驚弓之鳥/ 談虎色變
A burnt child dreads fire.
見微知著/ 一葉知秋
A feather shows the way the wind blows.
意外之財/ 一筆橫財
a financial windfall
急風知勁草
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
千里鵝毛
A gift is cheap, but love is dear.
錢能通神
A golden hammer breaks an iron door.
小不忍則亂大謀
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
忙中有錯
A hasty man drinks his tea with his fork.
少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
百無一用是書生
A learned man is an idler who kills time by study.
星星之火可以燎原
A little leak will sink a great ship.
量小非君子
A little pot will soon be hot.
新官上任三把火
A new broom sweeps clean.
滾石不生苔
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
知恥近乎勇
A sense of shame is the farthest thing from cowardice.
小洞不補,大洞吃苦
A stitch in time saves nine.
虎父虎子
A wise goose never laid a tame egg.
能者多勞
Able men are always busy.
四海之內皆兄弟
All men are brothers.
殊途同歸/ 條條大路通羅馬
All roads lead to Rome.
一瓶不響,半瓶響叮噹
An empty wagon makes the most noise.
冰凍三尺非一日之寒
An oak is not felled at one stroke.
上行下效
As the old cock crows, the young one learns.
------------------------------------中国谚语B
九牛一毛 be a drop in a bucket ~
年高德邵 be an statesman
花團錦簇 be blanketed with flowers
琳朗滿目 be eye-catching ~
淋漓盡致 be in great detail; vividly and incisively
方興未艾 be in the ascendant (福星高照,有旭日東昇之勢)
纖毫之細 be minute
行雲流水 be natural and spontaneous; like floating clouds and flowing water
喜優參半 be/go through ups and downs
紅顏薄命 Beauty is a fading flower.
秀色可餐 Beauty is a feast in itself.
色即是空 Beauty is but skin-deep.
東施效顰 Being butcher, don't imitate the piper.
雜而不精 Better be master of one than Jack-of-all-trades.
寧為雞口,不為牛後 Better to reign in hell than serve in Heaven.
物以類聚 Birds of a feather flock together.
血濃於水 Blood is thicker than water.
恩將仇報 Bring up a raven and it will peck out your eyes.
------------------------------------中国谚语C
蓋棺論定
Call no man happy before he is dead.
老吾老以及人之老,幼吾幼以及人之幼
Charity begins at home.
以牙還牙,以眼還眼
Claw me and I'll claw thee.
平生不做虧心事,半夜敲門心不驚
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
掛羊頭賣狗肉
Cry out wine and sell vinegar.
害人反害己
Curses come home to roost.
------------------------------------中国谚语D
一了白了
Death pays all scores.
慎謀能斷
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.
棋逢敵手/ 強中自有強中手
Diamond cuts diamond.
膽大心細
Discretion is the better part of valor.
己所不欲,勿施於人
Do to others as you would be done by.
------------------------------------中国谚语E
虎父虎子
Eagles do not breed doves.
悖入悖出
Easy come, easy go.
虎落平陽被犬欺
Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he is dead.
智者千慮,必有一失
Even Homer sometimes nods.
生死有命
Every bullet has its billet.
天無絕人之路
Every cloud has a silver lining.
雞犬升天
Every dog has its day.
後生可畏
Every oak has been an acorn.
賣瓜說瓜甜
Every peddler praises his own needles.
人莫不親其親
Everyone knows that he should show respect for his parents.
------------------------------------中国谚语F
事實勝於雄辯
Fact speaks louder than eloquence.
望梅止渴/ 畫餅充飢
Fine words butter no parsnips.
有備無患
Forewarned is forearmed.
傻人多福
Fortune favors fools.
------------------------------------中国谚语G
得寸進尺
Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.
樹大招風/ 人怕出名豬怕肥
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
有備無患
Good watch prevents misfortune.
英雄所見略同
Great minds think alike.
------------------------------------中国谚语H
聊勝於無
Half a loaf is better than none.
樂極生悲
He laughs best who laughs last.
吃得苦中苦,方為人上人
He that has no cross deserves no crown; No pain, no gain.
守株待兔
He that waits for chance is never sure of his dinner.
