326个中国成语俗语的英文翻译，珍藏版收藏！

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳

Once bitten, twice shy.

一言既出，驷马难追

A word spoken is past recalling.

一见钟情

to fall in love at first sight

笨鸟先飞

A slow sparrow should make an early start.

一寸光阴一寸金

Time is money.

一失足成千古恨

The error committed on impulse may turn out to be the sorrow of a whole life.

一将功名万古枯

What millions died that Caesar might be great.

一年之计在于春，一日之计在于晨

Plan your year in spring and your day at dawn.

一人难称百人意

You cannot please everyone.

一气呵成

Never make two bites of a cherry.

一白遮三丑

A white complexion is powerful enough to hide seven faults.

一知半解

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

一心一意

John is a person who always works with undivided attention.

一丘之貉

These people are cut from the same cloth./are tarred with the samebrush.

一目了然

His words just leapt to the eye. Do you need me to explain it?

一帆风顺

His business has gone off without a hitch.

一刻千金

You have to make good use of time. After all, every time counts.

一事无成

I am happy to know that all have ended in smoke about him.

一败涂地

The outcome of the election just bit the dust.

一针见血

His comment on the current affairs always hits the right nail on the head.

一清二楚

一意孤行

一落千丈

一鸣惊人

His performance at school really comes as a bombshell.

一诺千金

He never goes back on his word. He is as good as his word.

一时兴起

一蹴可及

You should know that it is impossible to make it at one stroke.

一筹莫展

一览无遗

If you stand here looking down at the city. The wonderful scenewill be in full view.

一窍不通

What you said is all Greek to me.

九死一生

to have a hair-breadth escape

九牛一毛

Compared with mine, his was simply a drop in the bucket.

人生如梦

Life is but a dream.

人生自古谁无死

Death comes to all men.

人生百岁古来稀

It is seldom that a man lives to be a hundred years old.

人定胜天

Man can conquer nature.

人不可貌相

Appearances are often deceptive./ Never judge a look by its cover.

人山人海

How many people are there in the stadium? Believe it or not, a sea of faces

人之常情

人云亦云

人去楼空

Regretful to say, when the master was absent, his mansion was dead.

人面兽心

人言可畏

Opinion rules the world.

十年风水轮流转

Every dog has its day.

十全十美

The show just leaves nothing to be desired.

十拿九稳

We have winning the game in the bag.

十万火急

I am writing in hot haste to let you know that I will be there ontime.

了无瓜葛

That politician claimed that he had nothing to do with that scandal.

力不从心

A:Can you do me a favor?

B:Sorry, my spirit is willing, but my flesh is weak.

力挽狂澜

He tried to stem the tide, but in vain.

入乡随俗

Do in Rome as the Romans do.

入木三分

It actually gave a vivid picture of cut the quick.

七上八下

七窍生烟

He was in a great fury (fuming with anger; ina great rage; terriblyfurious) and swore to get even with the opposite(跟对方报复)

七零八落

After the quake, the buildings went to rock and ruin.

八面玲珑

In fact, she dances and sings all weathers.
(her mill goes with all winds.)

三思而后行

Look before you leap.

三句不离本行

to talk shop

三个臭皮匠胜过一个诸葛亮

Two heads are better than one.

团结就是力量

Unity is strength.

三番两次

This guy is at me(找我碴) time after time.

三缄其口

千钧一发

to hang by a hair thread

大智若愚

He who can not play the fool is not a wise man.

大器晚成

Rome was not built in a day.

大海捞针

Finding your lost contact lens is just like looking for a needle in a haystack.

山穷水尽

山中无老虎，猴子称大王

小题大做

Make a mountain out of a molehill.

小洞不补，大来吃苦

A stitch in time saves nine.

小不忍则乱大谋

Patience is a virtue.

工欲善其事，必先利其器

You cannot make bricks without straw.

不要厚此薄彼

不畏艰难

Take the bull by the horns.

不要不自量力

己所不欲勿施于人

Do unto others as you would be done.

仁者无敌

The benevolent have no enemy

亡羊补牢

上气不接下气

I got out of breath when I climbed those stairs.

不辞而别

to take French leave

不要不自量力

不要厚此薄彼

不畏艰难

Take the bull by the horns.

不战而屈人之兵

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

不入虎穴焉得虎子

不经一事，不长一智

Experience is the mother of wisdom.

不舍昼夜(24小时)

Some convenience stores offer around the clock service.

不胜其烦

Your little brother is a pain in the neck.

少年老成

to have an old head on young shoulders

少不更事

Although she is 20, she was still wet behind the ears in some ways.

天无绝人之路

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

天下乌鸦一般黑

Crows are black all over the world.

天助自助者

Heaven helps those who help themselves.

天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福

It is the unexpected that always happens.

毛遂自荐

心正不怕雷打

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

心满意足

The little boy sat there smiling, as happy as a clam.

化干戈为玉帛

Bury the tomahwak(hatchet).

仁者无敌

The benevolent have no enemy.

100.今日事今日毕

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

文胜于武

The pen is mightier than the sword.

