文革時期常用詞匯的英譯

蔣割荊

S（3）

收買人心

win people's hearts

收起臭架子

Away with your ugly airs!

手把手地教

take one in hand and teach one how to...

手伸得太長

be greatly over-extended

手腳不干凈

hands are not too clean/seek minor illicit gains

手續(xù)不完備

The procedure is inadequate.

守口如瓶

tight-lipped

首當(dāng)其沖

first to be affected

首惡必辦，脅從不問，坦白從寬，抗拒從嚴(yán)，立功折罪，立大功受獎

punish the chief criminals, not punish those are accomplices under duress; leniency towards those who acknowledge their crimes, severely punish those who stubbornly refuse to do so; recognize the good deeds as atonement for crimes, and reward those who have exceptionally meritorious actions to their credit

首要分子

ringleaders

首長負(fù)責(zé)，親自動手

The leading cadres must assume responsibility and take an active part.

受蒙蔽的群眾

befuddled people

疏散

evacuate

梳妝打扮

disguise oneself

贖買政策

policy of redemption

蜀中無大將，廖化作先鋒

（編者譯）No qualified general was found in the State of Shu and Liso Hua, an officer, had to be made as the commander of the advance troops.

鼠目寸光

short-sighted/see only what is under one's nose

樹碑立傳

glorify someone by erecting a monument for him and writing his biography

樹倒猢猻散

Once the tree falls, the monkeys on it will flee helter-skelter.

樹社會主義之新，立無產(chǎn)階級之異

create new and original socialist and proletarian works

樹雄心，立大志

aim high and have lofty ambitions

樹欲靜而風(fēng)不止

The tree desires stillness but the wind will not cease.

束縛生產(chǎn)力

fetter the productive forces

束手待斃

wait for death with tied hands

束手束腳

over-cautiousness/undue caution

束手無策

fold one's hands without knowing what to do

束之高閣

put aside from duty or service/put or lay on the shelf

耍花招

play tricks

耍兩面派手法

resort to two-faced tactics

摔跟斗

take a tumble

雙重領(lǐng)導(dǎo)

dual leadership

雙簧

two-man perform

雙手沾滿了血

both hands stained with blood

誰勝誰負(fù)的問題

the question of which will win out

誰是誰非

the question of who is right and who is wrong

誰說雞毛不能飛上天

Who says a chicken feather can't fly up to heaven?

水火不相容

exclude each other like fire and water

水落石出

come to light

水潑不進(jìn)，針插不進(jìn)

watertight and impenetrable

水深火熱

keep in suffering/plunged... into dire suffering

水有源，樹有根

Every river has a source; every tree has its roots.

水漲船高

The boat floats high when the river rises.

水中撈月

catch the moon in the water

睡在我們身邊的赫魯曉夫

a Khrushchev lying by our side/a Khrushchev lying right beside us

順乎天理，合乎人情

conform to the course of nature and the ways of the people

順之者存，逆之者亡

those who bow before it survive and those who resist perish

順致崇高的敬意

Please accept the assuances of my highest consideration.

說曹操，蓸操到

Talk of Cao Cao and he's sure to appear.

說穿了

in plain (blunt) language

說到底

in the final analysis

說得出，做得到

carry out one's pledge/Speak and follow through in action.

說法

way of putting things/reasoning

說風(fēng)涼話

make irresponsible and carping comments

說空話

use empty words

說來說去，無非是兩條

Boil down to two counts, no matter how varied they are.

說老實話

call a spade a spade/be frank/candid

說了算

have the final say

說半個不字

to mutter the word "no"

說成漆黑一團(tuán)

completely blacken something/paint a black picture of

說得好聽

plausible

說服教育，洗手洗澡，輕裝上陣，團(tuán)結(jié)對敵

persuade and educate, wash one's hands and take a bath, lay down one's burdens, and unite against the enemy

說理斗爭

struggle by argument and reasoning

版權(quán)所有