欲加之罪何患無詞
He that wants to hand a dog is sure to find a rope.
虎頭蛇尾
He who enters an a whirlwind will depart as an ant.
巧言令色鮮矣仁
He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.
近朱者赤,近墨者黑
He who lies down with dogs will rise with fleas.
最獨婦人心
Hell hath no Fury like a woman scorned.
死有餘辜
His life is not worth a year's purchase.
飢不擇食
Hunger finds no fault with the cookery.
------------------------------------中国谚语I
山窮水盡疑無路,柳暗花明又一村,否極泰來
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
巧婦難為無米之炊
If you have no hand, you can't make a fist.
一犬吠影,百犬吠聲
If you pull one pig by the tail, all the rest squeal.
好事不出門,惡事傳千里
Ill news travels faster than good.
天下烏鴉一般黑
In every country dogs bite.
人莫不親其親
It has never been the case that man doesn't love his parents.
回頭是岸
It is never too late to mend.
前車之鑑
It is well to profit by the folly of others.
禍不單行
It never rains but it pours.
天壤之別
It's all Lombard Street to a Chinese orange.
有一利必有一弊
It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
天下無難事,只怕有心人
It's dogged that does it.
十分有看頭
It's really eye-catching/ magnificent/ spectacular
------------------------------------中国谚语JKL
天網恢恢,疏而不漏
Justice has long arms.
人在矮簷下,不敢不低頭
Kings have long arms.
言多必失
Least said, soonest mended.
門當戶對
Let beggars match beggars.
別管閒事
Let sleeping dogs lie; Mind your own business.
事如春夢了無痕
Life is like a spring dream that vanishes without a trace.
有其父必有其子
Like father, like son.
滴水穿石
Little strokes fell great oaks.
家和萬事興
Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace.
情人眼裡出西施
Love is blind.
愛屋及烏
Love me, love my dog.
------------------------------------中国谚语M
未雨綢繆
Make hay while the sun shines.
君子謀道不謀食
Man does not live on bread only.
謀事在人,成事在天
Man proposes, God disposes.
積少成多/ 積腋成裘
Many a little makes a mickle.
團結就是力量/ 眾志成城
Many hands make light work.
同病相憐
Misery likes company.
金錢萬能
Money is everything.
有錢能使鬼推磨
Money makes the mare go.
欲速則不達
More haste, less speed.
雷聲大雨聲小
Much cry and ittle wool.
------------------------------------中国谚语N
人不為己,天誅地滅
Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.
換湯不換藥
New wine in an old bottle.
有緣千里來相會
No distance can sever those whom fate unites.
不入虎穴焉得虎子
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
------------------------------------中国谚语O
驚弓之鳥/ 談虎色變
Once bitten by a snake, a well-rope is a three years' terror.
過河拆橋
Once on shore, one prays no more.
善有善報
One good turn deserves another.
張家之貽或為李家之戚
One man's meat may be another man's poison.
前人種樹,後人乘涼
One soweth and another reapeth.
眼不見為淨
Out of sight, out of mind.
一不做,二不休
Over shoes, over boots
------------------------------------中国谚语PR
因小失大
Penny wise and pound foolish.
勤能補拙
Practice makes perfect.
驕者必敗
Pride goes before a fall.
寧為玉碎,不為瓦全
Rather lose humbly than gain basely.
放下屠刀,立地成佛
Repentance and confession pave the way for those who wish to be saved.
財富無常
Riches have wings.
大器晚成
Rome was not built in a day.
有一利必有一弊
Roses have throns; It's a long lane that has no return.
------------------------------------中国谚语S
百聞不如一見
Seeing is believing.
人窮志短
Sharp stomachs make short graces.
玉不琢不成器/ 棒棰下出孝子
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
大智若愚
Still waters run deep.
打鐵趁熱
Strike while the iron is hot.
------------------------------------中国谚语T-1
百丈高樓平地起
Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
說曹操,曹操就到
Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.
風馬牛不相及
That's another pair of shoes.
情勢逆轉
The boot is on the other leg; The shoe is on the other foot.
好事多磨
The course of true love never did run smooth.
捷足先登
The early bird catches the worm.
