英語中常用的123個中國成語
1.愛屋及烏Love me， love my dog.
2.百聞不如一見Seeing is believing.
3.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.
4.笨鳥先飛A slow sparrow should make an early start.
5.不眠之夜white night
6.不以物喜不以己悲not pleased by external gains， not saddened by personnal losses
7.不遺餘力spare no effort； go all out； do one’s best
8.不打不成交No discord， no concord.
9.拆東牆補西牆rob Peter to pay Paul
10.辭舊迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new； ring out the old year and ring in the new
11.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 all
12.大開眼界open one’s eyes； poaden one’s horizon； be an eye-opener
13.國泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
14.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 little
15.功夫不負有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
16.好了傷疤忘了疼once on shore， one prays no more
17.好事不出門惡事傳千裡Good news never goes beyond the gate， while bad news spread far and wide.
18.和氣生財Harmony pings wealth.
19.活到老學到老One is never too old to learn.
20.既往不咎let bygones be bygones
21.金無足赤人無完人Gold can’t be pure and man can’t be perfect.
22.金玉滿堂Treasures fill the home.
23.腳踏實地be down-to-earth
24.腳踩兩只船sit on the fence
25.君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal； a hedge between keeps friendship green
26.老生常談陳詞濫調cut and dried， cliché
27.禮尚往來Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
28.留得青山在不怕沒柴燒Where there is life， there is hope.
29.馬到成功achieve immediate victory； win instant success
30.名利雙收gain in both fame and wealth
31.茅塞頓開be suddenly enlightened
32.沒有規矩不成方圓Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
33.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.
34.謀事在人成事在天The planning lies with man， the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes， God disposes.
35.弄巧成拙be too smart by half； Cunning outwits itself
36.拿手好戲masterpiece
37.賠了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
38.拋磚引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions； throw a sprat to catch a whale
39.破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
40.搶得先機take the preemptive opportunities
41.巧婦難為無米之炊If you have no hand you can’t make a fist. One can’t make picks without straw.
42.千裡之行始於足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step–the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
43.前事不忘後事之師Past experience， if not forgotten， is a guide for the future. 44.前人栽樹後人乘涼One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.
45.前怕狼後怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something
46.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.
47.強強聯手win-win co-operation
48.瑞雪兆豐年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
49.人之初性本善Man’s nature at birth is good.
50.人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
51.人海戰術huge-crowd strategy
52.世上無難事只要肯攀登Where there is a will， there is a way.
53.世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world；
54.死而後已until my heart stops beating
55.歲歲平安Peace all year round.
56.上有天堂下有蘇杭Just as there is paradise in heaven， ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
57.塞翁失馬焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
58.三十而立A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty， a man should be able to think for himself.
59.升級換代updating and upgrading (of products)
60.四十不惑Life begins at forty.
61.誰言寸草心報得三春暉Such kindness of warm sun， can’t be repaid by grass. 62.水漲船高When the river rises， the boat floats high.
63.時不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
64.殺雞用牛刀peak a butterfly on the wheel
65.實事求是seek truth from facts； be practical and realistic； be true to facts
66.說曹操，曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
67.實話實說speak the plain truth； call a spade a spade； tell it as it is
68.實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
69.山不在高，有仙則名No matter how high the mountain is， its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy；
70.韜光養晦hide one’s capacities and bide one’s time
71.糖衣炮彈sugar-coated bullets
72.天有不測風雲Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
73.團結就是力量Unity is strength.
74.跳進黃河洗不清eve if one jumped into the Yellow River， one can not wash oneself clean–there’s nothing one can do to clear one’s name
75.歪風邪氣unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
76.物以類聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
77.往事如風The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.； What in past， is pas
78.望子成龍hold high hopes for one’s child
79.屋漏又逢連陰雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
80.文韜武略military expertise； military strategy
81.唯利是圖draw water to one’s mill
82.無源之水，無本之木water without a source， and a tree wiithout roots
83.無中生有make create something out of nothing
84.無風不起浪There are no waves without wind. There’s no smoke without fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
86.新官上任三把火a new poom sweeps clean
87.虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後Modesty helps one go forward， whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
88.蓄勢而發accumulate strength for a take-off
89.心想事成May all your wish come true
90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding； give tacit consent； tacit understanding 91.先入為主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
92.先下手為強catch the ball before the bound
93.像熱鍋上的螞蟻like an ant on a hot pan
94.現身說法warn people by taking oneself as an example
95.息事寧人pour oil on troubled waters
96.喜憂參半mingled hope and fear
97.循序漸進step by step
98.一路平安，一路順風speed somebody on their way； speed the parting guest
99.嚴以律己，寬以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
100魚米之鄉a land of fish and rice； a land of abundance； a natural or grand granary；a land of milk and honey
101.有情人終成眷屬Jack shall have Jill， all shall be well.
102.有錢能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
103.有識之士people of vision
104.有勇無謀use pawn rather than pain
105.有緣千裡來相會Separated as we are thousands of miles apart， we come together as if by predestination.
106.與時俱進advance with times
107.以人為本people oriented； people foremost
108.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
109.欲窮千裡目，更上一層樓to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further； Ascend further， were you to look farther； Would eye empace a thousand miles？ Go up， one flight.
110.欲速則不達Haste does not ping success.
111.優勝劣汰survival of the fittest
112.英雄所見略同Great minds think alike.
113.冤家宜解不宜結Better make friends than make enemies.
114.冤假錯案cases in which people were unjustly， falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced； unjust， false or wrong cases
115.一言既出，駟馬難追A real man never goes back on his words.
116.招財進寶Money and treasures will be plentiful
117.債台高築become debt-ridden
118.致命要害Achilles’ heel
119.眾矢之的target of public criticism
120.知己知彼，百戰不殆Know the enemy and know yourself， and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
121.紙上談兵be an armchair strategist
122.紙包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
123.左右為難between the devil and the deep blue sea
