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II. To be alike in meaning but differ in images. These idioms express similar meanings but are represented by different cultural images and rhetorical methods. For instance:
Let sleeping dogs lie. 莫惹是非
Diamond cut diamond, 棋逢敌手
A wonder lasts but nine days. 昙花一现
Best swords into ploughshares. 放下屠刀，立地成佛

III. To be identical in images but differ in meanings. These idioms resemble in forms or images, but express discrepant significance and cultural implication. Such as:
     ‘Child’s play’ refers to ‘things easy to do’ or ‘things that are not important’ in English. But its literal meaning in Chinese, “儿戏”，indicates ‘ not responsible for or serious to important things. （陈文伯，英汉成语对比与翻译，北京，2004，P150） 
     ‘A walking skeleton’ depicts an extremely thin person in English. But the Chinese idiom“行尸走肉” refers to those who doesn’t work and has nothing valuable in mind but a body.
     ‘Lock the stable after the horse is stolen’ means it has been late to make up something. In contrast, Chinese idiom “亡羊补牢，为时未晚”puts emphasis on “not being late”.
     IV. Differ in meaning and images. This sort of idioms is largely different in literal meaning, form and cultural background. Examples:
     ‘The longest day must have an end’ expresses the tiredness people have for the longest day and hope to free themselves when the day ends. On the contrary, “天下没有不散的筵席”代写essay indicates people’s pity for happy gatherings’ endings.
      ‘Bury one’s head in the sand’ refers to a strategy to avoid watching or realizing something unhappy or dangerous. But in Chinese, “掩耳盗铃”is a derogatory term, which means someone deceive oneself to avoid facing or admitting something.

IV.Some skills in English-Chinese idiom translation
   I. Literal translation. Some idioms can be translated literally. Without any extended meaning or gloss, the literal translations convey the original meaning evidently and there are seldom misunderstandings. Here are some examples:
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
If anyone in the three streets or six lanes near by, no matter who he is, offends a neighbor of the Drunken Diamond, I’ll see to it that his relatives are scattered and his home destroyed. 这三街六巷，凭他是谁，若得罪了我醉金刚倪二的街坊，管叫他人离家散！（曹雪芹《红楼梦》，第24回）（本文由英语论文网代写essay专业编辑组整理提供）
The idiom “三街六巷”refers in general the households in the vicinity, which can be translated as ‘the neighborhood’ in the first place. But in order to reserve the Chinese flavor in the origin, the translator literally translated it as ‘the three streets or six lanes’.

II. To borrow an existing idiom. Some Chinese idioms and the synonym idioms in English conform to each other in both content and form. They not only have same exterior or interior meanings, but also have similar figurative images. So we can borrow the corresponding idiom directly from target language:
Constant dripping wears the stone. 水滴石穿
Burn one’s boats. 破釜沉舟
Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁
Add fuel to the flames. 火上浇油
When it comes to some idioms that have different images but express same meaning, we can borrow existing idioms as well:
Cast pearls before swine. 对牛弹琴
Beat the dog before the lion. 杀鸡儆猴
To seek a hair in a hen’s nest. 缘木求鱼

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