汉语成语英译(六)


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

 

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

 

有识之士 people of vision

 

有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain

 

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

 

与时俱进 advance with times

 

以人为本 people oriented; people foremost

 

因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude

 

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."

 

欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success.

 

优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest

 

英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful

 

债台高筑 become debt-ridden

 

致命要害 Achilles' heel

 

众矢之的 target of public criticism

 

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.

 

纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist

 

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

 

左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place