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美劇《復仇》的片頭引用了《論語》中的句子：“Before you embark on ajourney of revenge，dig two graves."（“攻乎異端，斯害己也。）中華優(yōu)秀傳統(tǒng)文化的影響力可見一斑。而那些你耳熟能詳、倒背如流的詩句和諺語，用英語該怎么說呢？

No shame in asking questions， even to people of lower status.

不恥下問。

If a son is uneducated， his dad is to blame.

子不教，父之過。

Tell me and I forget; Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand不聞不若聞之，聞之不若見之;見之不若知之，知之不若行之;學至于行而止矣。

Give a man a fish， and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish， and you feed him for a lifetime.

授人以魚，不如授人以漁。

The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step 千里之行，始于足下。

While the green hills last， there'll be wood to burn. 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。

Three humble shoemakers brainstorming will make a great statesman. 三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮。

An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can'tbuy that inch of time with an

inch of gold.

寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰。

Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

眾人拾柴火焰高。

Past experience， ifnot forgotten， is a guide for the future. 前事不忘，后事之師。

The fallen blossoms are notan unfeeling thing;

Though turned to mud， they'd nurture flowers'growth next spring. 落紅不是無情物，化作春泥更護花。

A time will come to ride the wind and cleave the waves; I'll set my cloud-like sail to cross the sea which raves. 長風破浪會有時，直掛云帆濟滄海。

Although the stabled steed is old， He dreams to run for mile and mile. In life's December heroes bold

Won't change their indomitable style. 老驥伏櫪，志在千里;

烈士暮年，壯心不已。

You can enjoy a grander sight， by climbing to a greater height. 欲窮千里目，更上一層樓。

An ant may well destroy a whole dam. 千里之堤，潰于蟻穴。

Though broken into pieces， you will have no fright; You'll putify the world by washing ite'er white. 粉骨碎身渾不怕，要留清白在人間。

Orioles sing for miles amid red blooms and green trees; By hills and rills wine shop streamers wave in the breeze. 千里鶯啼綠映紅，水村山郭酒旗風。

If one doesn't make good use of his youth， in vain will he pass his old age in ruth.

少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。