傾國傾城
The face that lauched a thousand ships.
江山易改,本性難移
The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
兔子不吃窩邊草
The fox preys farthest from his hole.
這山遠見那山高
The grass on the other side of the fence always looks green.
牝雞司晨
The gray mare is the better horse.
江山易改,本性難移
The leopard cannot change his spots.
五十步笑百步
The pot calls the kettle black.
海闊天高
The sky is the limit.
心有餘而力不足
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
風聲鶴唳
The thief does fear each bush an officer.
成王敗寇
The victor is always justified.
弱肉強食/ 優勝劣敗
The weakest goes to the wall.
行行出狀元
There is a senior wrangler in every calling.
無風不起浪,事出必有因
There is no smoke without fire.
哀莫大於心死
There is no vulture like despair.
光陰似箭
Time speeds by like an arrow.
------------------------------------中国谚语T-2
難得一見
to come once in a blue moon
相輔相成
to compliment each other;to go together
(拿出)看家本領
to display the creativity
千鈞一髮/ 岌岌可危
to hang by a thread
飛黃騰達
to have a meteoric rise; make rapid advancess in one's career
牽動心弦
to pull at sb.'s heartstrings
信誓旦旦
to reassure a person; to give a reassurance
大海撈針
to search for a needle in a pile of hay.
一勞永逸
to settle a matter once and for all
施展拳腳
to spread wings
得心應手
to take it like a duck to water
矯枉過正
Too far east is west.
三個和尚沒水喝
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
酒後吐真言
Truth lies at the bottom of the decanter.
三個臭皮匠,勝過一個諸葛亮
Two heads are better than one.
同行相忌
Two of a trade never agree.
三個和尚無水喝
Two's company, three's none.
------------------------------------中国谚语WY
隔牆有耳
Walls have ears.
入境隨俗
When in Rome, do as th Romans do.
有志竟成
Where there is a will there is a way.
留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒
Where there is life tere is hope.
青黃不接
While the grass grows, the steed starves.
有錢必有勢
Who holds the purse rules the house.
狗嘴裡吐不出象牙
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆
You must reap what you have sowed.
A burnt child dreads fire.
見微知著/ 一葉知秋
A feather shows the way the wind blows.
意外之財/ 一筆橫財
a financial windfall
急風知勁草
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
千里鵝毛
A gift is cheap, but love is dear.
錢能通神
A golden hammer breaks an iron door.
小不忍則亂大謀
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
忙中有錯
A hasty man drinks his tea with his fork.
少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
百無一用是書生
A learned man is an idler who kills time by study.
星星之火可以燎原
A little leak will sink a great ship.
量小非君子
A little pot will soon be hot.
新官上任三把火
A new broom sweeps clean.
滾石不生苔
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
知恥近乎勇
A sense of shame is the farthest thing from cowardice.
小洞不補,大洞吃苦
A stitch in time saves nine.
虎父虎子
A wise goose never laid a tame egg.
能者多勞
Able men are always busy.
四海之內皆兄弟
All men are brothers.
殊途同歸/ 條條大路通羅馬
All roads lead to Rome.
一瓶不響,半瓶響叮噹
An empty wagon makes the most noise.
冰凍三尺非一日之寒
An oak is not felled at one stroke.
上行下效
As the old cock crows, the young one learns.
------------------------------------中国谚语B
九牛一毛 be a drop in a bucket ~
年高德邵 be an statesman
花團錦簇 be blanketed with flowers
琳朗滿目 be eye-catching ~
淋漓盡致 be in great detail; vividly and incisively
方興未艾 be in the ascendant (福星高照,有旭日東昇之勢)
纖毫之細 be minute
行雲流水 be natural and spontaneous; like floating clouds and flowing water
喜優參半 be/go through ups and downs
紅顏薄命 Beauty is a fading flower.
秀色可餐 Beauty is a feast in itself.
色即是空 Beauty is but skin-deep.
東施效顰 Being butcher, don't imitate the piper.
雜而不精 Better be master of one than Jack-of-all-trades.
寧為雞口,不為牛後 Better to reign in hell than serve in Heaven.
