冠之年：He is going to be twenty years old now.
24、他英年早逝：He died of about thirty-five years old.
25、她已进了开六的年纪：She is fifty-one years old.
