中国俗语英文翻译

A blessing in disguise.因祸得福。

A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛燃烧自己，照亮别人。

A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。

A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足常乐。

A drowning man will catch at a straw.病急乱投医。

A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。

A fall in a pit,a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。

A good beginning is half done./Well begun is half done.好的开始是成功的一半。

A good beginning makes a good ending.善始善终。

A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。

A good conscience is a constant.问心无愧，高枕无忧。

A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。

A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft.一分谨慎胜于十分心计。

A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.做贼心虚。

A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。

A Jack of all trades is master of none.通百艺而无一长。

A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。

A letter from home is a priceless treasure.家书抵万金。

A light breaks in upon somebody. 茅塞顿开。

A little neglect may breed great mischief.小疏忽酿大祸。

A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。

A man cannot spin and reel at the same time./No man can do two thins at once.一心不能二用。

A man should be independent at the age of thirty.三十而立。

A man without distant care must have near sorrow.人无远虑，必有近忧。

A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘差之千里。

A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门。

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

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

A small investment brings a ten thousand-fold profit.一本万利

A still tongue makes a wise head./He is a wise man who speaks little.寡言为智。

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

A wise goose never lays a tame egg.虎父无犬子。

A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.前车之覆，后车之鉴。

A year’s plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。

A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。

Advancing with time.与时俱进。

Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。

All rivers run into the sea.殊途同归。

All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。

All that glitters is not gold.不是所有发光的都是金子。

All the rivers run into sea.海纳百川。

All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是有难而易。

All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返。

Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.未雨绸缪。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，医生远离我。

An even temper brings wealth.和气生财。

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。

As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.自食其果。

Ascend further, were you to look farther.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。

Be down-to-earth.脚踏实地。

Be driven to drastic alternatives逼上梁山。

Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，人外有人。

Best defense is offence.进攻是最好的防御。

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.宁为鸡头，不为马尾。

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

Better master one than engage with ten.会十事不如精一事。

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

Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，应求少而精。

Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。

Calamity is man’s true touchstone.患难见人心。

Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。

Children are what the mothers are.言传身教。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。

Complacency is the enemy of study.自满是学习的敌人。

Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿。

Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。

Courtesy demands reciprocity.礼尚往来。

Covert sorrows into strength.化悲痛为力量。

Creep before you walk.循序渐进。

Custom is a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。

Custom makes all things easy.习惯成自然。

Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道还治其人之身。

Desire has no rest.人的欲望无止境。

Distance lends enchantment to the view.距离产生美。

Do as you would be done by.己所不欲勿施于人。

Do it now.机不可失，时不再来。

Do not teach fish to swim.不要班门弄斧。

Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而废。

Do well and have well.善有善报。

Don’t judge a person by the clothes he wears.不要以貌取人。

Don’t paint the lily.不要画蛇添足。

Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事今日毕。

Dying is as natural as living.生死有命，富贵在天。

Easier said than done.说起来容易，做起来难。

East or west, home is best.金窝银窝，不如自己的狗窝。

Even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean.跳进黄河也洗不清。Every day is not Sunday.好景不长在。

Every dog has its day.风水轮流转。

Every little helps a mickle.积少成多。

Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。

Every man has his weak side.人都有弱点。

Every minute counts.分秒必争。

Everybody is responsible for the fate of his country.天下兴亡，匹夫有责。

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

Experience must be bought.吃一堑，长一智。

Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。

Faith can move mountains.精诚所至，金石为开。

Fall short of the best, but be better than the worst比上不足，比下有余。

Fear always springs from ignorance.恐惧源于无知。

First impressions are firmly entrenched.先入为主。

Food is the first necessity of the people.民以食为天。

Fool’s haste is no speed.欲速则不达。

For evil news rides fast , while good news baits later .好事不出门，坏事传千里。

Friends must part.天下没有不散的宴席。

From small beginning come great things.伟大始于渺小。

From the egg to the apple自始至终。

Gain both fame and wealth.名利双收。

Gentlemen seek harmony but not uniformity.君子和而不同。

Genuine knowledge comes from practice.实践出真知。

God helps those who help themselves.天助者自助。

Going beyond the limit is as wrong as falling short.过犹不及。

Going too far is as bad as not going far enough.过犹不及。

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

Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.以德报德是常理，以德报怨是大丈夫。

Good health is over wealth.健康是最大的财富。

Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.良药苦口利于病。

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

Good wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深。

Grasp all,lose all.贪多必失。

Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。

Habit is a second nature.习惯成自然。

Handsome is he who does handsomely. 行为美才是真美。

Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。

Harm set,harm get.自作自受。

Harmony generates and sameness stifles vitality.和实生物，同则不继。

harmony in diversity和而不同。

Harmony is most precious.以和为贵。

Harmony is the Way to be.和也者，天下之达道也。

Haste does not bring success.欲速则不达。

Haste makes waste.欲速则不达。

He is not fir to command others that cannot command himself.正人先正己。

He is wise that is honest. 诚实者最明智。

He knows most who speaks least.大智若愚。

He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后谁笑得最美。

He loses all who loses the moment.机不可失，时不再来。

He sits no sure that sits too high.高处不胜寒。

He that handles pitch, shall foul his finger. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