物以類聚 Birds of a feather flock together.
血濃於水 Blood is thicker than water.
恩將仇報 Bring up a raven and it will peck out your eyes.
------------------------------------中国谚语C
蓋棺論定
Call no man happy before he is dead.
老吾老以及人之老,幼吾幼以及人之幼
Charity begins at home.
以牙還牙,以眼還眼
Claw me and I'll claw thee.
平生不做虧心事,半夜敲門心不驚
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
掛羊頭賣狗肉
Cry out wine and sell vinegar.
害人反害己
Curses come home to roost.
------------------------------------中国谚语D
一了白了
Death pays all scores.
慎謀能斷
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.
棋逢敵手/ 強中自有強中手
Diamond cuts diamond.
膽大心細
Discretion is the better part of valor.
己所不欲,勿施於人
Do to others as you would be done by.
------------------------------------中国谚语E
虎父虎子
Eagles do not breed doves.
悖入悖出
Easy come, easy go.
虎落平陽被犬欺
Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he is dead.
智者千慮,必有一失
Even Homer sometimes nods.
生死有命
Every bullet has its billet.
天無絕人之路
Every cloud has a silver lining.
雞犬升天
Every dog has its day.
後生可畏
Every oak has been an acorn.
賣瓜說瓜甜
Every peddler praises his own needles.
人莫不親其親
Everyone knows that he should show respect for his parents.
------------------------------------中国谚语F
事實勝於雄辯
Fact speaks louder than eloquence.
望梅止渴/ 畫餅充飢
Fine words butter no parsnips.
有備無患
Forewarned is forearmed.
傻人多福
Fortune favors fools.
------------------------------------中国谚语G
得寸進尺
Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.
樹大招風/ 人怕出名豬怕肥
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
有備無患
Good watch prevents misfortune.
英雄所見略同
Great minds think alike.
------------------------------------中国谚语H
聊勝於無
Half a loaf is better than none.
樂極生悲
He laughs best who laughs last.
吃得苦中苦,方為人上人
He that has no cross deserves no crown; No pain, no gain.
守株待兔
He that waits for chance is never sure of his dinner.
欲加之罪何患無詞
He that wants to hand a dog is sure to find a rope.
虎頭蛇尾
He who enters an a whirlwind will depart as an ant.
巧言令色鮮矣仁
He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.
近朱者赤,近墨者黑
He who lies down with dogs will rise with fleas.
最獨婦人心
Hell hath no Fury like a woman scorned.
死有餘辜
His life is not worth a year's purchase.
飢不擇食
Hunger finds no fault with the cookery.
------------------------------------中国谚语I
山窮水盡疑無路,柳暗花明又一村,否極泰來
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
巧婦難為無米之炊
If you have no hand, you can't make a fist.
一犬吠影,百犬吠聲
If you pull one pig by the tail, all the rest squeal.
好事不出門,惡事傳千里
Ill news travels faster than good.
天下烏鴉一般黑
In every country dogs bite.
人莫不親其親
It has never been the case that man doesn't love his parents.
回頭是岸
It is never too late to mend.
前車之鑑
It is well to profit by the folly of others.
禍不單行
It never rains but it pours.
天壤之別
It's all Lombard Street to a Chinese orange.
有一利必有一弊
It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
天下無難事,只怕有心人
It's dogged that does it.
十分有看頭
It's really eye-catching/ magnificent/ spectacular
------------------------------------中国谚语JKL
天網恢恢,疏而不漏
Justice has long arms.
人在矮簷下,不敢不低頭
Kings have long arms.
言多必失
Least said, soonest mended.
門當戶對
Let beggars match beggars.
別管閒事
Let sleeping dogs lie; Mind your own business.
事如春夢了無痕
Life is like a spring dream that vanishes without a trace.
有其父必有其子
Like father, like son.
滴水穿石
Little strokes fell great oaks.
家和萬事興
Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace.
情人眼裡出西施
Love is blind.
愛屋及烏
Love me, love my dog.
------------------------------------中国谚语M
未雨綢繆
Make hay while the sun shines.
君子謀道不謀食
Man does not live on bread only.
謀事在人,成事在天
Man proposes, God disposes.
