谚语中英对照
<p></p><p>1、天生万物，唯人为贵</p><p>man is the most valuable among all the things that heaven fosters.</p><p>2、民为重，社稷次之，君为轻。</p><p>people are the most important element in the state, next are the government and grain, least is the ruler himself.</p><p>3、二人同心，其利断金</p><p>and as a saying from the book of changes goes, ”if two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can cut through metal.</p><p>4、一乡之善士斯友一乡之善士，天下之善士斯友天下之善士。</p><p>in so many different ways, we are upholding the teachings of mencius, who said:”a good citizen in one community will befriend the other citizens of the community;a good citizen of the world will befriend the other citizens of the world.”</p><p>5、不登高山，不知天之高也；不临深渊，不知地之厚也。</p><p>one can never be aware of the height of the sky or the depth of the earth, if he does not climb up a high mountain or look down into a deep abyss.</p><p>6、但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。</p><p>we wigh each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though miles apart.</p><p>7、独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。</p><p>a lonely stranger in a strange land i am cast, i miss my family all the more on every festive day.</p><p>8、二人同心，其利断金。</p><p>if two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can cut through metal.</p><p>9、海内存知己，天涯若比邻。</p><p>a bosom friend afar brings distance near.</p><p>10、祸兮，福之所倚；福兮，祸之所伏。</p><p>misfortune,? that is where happiness depends; happiness, that is where misfortune underlies.</p><p>11、举首望明月，低头思故乡。</p><p>raising my head, i see the moon so bright; withdrawing my eyes, my nostalgia comes around.</p><p>12、礼尚往来。往而不来，非礼也；来而不往，亦非礼也。</p><p>propriety suggests reciprocity. it is not propriety not to give but to receive, or vice versa.</p><p>13、两情若是长久时，又岂在朝朝暮暮。</p><p>if love between both sides can last for aye, why need they stay together night and day?</p><p>14、路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。</p><p>the way ahead is long; i see no ending, yet high and low i’ll search with my will unbending.</p><p>15、敏而好学，不耻下问。</p><p>quick-minded and eager to learn, he is never ashamed to consult his inferiors.</p><p>16、天生我材必有用。</p><p>heaven has endowed me with talents for eventual use.</p><p>17、天时不如地利，地利不如人和。</p><p>opportunities vouchsafed by heaven are less important than terrestrial advantages, which in turn are less important than the unity among people.</p><p>18、天行健，君子以自强不息。</p><p>as heaven’s movement is ever vigorous, so must a gentleman ceaselessly strive along.</p><p>19、无为其所不为，无欲其所不欲，如此而已矣。</p><p>don’t do what should not be done; don’t desire what should not be desired. that is all.</p><p>20、学而不厌，侮人不倦。</p><p>never be contented with your study; never be impatient with your teaching.</p><p>21、学如逆水行舟，不进则退。</p><p>learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.</p><p>22、欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。</p><p>we widen our views three hundred miles by ascending one flight of stairs./exhausting my eyes to a thousand li further, i am ascending one more story of the tower.</p>
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