中国惯用语、俗语英译

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有法必依，执法必严，违法必究：Where there's a law,it must be observed,it's enforcement be strict and lawbreakers be prosecuted.
有分量：carry weight
有根据：well-grounded
有过之而无不及：go farther than
有两下子：know one's stuff / One is really something.
有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎：How happy we are to meet friends from afar.
有情人终成眷属：Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.
有失身份：beneath one's dignity
有头脑：He is a brain.
有文化，有教养：be well educated and well brought up
有心人：a willing mind / be thoughtful
有意见：have complaints / be displeased with
有缘分：feel a special kinship with / have good chemistry with each other / share a predestined relationship
有缘千里来相会：Separated as we are thousands of miles apart,we come together as if by predestination.
有中国特色：with Chinese characteristics

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鱼米之乡：a land of milk and honey
与国际惯例接轨：be compatible with internationally accepted practices
与国际市场接轨：integrate with the world market
与君一席话，胜读十年书：A chat with you is more rewarding than studying for ten years.
与人方便，自己方便：He who helps others helps himself.
舆论向导：direction of public opinion
欲穷千里目，更上一层楼：For a grander sight,climb to a greater height.
冤枉别人：do somebody wrong/bark up the wrong tree at somebody
圆满成功：every success
源远流长：have a long history
约法三章：three-point rulles
月环比：on a month-on-month basis / on a monthly basis

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宰客：rip off customers
早恋：puppy love
择优录取：enroll on the basis of competitive selection
择优录用：be selected on merit
怎么说，怎么办：Whatever you say.
沾光：benefit from one's association
瞻前顾后：overcautious and indecisive
占便宜：proit at other's expense/ gain advantage by unfair means
占上风：get the upper hand
站得住脚：be tenable
张冠李戴：misplace
招商会：investment fair
招商引资：attract investment
遮羞布：mask / fig leaf
折腾：cause sufferings /fits and starts/ gut-wrenching
折衷方案： a compromise proposal/ the golden mean

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振兴经济：revitalize the economy
振兴中华：rejuvenate the Chinese nation
政绩：work performance
知识经济：knowledge economy
知音：congenial friend / best friend
知足：happy with one's lot
只能意会，不可言传：That can only be sensed and cannot be explained in words.
只争朝夕：Seize the day , seize the hour.
纸包不住火：The truth will out.
纸上谈兵：an armchair strategist
致以节日的祝贺：wish you a pleasant... / extend season's greetings
智力密集型：knowledge-intensive
滞后影响：lagged effect
中资公司：Chinese-funded companies
主随客便:The host will do as the guest pleases.

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住房困难户：poorly-housed families/ families with housing proplems
追星族：fanciers
自筹投资项目：self-fjinanced projects
自吹自擂：blow one's own trumpet
自高自大：self-important / conceited
自学成才：self-taught and self-made person
自有资金：equity fund
自圆其说：justify oneself / make out a good case
抓紧落实在；act promptly to implement
抓住机遇：seize opportunities
专款专用：use of funds as ear-marked
转轨经济：transition economy
综合国力：overall national strength
综合效益指标：overall performance indicator
综合治理：retrenchment / over-haul
走过场：muddle through
走家窜户：call on ... from house to house
走进新时代：usher in a new era

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snow1993

妇女能顶半边天：Women can hold up half of the sky

这直译的真直接……我和我同学说他都听不懂，问我why they can hold it?