以身作则

to practice what one practices

以毒攻毒

to set a thief to catch a thief

以怨报德

to bite the hand that feeds one

以逸待劳

To wait at ease till the enemy is exhausted.

以寡敌众

to fight against longer odds

以德报怨

to render good for evil

以其人之道还治其人之身

Set a thief to catch a thief.

以子之矛，攻子之盾

四大皆空

All is vanity.

四海之内皆兄弟

All are brothers within the four seas.

未雨绸缪

Keep some extra money for a fainy day.

目不识丁

not know A from B

失败为成功之母

Failure is the mother of success.

失之毫釐，差之千里

A miss is as good as a mile.

只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针

Little strokes fell great oaks.

毛遂自荐

打落水狗

打铁趁热

Strike while the iron is hot.

犯错是人之常情，宽恕是超凡的

To err is human; to forgive divine.

只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针

Little strokes fell great oaks.

白费唇舌

to waste your breath on him

生于忧患，死于安乐

Adversity spurs vitality, while comfort breeds sloth .

任劳任怨

to bear hardship without complaint

自作自受

As you make your bed so you must lie on it.

自讨苦吃

自力更生

to shift for oneself

自扫门前雪

After us the deluge.

回头浪子

the return of a prodigal

先下手为强

Offence is the best defence.

同甘共苦

因地制宜

act according to circumstances

有勇无谋

more brave than wise

有备无患

Good watch prevents misfortune.

有志者事竟成

Where there is a will, there is a way.

有钱能使鬼推磨

Money makes the world go around. /Money talks.

有其父必有其子

Like father, like son.

江山易改本性难移

The child is father of the man.

百无一失

Not a single miss in a hundred times.

百依百顺

She expects us to jump through hoops for her.

百闻不如一见

To see is to believe.

吃得苦中苦，方为人上人

If you wish to be the best man, you must be prepared to suffer the bitterest of the bitter.

每人一生中皆有得意之日

Every dog has his day.

色是假，美是空

Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty.

吉人自有天相

如愿以偿

The mayor finally got his way with the city council.

如人饮水冷暖自知

Only the wearer knows where the shoes pain.

吃得苦中苦，方为人上人

No gain without pain.

早起的鸟儿有虫吃

The early bird catches the worm.

弄巧成拙

Overreach oneself

忍无可忍

忍一时之气免百日之忧

patience for a moment; comfort for many years

忘恩负义

to kick down the ladder

走马看花

a flying visit

防患于未然

to nip a thing in the bud

佛要金装，人要衣装

Fine feathers make fine birds.

兵精不必多

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

身在福中不知福

The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.

你敬我一尺，我回你一丈

You scratch my back, and I will sratch yours.

别狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心

志在千里

Hitch your wagon to a star.

初出茅庐/一窍不通

He was a babe in the woods

否极泰来

After a storm comes a calm.

奇装异服

a fantastic garb

忠言逆耳

Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear

明辨是非

to distinguish right from wrong

知足常乐

Happy is he who is content

知足者富

He who feels contented is rich

知人知面不知心

知己知彼百战百胜

Know your enemy and know yourself.

空中楼阁

castles in the air

金科玉律

the gold rule

奇装异服

a fantastic garb

明辨事非

to distinguish right fromwrong

雨后春笋

ike bamboo shoots after a spring shower

雨过天青

After a storm comes a calm.

秀才不出门能知天下事

A scholor does not step outside his gate, yet he knows the happenings under the sun.

事实胜于雄辩

Facts are most convincing.

来得容易去得快

Easy come, easy go.

金玉其外败絮其中

All that glitters is not gold.

兔子不吃窝边草

The fox preys farthest from his hole.

若要人不知除非己莫为

If you would not be known to do anything, never do it.

没有笑脸不出门

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

虎父无虎子

Like father, like son.

往者不可谏，来者犹可追

A mill cannot grind with the water that is past.

见异思迁

Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

物竞天择

物以类聚

Birds of a feather flock together.

夜以继日

The nurse was with the patient day and night.

英雄所见略同

Great minds think alike.

于事无补

Complaining is of little(no) avail. It is better for you to take action now.

姻缘天注定

Marriages are made in heaven.

逆来顺受

to make the best of a bad bargain

流芳百世

a niche in the temple of fame

为虎作伥

to act as guide to a tiger

孤注一掷

勇者不惧

A brave man will not shrink from dangers.

洗心革面

to turn over a new leaf

美中不足

a fly in the ointment

200.背道而驰

to run counter

赴汤蹈火

to go through fire and water

风烛残年

to have one foot in the grave

风声鹤唳，草木皆兵

to apprehend danger in every sound

活到老学到老

前事不忘后事之师

Remember the past and it will guide your future.

星星之火可以燎原

A single spark can start a prairie fire.

待人宽容如待己

Live and let live.

按部就班

Learn to walk before you run.

南辕北辙

The salesmen were working at cross purposes with their supervisor.

病从口入祸从口出

Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it.

