文革時期常用詞匯的英譯

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T（1）

踏踏實實

in a thoroughgoing manner/on a firm footing

踏實苦干，百折不撓

down-to-earth effort, dauntlessness and defiance of all setbacks

抬高自己

climb over the heads of others/boost oneself

太公釣魚，愿者上鉤

Like Chiang Tai Kung fishing, they have cast the line for the fish who want to be caught.

太上皇

supreme ruler/overlord

泰然處之

take it easy

泰山蓋頂

bear down on somebody with the weight of Mt. Tai

貪得無厭

insatiable greed/voracious

貪生怕死

no more than coward

貪天之功為已有

credit other people's achievements to oneself

貪圖安逸

the desire for an easy life

貪污盜竊分子

embezzlers and grafters

貪污犯

person guilty of corruption

貪污腐化

corruption and degeneration

貪污盛行

riddled with graft and corruption

貪小便宜

covet little advantages/greedy for small advantages

彈冠相慶

congratulate each other on their promotion

（打爛）壇壇罐罐

have the pots and pans smashed

談虎色變

turn pale at the mention of the tiger

談情說愛，低級趣味

be concerned with love and romance, pandering to philistine tastes

曇花一現(xiàn)

vanish as soon as it appears

曇花一現(xiàn)的人物

passers-by on the stage of history/one who just flashes across the stage of history

坦白從寬，抗拒從嚴

Leniency to confessors; severity to resisters.

坦白大會

confession meeting

糖衣炮彈

sugar-coated bullets

螳臂當(dāng)車

like the grasshopper which wanted to stop the chariot

躺在過去的成績上睡覺

rest on one's laurels (past achievements)

滔天罪行

monstrous (horrible) crimes

逃避斗爭

evade struggle

逃避責(zé)任

shirk (shun) responsibility

逃跑主義

flightism

逃亡地主

runaway landlord/fugitive landlord

討人厭

incur hatred/excite dislike or disgust

特權(quán)

prerogatives

特權(quán)階層

privileged position

特權(quán)思想

think in terms of privileges for themselves/ideology of the privileged classes

特務(wù)

enemy agents/secret agents/spies

特務(wù)機關(guān)

secret service

特赦

amnesty

提到日程上

place... on the agenda

提法

formulation of the question/presentation of the question

提防

guard against/take precaution against

提高警惕，保衛(wèi)祖國，隨時準(zhǔn)備殲滅入侵之?dāng)常?/dt>

Heighten our vigilance, defend the motherland! Be ready at all times to destroy the enemy intruders!

提高覺悟

raise one's political consciousness

提高認識

enhance (raise) understanding

提高和普及

promote and spread

提前釋放

release (discharge) before the sentence expires

提審

bring up for trial

提倡節(jié)約，反對浪費

call for economy and the elimination of waste

提心吊膽

in great terror/trembling with fear

體力勞動與腦力勞動相結(jié)合

combine physical labor with mental labor

體無完膚

have cuts and bruises all over the body/completely/thoroughly

“替天行道”

enforce the justice on behalf of the Heaven

替罪羊

scapegoat

天不怕，地不怕

fearless

天翻地覆

the sky and the earth turning upside down/shake the very ground

天經(jīng)地義

nature's law and earth's way/by nature/by the very nature

天羅地網(wǎng)

nets above and snares below/escape-proof net

天壤之別

a world of difference/worlds apart

天怒人怨

wrath of Heaven and anger of man/widespread indignation and discontent

天時，地利，人和

favorable climatic, geographical and human conditions

天塌下來我們能頂住，地陷下去我們能填平

Even if the heavens fall, we can hold them up; even if the earth quakes, we can fill the chasm.

天無絕人之路

Heaven never cuts off a man's means.

天下大亂

The whole country (world, place) is in chaos.

天下大治

The whole world is well-ordered.

天字第一號

the world's number one

天下太平

All is quite in the world.

天下沒有不散的宴席

All feasts must break up in the end.

天下無難事，只怕有心人

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

天下烏鴉一般黑

All crows under the sun are black.

天涯海角

the end of the sky and the corners of the sea/ends of the earth

“天要下雨，娘要嫁人”

（編者譯）Heavens need raining and girls need marrying. Let them go.

天衣無縫

divine garments without seams/faultless/free from defect

天有不測風(fēng)云，人有旦夕禍福

Storms may gather unexpectedly and misfortune may befall man overnight.

天誅地滅

be executed by heaven and destroyed by earth

恬不知恥

shameless/not feel ashamed at all

甜言蜜語

honey-mouthed/sweet words and honeyed phrases

條條框框

regulations and conventions

調(diào)處

mediate

調(diào)和

conciliation/reconcilable

調(diào)和折衷

compromising

調(diào)劑

regulate/adjust

調(diào)整、鞏固、充實、提高

readjustment, consolidating, filling out and raising standards

調(diào)整工作

readjust one's job

調(diào)整干部

remove some cadres and appoint others to take their place

挑撥離間，渾水摸魚

create dissention and exploit confusion

挑動群眾斗群眾

stir up masses to struggle against masses/incite the masses to struggle against each other

挑起武斗

provoke conflicts in which force is used

跳出來

come forward/come out/come out into the open/step forward

跳梁小丑

the clown

鐵板一塊

a monolithic bloc/of one cut

鐵打江山

an impregnable state

鐵的紀律

iron discipline

鐵的事實

hard facts/indisputable facts

鐵飯碗

unbreakable rice bowl

鐵桿分子

diehard (element)

鐵拳

iron fist

鐵掃帚

mighty broom

鐵證如山

irrefutable proof

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