He that respects not is not respected.欲受人敬，要先敬人。

He who does not advance loses ground./Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。

Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。

Health is happiness.健康是福。

Heaven-man Oneness.天人合一。

Hesitate in doing sth.前怕狼，后怕虎。

Hitch your wagon to star.人要志向高远。

Hold high hopes for one’s child.望子成龙。

Honesty is the best policy.诚信为本。

Idleness is the root of all evils.懒惰是万恶之源。

If you have no hand, you can’t make a fist.巧妇难为无米之炊。

Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。

It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.狡兔三窟。

It is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。

It is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

It is the first step that costs troublesome.万事开头难。

It is too late to grieve when the chance is past. 错失良机，后悔已迟。

It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木，百年树人。

It’s easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮。

It’s never too late to learn.活到老，学到老。

It’s never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

Joy puts heart into a man.人逢喜事精神爽。

Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.与人同乐，其乐无穷。

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

Justice has long arms.天网恢恢疏而不漏。

Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

Keep pace with the times.与时俱进。

Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。

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

Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。

Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进。

Learning is the enterprise of a lifetime.学习是终身的事业。

Less is more.少即是多。

Let bygones be bygones.既往不咎。

Let each person do his best各尽其能。

Life begins at forty.四十不惑。

Life is not all roses.人生并不都是康庄大道。

Like author, like book.文如其人。

Like father,like son.有其父必有其子。

Like knows like.惺惺相惜。

Little chips light great fires.星星之火，可以燎原。

Live and learn.活到老，学到老。

Look before you leap.三思而后行。

Looker-on see more than players.当局者迷，旁观者清。

Lost time is never found again. 岁月一去不复返。

Love me , love me dog. 爱屋及乌。

Make hay while the sun shines.勿失良机。

Make the past serve the present and the foreign serve China.古为今用，洋为中用。

Make your enemy your friend. 化敌为友。

Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。

Man’s nature is good at birth.人之初，性本善。

Many hands make light work. 众人拾柴火焰高。

Many hands make light work.人多力量大。

May all your wish come true.心想事成。

Measure twice and cut once.三思而后行。

Meet plot with plot.将计就计。

Merry meet,merry part.好聚好散。

Misfortune may be an actual blessing.塞翁失马，焉知非福。

Misfortune never come alone.祸不单行。

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难见真情。

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

More haste,less speed.欲速则不达。

Never be unduly elated by victory or depressed by defeat.胜不骄，败不馁。

Never fish in trouble water.不要浑水摸鱼。

Never judge from appearances.不要以貌取人。

Never say die.永不言败。

Never try to teach one’s grandma to suck eggs. 不要班门弄斧。

No discord, no concord.不打不成交。

No fire without smoke.无风不起浪。

No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。

No one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现。

No pains, no gains.不劳无获。

No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。

No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。

No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。

No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。

No weal without woe.福兮祸之所倚，祸兮福之所倚。

None are so blind as those who won’t see.视而不见。

None are so deaf as those who won’t hear.充耳不闻。

Not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses.不以物喜，不以己悲。Nothing can be accomplished without norms and standards.没有规矩，不成方圆。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯攀登。

Nothing is too difficult is you put your heart into it .世上无难事只怕有心人。

Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。

On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one’s dear ones far away.每逢佳节倍思亲。Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。

Once on shore, one prays no more.好了伤疤忘了疼。

One can not be in two places at once.一心不可二用。

One cannot make bricks without straw.巧妇难为无米之炊。

One good turn deserves another. 善有善报。

One is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。

One look is worth a thousand words.百闻不如一见。

One man’s fault is other man’s lesson.前车之鉴。

One man’s meat is another man’s poison.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。

