中國諺語在國外可火了。
這不,美劇《復仇》的片頭就用了孔子的名言:「Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.」(子曰:「攻乎異端,斯害己也。)」 今天和大家分享35句受老外歡迎的中國諺語,一起來看看吧。
1.No shame in asking questions, even to people of lower status.
不恥下問
2.No one knows a son better than the father.
知子莫若父
3.Three humble shoemakers brainstorming will make a great statesman.
三個臭皮匠,賽過諸葛亮
4.Kill a chicken before a monkey.
殺雞儆猴
5.Too many cooks spoil the broth
人多反誤事
6.No wind, no waves.
無風不起浪
7.Lift a stone only to drop on your own feet.
搬起石頭砸自己的腳
8.A camel standing amidst a flock of sheep.
鶴立雞群
9.An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can t buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.
一寸光陰一寸金,寸金難買寸光陰。
10.Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
眾人拾柴火焰高
11.An ant may well destroy a whole dam.
千裡之堤毀於蟻穴
12.Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
不做虧心事,不怕鬼敲門
13.One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked.
因噎廢食
14.If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame.
子不教,父之過
15.A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.
呆若木雞
16.When you are poor, neighbors close by will not come; once you become rich, you ll be surprised by visits from (alleged) relatives afar.
窮在鬧市無人問,富在深山有遠親。
17.Bad things never walk alone.
禍不單行
18.A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
吃一塹長一智
19.A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
笑一笑十年少
20.one picture is worth ten thousand words.
百聞不如一見
21.Once bitten by a snake, he/she is scared all his/her life at the mere sight of a rope.
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩
22.Things of today, accomplished today.
今日事今日畢
23.seize every minute and every second
爭分奪秒
24.If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
忍一時風平浪靜,退一步海闊天空 / 忍一時之氣,免百日之憂
25.Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
授人以魚,不如授人以漁
26.To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
緣木求魚
27.If you don t want anyone to know it,don t do it
若要人不知,除非己莫為
28.There are many paths to the top of the mountain,but the view is always the same.
殊途同歸
29.Tell me and I forget; Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand
不聞不若聞之,聞之不若見之;見之不若知之,知之不若行之;學至於行而止矣。
30.While the green hills last, there』ll be wood to burn.
留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒
31.Flowers may bloom again, but a person never has the chance to be young again.
花有重開時,人無再少年
32.The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
千裡之行,始於足下
33.When you drink from the stream remember the spring.
飲水思源
34.Your teacher can open the door but you must enter by yourself.
師傅領進門,修行靠個人
35.The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water.
君子之交淡如水
這些諺語的英文翻譯都很到位,大家都學會了嗎?
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