英語中常用的50箇中國成語

1.強強聯手win-win co-operation2.百聞不如一見seeing is believing.3.前人栽樹後人乘涼one generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.one sows and another reaps.4.笨鳥先飛a slow sparrow should make an early start.5.不眠之夜white night6.不遺餘力spare no effort; go all out; do one’s best7.破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat;burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end8.拆東牆補西牆rob peter to pay paul9.辭舊迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new10.大事化小小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all11.大開眼界open one’s eyes; broaden one’s horizon; be an eye-opener12..愛屋及烏love me, love my dog.13.國泰民安the country flourishes and people live in peace14.過猶不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little15.沒有規矩不成方圓nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.16.功夫不負有心人everything comes to him who waits.17.留得青山在不怕沒柴燒where there is life, there is hope.18.好事不出門惡事傳千里good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.19.前怕狼後怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something20.和氣生財harmony brings wealth.21.活到老學到老one is never too old to learn.22.既往不咎let bygones be bygones23.金無足赤人無完人gold can’t be pure and man can’t be perfect.24.金玉滿堂treasures fill the home.25.不以物喜不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses26.腳踩兩隻船sit on the fence27.君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green28.老生常談陳詞濫調cut and dried, cliché29.禮尚往來courtesy calls for reciprocity.30.拿手好戲masterpiece31.馬到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success32.名利雙收gain in both fame and wealth34.腳踏實地be down-to-earth35.每逢佳節倍思親on festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one’s dear ones far away.it is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.36.弄巧成拙be too smart by half; cunning outwits itself37.謀事在人成事在天the planning lies with man, the outcome with heaven. man proposes, god disposes.38.賠了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad39.好了傷疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more40.拋磚引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale41.比上不足比下有餘worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.42.搶得先機take the preemptive opportunities43.人逢喜事精神爽joy puts heart into a man.44.巧婦難為無米之炊if you have no hand you can’t make a fist. one can’t make bricks without straw.45.千里之行始於足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step–the highest eminence is to be gained step by step46.前事不忘後事之師past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 47.人之初性本善man’s nature at birth is good.48.強龍難壓地頭蛇even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt – powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.49.不打不成交no discord, no concord.50.瑞雪兆豐年a timely snow promises a good harvest.