One sows and another reaps.前人栽树后人乘凉。

One won't be blamed for being extra-polite.礼多人不怪。

One’s words reflects one’s thinking.言为心声。

Out of sight,out of mind.眼不见，心不烦。

Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.前事不忘后事之师。

Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。

Peace all year round.岁岁平安。

People in the same boat should help each other.同舟共济。

Pleasant hours fly fast.美好的时光最易逝。

Pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。

Poverty is stranger to industry.勤劳之人不受穷。

Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.强龙难压地头蛇。

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

Pride goes before a fall.骄兵必败。

Pride goes before, and shame comes after. 骄傲使人落后。

Promise is debt.一诺千金。

Public business affairs should be strictly managed .公事公办。

Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。

Put your shoulder to the wheel. 鼎力相助。

Quality is better than quantity.质胜于量。

Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。

Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。

Reconciliation benefits both.和则两利。

Reconciliation leads to harmony.和则生谐。

Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊重，必先自重。

Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺非一日之寒。

Saying is one thing and doing another. 言行不一。

Seeing is believing.眼见为实。

Seeing is believing百闻不如一见。

Seek the truth form facts.实事求是。

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。

Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.磨刀不误砍柴工。

So said, so done.言出必行。

So the world wags.这就是人生。

Some people pretend to despise the things they cannot have.吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸。

Sow nothing,reap nothing.春不播，秋不收。

Spare no effort.不遗余力。

Spend money without control.花钱如流水。

Still water run deep.静水常深。

Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。

Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。

Take the rough with the smooth.逆来顺受。

Teach fish to swim.班门弄斧。

Teach one’s grandma to suck egg班门弄斧。

The best hearts are always the bravest.无私者无畏。

The cat shuts its eye when stealing.掩耳盗铃。

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

The course of true love never did run smooth. 好事多磨。

The danger past and God forgotten.过河拆桥。

The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。

The devil knows many thins because he is old.老马识途。

The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。

The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。

The first step is the hardest.万事开头难。

The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal.君子之交淡如水。

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.人生的伟大目的不在于知而在于行。

The greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人，行动的矮子。

The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚，越谦虚。

The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven.谋事在人，成事在天。

The road to happiness is strewn with setbacks.好事多磨。

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.成功的秘诀在于持之以恒。

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.心有余而力不足。

The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。

The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

The world is but a little place, after all. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

The world is full of miraculous things.大千世界，无奇不有。

There are spots in the sun.太阳也有黑点。

There are two sides to every question.问题皆有两面。

There is kindness to be found everywhere.人间处处有真情。

There is no medicine against death.没有长生不老药。

There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。

There is no smoke without fire.无风不起浪。

Think twice before you do.三思而后行。

Throw good money after bad.赔了夫人又折兵。

Time and tide wait for no man.时不待人。

Time cures all things.时间治愈一切。

Time files never to be recalled.时光一去不复返。

Time flies.光阴似箭。

Time is money. 时间就是金钱。

Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝，不可复得。

Time past cannot be called back again. 时光不能倒流。

Time tries all. 路遥知马力，日久见人心。

To err is human. 人非圣贤，孰能无过。

To save time is to lengthen life. 节约时间就是延长生命。

To win distant friends, one needs, first of all, to have good relations with his neighbors. To avoid adversity, one needs to ease animosity.召远在修近，闭祸在除怨。

Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。

Treasures fill the home.金玉满堂。

Truth never grows old.真理永存。

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

Try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all.大事化小小事化了。

Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。

Unity is strength.团结就是力量。

Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。

Walls have ears.隔墙有耳。

Wash you dirty linen at home.家丑不可外扬。

Waste not,want not.俭则不匮。

Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。

Water without a source, and a tree without roots.无源之水，无本之木。

We can’t judge a person by what he says but by what he does.要用行动来判断一个人。

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水珍贵。

We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.不虚度年华，一生足矣。

Wealth is nothing without health.失去了健康，财富什么也不是。

Well begun is half done.好的开始是成功的一半。

What in past,is pass.往事如风。

What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知除非己莫为。

What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.儿时所学，终生难忘。What’s lost is lost.失者不可复得。

Whatever you do, do with all your might.不管做什么，都要一心一意。When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.墙倒众人推。When in Rome, do as Roman do.入乡随俗。

When it rains, it pours.屋漏偏逢连夜雨。

When one will not, two cannot quarrel.一个巴掌拍不响。

Where there is a will, there is a way.世上无难事，只怕有心人。

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

Who knows most says least.智者寡言。

Will is power.意志就是力量。

Wine in,truth out.酒后吐真言。

Wonders will never cease.奇迹的出现是不会终止的。

Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。

Yesterday is gone, tomorrow may never come.昨日之日不可留。

You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼与熊掌不可兼得。