儒易杯口譯搶答題

孔子：

1、君子喻于義，小人喻于利。

What a gentleman sees is justice; what a flunky sees is interest.

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2、君子坦蕩蕩，小人長(zhǎng)戚戚。

A gentleman strides up and down; a flunky cringes to frown.

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3、君子周而不比，小人比而不周。

Gentlemen team but do not scheme; flunkies scheme but do not team.

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4、不在其位，不謀其政。

If not in the position, why do the job?

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5、三軍可奪帥也，匹夫不可奪志也。

An army can be deprived of its commander, but a person can’t be deprived of his will.

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6、知者不惑，仁者不憂，勇者不懼。

The wise is not puzzled; the kind is not worried, and the brave is not daunted.

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7、己所不欲，勿施于人。

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.?

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8、死生有命，富貴在天。

Life or death is destined and that riches and ranks depend on Heaven.

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9、君子成人之美，不成人之惡。小人反是。

A gentleman helps others to be accomplished, not helping them to commit sin. A?flunky?does the opposite.

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10、名不正則言不順，言不順則事不成。

If a name is not proper, you can’t use it all right; if you can’t use it all right, you can’t accomplish anything;

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11、父母在，不遠(yuǎn)游，游必有方。

If your parents are living, don’t travel afar; if you do, you must tell them your whereabouts.

A worthy is not alone; he has company to keep.

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12、言必信，行必果。

He means what he says; he succeeds in his deeds.

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13、君子和而不同，小人同而不和。

Gentlemen have peace but disagree; flunkies agree but have no peace.

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14、工欲善其事，必先利其器。

If a workman wants his job perfectly done, his tool he must first hone.

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15、人無(wú)遠(yuǎn)慮，必有近憂。

If one has no cares for future, he must have worries for now.

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16、道不同，不相為謀。

Each aiming other, they don’t plan together.

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17、仕而優(yōu)則學(xué)，學(xué)而優(yōu)則仕。

An official should be a learner, having done well; having done well, a learner should be an official.

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18、知之者不如好之者，好之者不如樂(lè)之者。

Knowing it is not as good as loving it; loving it is not as good as enjoying it.

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19、溫故而知新，可以為師矣。

If through review one knows more, he can be a teacher.

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20、吾十有五而志于學(xué)，三十而立，四十而不惑。

Such am I, determined to learn at fifteen, established at thirty, free from illusions at forty.

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21、學(xué)而不思則罔，思而不學(xué)則殆?！?/p>

Learning without thinking, one strays; thinking without learning, one fails

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22、知之為知之，不知為不知，是知也。

If you know, you know; if you don’t know, you don’t. It is knowing.

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23、三人行，必有我?guī)熝桑粨衿渖普叨鴱闹?，其不善者而改之?！?/p>

In a company of three, my teacher there must be. The worthy I choose and follow, and the unworthy I amend.

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三字經(jīng)

24、人之初，性本善。性相近，習(xí)相遠(yuǎn)。

Man on earth, good at birth; the same nature varies on nurture.

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25、人法地，地法天，天法道，道法自然。

Man is modeled on Earth, Earth on Heaven, Heaven on the Word, and the Word on Nature.

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26、甘其食，美其服，安其居，樂(lè)其俗。

Let people go back to the days of being fed well, dressed well, settled well and happy with the way they are.

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27、上善若水。水善利萬(wàn)物而不爭(zhēng)。

The top goodness is like water, benefiting all, and contending with none.

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28、天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不失。

The net of Heaven is so wide; it lays nothing aside.

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29、信言不美，美言不信；善者不辯，辯者不善。

Faithful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not faithful. He who is good does not have a glib tongue; he who has a glib tongue is not good.

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朱子家訓(xùn)：

30、宜未雨而綢繆，勿臨渴而掘井。

Mend your house against a rain; dig a well before you thirst.

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