文革時期常用詞匯的英譯

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心潮澎湃

be full of excitement

心存僥幸

engage in winning by luck (a fluke)

心紅似火

with a heart red as fire

心懷敵意

be hostile

心懷鬼胎

with misgivings in one's heart

心驚膽戰(zhàn)

be deeply alarmed/tremble with fright

心連心

Their hearts are closely linked./Their hearts are joined as one.

心明眼亮

see and think clearly

心往一處想，勁往一處使

work with one heart and one mind

心心相印

see eye to eye with/like-minded/both of the same mind

心血來潮，忘乎所以

forget oneself in a moment of excitement

心有靈犀一點通

Hearts which have a common beat are linked.

心有余而力不足

more than willing but lacking the power to...

心有余悸

with unforgotten trepidation

心照不宣

tacit understanding/not necessary to say more

心中有鬼

have a guilty conscience

信口雌黃，一派胡言

There is sheer nonsense!/irresponsible talk

信口開河，胡說八道

talk at random and utter sheer nonsense/speak at random and talk nonsense

信心百倍，斗志昂揚

full of confidence and high spirit

星星之火，可以燎原

A single spark can start a prairie fire.

興風作浪

stir up trouble/incite and create trouble

行尸走肉

a walk skeleton

行政處分

be given disciplinary penalties

刑訊逼供

extort confession by torture/use torture to extract confessions

形而上學

metaphysics

形形式式

of various forms/of all kinds/of every kind

形“左”實右

"Left" in form but Right in essence

形式主義

formalist/formalism

性質(zhì)不同

different in nature/essentially different

性質(zhì)未定

The nature of the case has yet to be decided.

兇相畢露

reveal the atrocious features

洶涌澎湃

rise in tempestuous waves/rise in a surging tide

胸懷祖國，放眼世界

have the country in heart and the whole world in mind

兄弟般的團結(jié)

fraternal solidarity

兄弟黨關系的準則

principles guiding relations among fraternal Parties

雄赳赳、氣昂昂

valiant and high-spirited

熊熊烈火

raging flames

修正主義思潮

revisionist trend

修正主義苗子

revisionist seedlings

休戚與共

share the same fate/share each other's weal and woe

“秀才不出門，全知天下事”

"Without going outdoors the scholar knows all the wide world's affairs."

“秀才造反，三年不成”

"Scholars stage a rebellion without result even if they try for three years."

嗅覺最靈，眼睛最亮

the keenest nose and the sharpest eyes

臭味相投

like drawn to like

虛無主義

nihilism

虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落后

Modesty helps one to go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

虛張聲勢

make a demonstration/a pompous but empty show of power and influence

旭日東升

the rising sun in the eastern sky

宣傳工具

propaganda media

渲染

exaggerate/create the impression that...

喧囂一時

bluster for a time/raise a hue and cry for a while

懸崖勒馬

ward off disaster at the critical moment/pull back before it is too late

血口噴人

make slanderous charges

血淚仇

vengeful feelings nurtured by blood and tears

血淚史

a history replete with blood and tears/the history of blood and tears

血淋淋的事實

harsh fact

血肉相連，休戚與共

flesh and blood relationship

“血統(tǒng)論”

"blood heritage theory"/"theory of family lineage"

血債累累

heavy blood-debts/blood-steeped

血債血還

The blood-debt must be repaid in kind./demand (pay) blood for blood

血戰(zhàn)到底

fight to the finish/fight the enemy to the last drop of our blood

“學而優(yōu)則仕”

"A good scholar will make an official."

學閥

scholar-tyrants

學工、學農(nóng)、學軍

learn industrial production, agricultural production and military affairs

學先進，比先進，趕先進，幫后進

learn from the advanced, emulate and catch up with the advanced, help those lagging behind

學以致用

learn in order to practice

學用結(jié)合

integrate study and application/link what we learn with practice

學哲學小組

philosophy study group

學制改革

reform in school system

雪中送炭

offer fuel in snowy weather/timely assistance

巡回演出隊

mobile troupe

巡回醫(yī)療隊

mobile medical teams

循環(huán)往復以至無窮

repeat itself in endless cycles

循序漸進

step by step/by regular steps

徇私

practice favoritism

“馴服工具論”

the theory of "docile tools"

殉葬品

a funerary object

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