積少成多/ 積腋成裘
Many a little makes a mickle.
團結就是力量/ 眾志成城
Many hands make light work.
同病相憐
Misery likes company.
金錢萬能
Money is everything.
有錢能使鬼推磨
Money makes the mare go.
欲速則不達
More haste, less speed.
雷聲大雨聲小
Much cry and ittle wool.
------------------------------------中国谚语N
人不為己,天誅地滅
Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.
換湯不換藥
New wine in an old bottle.
有緣千里來相會
No distance can sever those whom fate unites.
不入虎穴焉得虎子
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
------------------------------------中国谚语O
驚弓之鳥/ 談虎色變
Once bitten by a snake, a well-rope is a three years' terror.
過河拆橋
Once on shore, one prays no more.
善有善報
One good turn deserves another.
張家之貽或為李家之戚
One man's meat may be another man's poison.
前人種樹,後人乘涼
One soweth and another reapeth.
眼不見為淨
Out of sight, out of mind.
一不做,二不休
Over shoes, over boots
------------------------------------中国谚语PR
因小失大
Penny wise and pound foolish.
勤能補拙
Practice makes perfect.
驕者必敗
Pride goes before a fall.
寧為玉碎,不為瓦全
Rather lose humbly than gain basely.
放下屠刀,立地成佛
Repentance and confession pave the way for those who wish to be saved.
財富無常
Riches have wings.
大器晚成
Rome was not built in a day.
有一利必有一弊
Roses have throns; It's a long lane that has no return.
------------------------------------中国谚语S
百聞不如一見
Seeing is believing.
人窮志短
Sharp stomachs make short graces.
玉不琢不成器/ 棒棰下出孝子
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
大智若愚
Still waters run deep.
打鐵趁熱
Strike while the iron is hot.
------------------------------------中国谚语T-1
百丈高樓平地起
Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
說曹操,曹操就到
Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.
風馬牛不相及
That's another pair of shoes.
情勢逆轉
The boot is on the other leg; The shoe is on the other foot.
好事多磨
The course of true love never did run smooth.
捷足先登
The early bird catches the worm.
傾國傾城
The face that lauched a thousand ships.
江山易改,本性難移
The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
兔子不吃窩邊草
The fox preys farthest from his hole.
這山遠見那山高
The grass on the other side of the fence always looks green.
牝雞司晨
The gray mare is the better horse.
江山易改,本性難移
The leopard cannot change his spots.
五十步笑百步
The pot calls the kettle black.
海闊天高
The sky is the limit.
心有餘而力不足
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
風聲鶴唳
The thief does fear each bush an officer.
成王敗寇
The victor is always justified.
弱肉強食/ 優勝劣敗
The weakest goes to the wall.
行行出狀元
There is a senior wrangler in every calling.
無風不起浪,事出必有因
There is no smoke without fire.
哀莫大於心死
There is no vulture like despair.
光陰似箭
Time speeds by like an arrow.
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難得一見
to come once in a blue moon
相輔相成
to compliment each other;to go together
(拿出)看家本領
to display the creativity
千鈞一髮/ 岌岌可危
to hang by a thread
飛黃騰達
to have a meteoric rise; make rapid advancess in one's career
牽動心弦
to pull at sb.'s heartstrings
信誓旦旦
to reassure a person; to give a reassurance
大海撈針
to search for a needle in a pile of hay.
一勞永逸
to settle a matter once and for all
施展拳腳
to spread wings
得心應手
to take it like a duck to water
矯枉過正
Too far east is west.
三個和尚沒水喝
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
酒後吐真言
Truth lies at the bottom of the decanter.
三個臭皮匠,勝過一個諸葛亮
Two heads are better than one.
同行相忌
Two of a trade never agree.
三個和尚無水喝
Two's company, three's none.
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隔牆有耳
Walls have ears.
入境隨俗
When in Rome, do as th Romans do.
有志竟成
Where there is a will there is a way.
留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒
Where there is life tere is hope.
青黃不接
While the grass grows, the steed starves.
有錢必有勢
Who holds the purse rules the house.
狗嘴裡吐不出象牙
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆
You must reap what you have sowed.
