中英成語學習~中文筆畫4~6開頭
不告而別 to take French leave
不要不自量力 Don't put a quarter into a pint pot.
不要厚此薄彼 Don't make fish of one and flesh of another.
不畏艱難 Take the bull by the horns.
不戰而屈人之兵 The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
不入虎穴焉得虎子 How can one obtain tiger-cubs without entering the tiger's lair.
不經一事,不長一智 Experience is the mother of wisdom.
少年老成 to have an old head on young shoulders
天無絕人之路 God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
天下烏鴉一般黑 Crows are black all over the world.
天無絕人之路 God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb./ When one door shuts another opens.
天助自助者 Heaven helps those who help themselves.
天有不測風雲,人有旦夕禍福 It is the unexpected that always happens.
毛遂自薦 to recommend one's own person
心正不怕雷打 A good conscience is a soft pillow.
化干戈為玉帛 Bury the tomahwak(hatchet).
仁者無敵 The benevolent have no enemy.
什麼人養什麼鳥 Some kind of man,What kind of bird..
文勝於武 The pen is mightier than the sword.
以身作則 to practice what one practices
以毒攻毒 to set a thief to catch a thief
以怨報德 to bite the hand that feeds one
以逸待勞 To wait at ease till the enemy is exhausted.
以寡敵眾 to fight against longer odds
以德報怨 to render good for evil
以其人之道還治其人之身 Set a thief to catch a thief.
以子之矛,攻子之盾 to turn a person's battery against himself
四大皆空 All is vanity.
四海之內皆兄弟 All are brothers within the four seas.
未雨綢繆 to save against a rainy day
目不識丁 not know A from B
失敗為成功之母 Failure is the mother of success.
失之毫釐,差之千里 A miss is as good as a mile.
只要功夫深,鐵杵磨成針 Little strokes fell great oaks.
毛遂自薦 to recommend one's own person
打落水狗 to hit a person when he's down
打鐵趁熱 Strike while the iron is hot.
犯錯是人之常情,寬恕是超凡的 To err is human; to forgive divine.
只要功夫深,鐵杵磨成針 Little strokes fell great oaks.
任勞任怨 to bear hardship without complaint
自作自受 As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
自討苦吃 to make a rod for one's own back
自力更生 to shift for oneself
自掃門前雪 After us the deluge.
回頭浪子 the return of a prodigal
先下手為強 Offence is the best defence.
同甘共苦 to share one's joys and sorrows
因地制宜 act according to circumstances
有勇無謀 more brave than wise
有備無患 Good watch prevents misfortune.
有志者事竟成 Where there is a will, there is a way.
有錢能使鬼推磨 Money makes the world go around. /Money talks.
江山易改本性難移 The child is father of the man.
百無一失 Not a single miss in a hundred times.
百聞不如一見 To see is to believe. (Seeing is believing.)
吃得苦中苦,方為人上人 If you wish to be the best man, you must be prepared to suffer the bitterest of the bitter.
每人一生中皆有得意之日 Every dog has his day.
色是假,美是空 Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty.
吉人自有天相 The good are protected by Heaven. / All's wel that ends well.
如人飲水冷暖自知 Only the wearer knows where the shoes pain.
吃得苦中苦,方為人上人 No gain without pain.