笑里藏刀

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

海底捞月

to fish in the air

海底捞针

to look for a needle in a bundle of hay

差之毫釐，差之千里

A miss is as good as a mile.

既往不咎

Let the dead bury their dead.

杀身成仁

杀鸡焉用牛刀

Take not a musket to kill a butterfly

飢不择食

A good appetite is a good sauce.

害群之马

black sheep

家丑不可外扬

恩威并济

alternate weakness with severity

旁观者清

The outside sees the best of the game.

时运不济

to have a bad time

殊途同归

All roads lead to Rome.

众志成城/团结就是力量

Union is strenth.

疾风知劲草

Adversity reveals genius.

旁观者清，当局者迷

Lookers-on see most of the game.

莫在太岁头上动土

Let sleeping dogs lie

得意忘形

捷足先登

The early bird catches the worm.

欲速则不达

Haste makes waste

欲速则不达

More haste, less speed.

欲加之罪，何患无辞

Give a dog a bad/an ill name and hang him.

混水摸鱼

to fish in troubled waters

贪小失大

penny-wise and pound-foolish

习惯成自然

once a use forever a custom

挂羊头卖狗肉

cry up wine and sell vinegar

贫无立锥之地

as poor as a church mouse

雪中送炭真君子

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

异想天开

集思广义

Two heads are better than one.

得过且过

to live from hand to mouth

情人眼里出西施

Love is blind.

情有独钟

All the girls liked Kevin, but he had eyes only for Mary

冤家宜解不宜结

Better remove enmity than contract it.

眼不见为淨

Out of sight, out of mind.

脱口而出

A slip of the tongue can sometimes land you in trouble

设身处地

Sometimes you have to learn to be in my shoes.

智者千虑，必有一失

Homer sometimes nods.

胜不骄败不馁

to be not elated by success nor disturbed by failure

富贵在天

Riches and honors come from heaven.

智者不惑

A wise man is free from perplexities.

无风不起浪

There is no smoke without fire. (Where there is smoke, there is fire.

画蛇添足

to paint the lily

趁火打劫

to fish in troubled waters

量入为出

阳奉阴违

ostensible obedience

跑了和尚跑不了庙

万物之灵

the lords of creation

万事开头难

Everything is difficult at the start

万无一失

not a single miss in a thousand times.

落井下石

隔墙有耳

Pitchers have ears; walls have ears.

挑灯夜战

Burn the midnight oil.

开诚佈公

He always opens his heart to his spouse when he has a problem.

盗亦有道

Dog does not eat dog.

善有善报

One kindness is the price of another.

损人利己

to enrich oneself at others expense

置之死地而后生

Put the troops in death ground and they will live.

道高一尺魔高一丈

While the priest climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten.

预防胜于治疗

Prevention is better than cure.

新官上任三把火

New brooms sweep clean.

塞翁失马焉知非福

Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.

路遥知马力日久见人心

A distant journey tests the strength of a horse and a long task proves the character of a man.

沧海一栗

a drop in the bucket

盖棺论定

Judge none blessed before his death.

岁月不饶人

Time and tide wait for no man.

经验即良师

Experience is the teacher.

微不足道

勤能补拙

Diligence can make up for lack of intelligence.

寿终正寝

寡不击众

There is no contending against odds.

对牛弹琴

to cast pearls before swine

祸不单行

Misfortunes never come single.

饱食终日无所事事

to eat the bread of idleness

慷他人之慨

远亲不如近邻

Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors.

种瓜得瓜种豆得豆

You must reap what you have sown.

乐极生悲

After joy comes sadness.

说曹操到曹操就到

Talk of the devil and the devil comes.

团结就是力量

Union is strength.

需要为发明之母

Necessity is the mother of invention.

满招损，谦受益

Haughtiness invites ruin; humility receives benefits.

恶有恶报

He that does evil shall find evil.

恶事传千里

Bad news travels quickly.

熟能生巧

Practice makes perfect.

缓兵之计

a fabian policy

缘木求鱼

to get water from a flint

300.适者生存

the survival of the fittest

穷寇莫追

A cornered animal is a dangerous foe.

积少成多

Every little makes a mickle.

钱可通神

Money can move even the gods.

谋事在人成事在天

Man proposes and God disposes.

学问无捷径

There is no royal road/shortcut to learning.

机不可失

Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

优胜劣败

The weakest goes to the wall.

声东击西

to look one way and row another

南辕北辙

The salesmen were working at cross purposes with their supervisor.

脍炙人口

螳臂挡车

to kick against the pricks

鞠躬尽瘁

to give the last measure of devotion

聪明反被聪明误

旧调重谈

to harp on the same string

礼尚往来

Courtesy on one side cannot last long..

礼多必诈

full of courtesy, full of craft

声嘶力竭

He was talking at the top of his voice.

覆水难收

转石不生苔

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

转败为胜

to convert defeat into victory

鞭长莫及

关公门前耍大刀

严以责己宽以待人

to be severe with oneself and lenient with others

铁石心肠

a heart of steel

听天由命

to be guided by destiny

326.骄兵必败

Pride goes before a fall.