中国成语 中英文对照（三）
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乐不思蜀 indulge （沉湎于）in pleasure and forget home and duty
乐极生悲 extreme（极度的） joy begets sorrow
梁上君子 thief （小偷，贼）
毛骨悚然 hair stands on end jimjams thrillingness（毛骨悚然）
毛遂自荐 volunteer（自愿） one's services
门可罗雀 there is few visitors
门当户对 be matched（相配 ）for marriage
门庭若市 there is a lot of visitors
迷途知返 realize one's errors （错误）and mend one's ways
迷惑不解 mixed-up scratch one's head over
明哲保身 be worldly wise and make oneself safe
明来暗往 have overt （明显的）and covert （隐蔽的）contacts
明争暗斗 strife（斗争） openly and secretly
明知故犯 violate（违反） knowingly
明知故问 ask while knowing the answer
明珠暗投 cast pearls before swine（卑贱的人）
明目张胆 brazenly （厚脸皮地） do evil openly（公然作恶）
明察秋毫 be perceptive （有理解的）of the slightest（轻微的）
明辨是非 make a clear distinction（区别 ）between right and wrong
目不识丁 analphabetic（文盲 ） not know one's ABC
目不暇接 too many things to see
目不转睛 fix eyes on
目中无人be overweening （骄傲的） be supercilious（自大的）
南柯一梦 fond dream
南辕北辙 poles apart（截然相反）
南腔北调 a mixes accent（口音）
弄巧成拙 go for wool and come home shorn （偷鸡不着蚀把米）
overreach（走过头 ）oneself
弄假成真 what was make-believe has become true
破釜沉舟 burn one's boats burn one's bridge
骑虎难下 be in for it have a wolf by the ears
千丝万缕 countless ties（结）
千回百折 anfractuosity（错综复杂）
千钧一发 close call hang by a hair hang by a thread（线）
千言万语 thousands of words
千差万别 differ in thousands ways
千奇百怪 all kinds of strange things
千辛万苦 innumerable trials （无数的考验）and hardships
千载难逢 occuring （出现）only once in a thousand years very rare
千里迢迢 from a great distance
青出于蓝 The students surpass the teacher.
青黄不接 temporary shortage（暂时性缺乏）
青春活力 young blood
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