文革時期常用詞匯的英譯

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欺騙不明真相的人

mislead those who are not aware of the true facts

欺騙世界輿論

becloud world opinion

欺人太甚

bully others too much

欺軟怕硬

bully the faint-hearted but fear the stout-hearted

七斗八斗

struggle repeatedly

七分成績，三分錯誤

achievements amount to seventy percent and mistakes to thirty percent

（打著……）旗號

under the signboard of

旗手

standard-bearer

旗幟鮮明

take a clear-cut stand

奇談怪論

strange tale/absurd argument

奇文共欣賞，疑義相與析

A remarkable work should be enjoyed together, and doubts analyzed in company.

奇裝異服

outlandish clothing

騎虎難下

One who rides a tiger finds it difficult to dismount.

騎墻派

people who take no side/sitters on the fence/fence-sitters

杞人憂天

unnecessary worry/The man of Chi worries in case the sky should fall.

啟發(fā)階級覺悟

awaken their class consciousness

乞靈于……

reliance on/resort to/seek help from

氣節(jié)

integrity

氣焰囂張

swollen with arrogance

氣息奄奄

gasping/fainting/expiring/dying

棄暗投明

forsake the darkness and cross over to the brightness

棄惡從善

shun evil and do good

迄今為止

to this day

牽連

drag into trouble/become involved in/have connections with

牽連的面很廣

involve great numbers of people

牽強附會

lead by the nose

千百萬人頭落地

cause tens of millions of people to lose their lives

千古罪人

branded as a traitor through the ages

千鈞棒

the massive cudgel

千秋萬代

everlasting/remain forever

千絲萬縷的聯(lián)系

a thousand and one links with...

千頭萬緒，日理萬機

deal with a host of miscellaneous problems everyday

千萬不要忘記階級斗爭

never forget the class struggle.

千言萬語，歸到一句話

in brief/in short/in a word

前怕虎，后怕狼

fear the tiger in front and the wolf behind

潛伏在……

entrenched in

潛逃

abscond

潛移默化

be unconsciously influenced

槍桿子、筆桿子

the pen as well as the gun

槍桿里面出政權

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

強奸民意

defile public opinion

強制勞動

forced labor

墻報

wall-newspaper

敲門磚

a brick to open the door

喬裝打扮

disguise oneself

切切不可等閑視之

It is most important that this struggle should not be taken lightly.

切實有效的

practical and effective

竊據(jù)

entrenched in

親美、恐美、崇美的思想

the outlook of devotion to America, fear of America, and worship of America

親密戰(zhàn)友

close comrade-in-arms

親如手足的兄弟

intimate brothers/become like brothers

親信

one's own men

親一派，疏一派

be warm to one group and cold to the other

親者所痛，仇者所快

sadden one's friends and gladden one's enemies

親自出馬

come out oneself

親自主持制定

be drawn up under the direct leadership of

侵蝕

corrosion/corruption/corrupting influence

勤工儉學

work-study program

勤儉建國，勤儉辦社，勤儉辦企業(yè)，勤儉辦一切事業(yè)

building the country industriously and thriftily and likewise running the people's communes, enterprises and all undertakings industriously and thriftily

擒賊先擒王

Capture the ringleader first in order to capture all followers.

輕描淡寫，文過飾非

make light of something or gloss over it

輕重倒置

reverse the order of importance

輕重緩急

in order of importance and urgency

青出于藍而勝于藍

Blue is extracted from the indigo plant but is bluer than it.

清規(guī)戒律

taboos and commandments

清理階級隊伍

purify the class ranks

清政治，清思想，清組織，清經(jīng)濟

clean things up in the fields of politics, ideology, organization and economy

清算

examine and repudiate

清查

unearth/uncover/comb out

清除影響

eradicate the influence

清一色的

homogeneous/of one color

情節(jié)特別惡劣拒不交代拒不悔改的

a handful of people who have committed very bad, very serious offences and refuse to own up and repent

（根據(jù)）情節(jié)輕重

according to the seriousness of the case

請示

ask for (request) instructions/ask instructions from

慶功會

celebration meeting for achievements

（罪惡滔天），罄竹難書

His crimes are monstrous, inexpiable and too numerous to be listed in one book.

“窮光蛋”

the poor wretches

窮棒子精神

pauper spirit

窮途末路

driven into an impasse/at one's last gasp

窮兇極惡

most vicious

窮則思變，要干，要革命

Poverty gives rise to the desire for change, the desire for action and the desire for revolution.

窮追猛打“落水狗”

vigorously pursue and fiercely beat the "dog in the water"

秋后算賬

squaring of accounts after the autumn harvest

求大同，存小異

seek common ground on major questions while reserving differences on minor ones

求同存異

seek common ground while reserving differences

區(qū)別對待

deal with different things in different ways/deal with each case on its own merits

屈打成招

extort confessions by torture

屈膝投降

fall one's knees in surrender

去粗取精，去偽存真，由此及彼，由表及里

discard the dross and select the essential, eliminate the false and retain the true, proceed from the one to the other and from the outside to the inside

全場歡聲雷動，一片沸騰

The hall was astir and resounded with thunderous cheers.

全黨共誅之，全國共討之

be condemned and punished by the whole Party and the whole nation

全國一盤棋

co-ordinate all activities of the nation as in a chess game

全力以赴，務殲入侵之敵

Go all out and be sure to destroy the enemy intruders.

全面落實

carry out in an all-round way

全民皆兵

All the people are soldiers.

（提倡）“群言堂”，反對“一言堂”

favor "rule by the voice of the many" and oppose "rule by the voice of one man alone"

（同）群眾打成一片

be one with the masses

群眾的眼睛是雪亮的

The masses have clear eyes.

“群眾落后論”

the theory that "the masses are backward"

（拜）群眾為師，向群眾求教，當群眾的小學生

take the masses as teachers, seek enlightenment from them and be their pupils

群眾大會斗爭

struggle at mass meetings

群眾斗群眾

masses struggle against each other

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