Glossary entry

English英语 term or phrase:

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade

Chinese汉语 translation:

随遇而安

Added to glossary by Jeslynn Khoo
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English英语 term

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade

English英语译成Chinese汉语 其它 普通/谈话/问候/信函 General proverb
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade"

化干戈为玉帛 turn hostility into peace;

转危为安 / 化险为夷 turn danger into safety;

化压力为动力 turn the pressure of life into power;

转悲为喜 turn sorrow into joy;

化悲痛为力量 turn sadness into power;

变废为宝 turn rubbish into useful things;

化失败为教训 turn failure into lessons

化腐朽为神奇, similar to 变废为宝

Which one is the closest?
Change log

Jul 14, 2019 21:57: David Lin changed "Term asked" from "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade\\\"" to "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade"

Jul 24, 2019 15:14: Jeslynn Khoo Created KOG entry

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随遇而安

词语解释
[feel at home wherever one is; accept the circumstances with good will]
处在任何环境都能适应并感到满足

成语解释
【解释】随:顺从;遇:遭遇。指能顺应环境,在任何境遇中都能满足。
【出处】清·刘献廷《广阳杂记》一:“随寓而安,斯真隐矣。”
【近义词】与世无争、随俗浮沉
【反义词】愤世嫉俗、愤愤不平

网络解释 百度百科
随遇而安是一个汉语成语,读音为 suí yù ér ān。指能顺应环境,在任何境遇中都能满足。

化压力/悲愤为动力 或 化悲痛为力量 也适合,视文章而定
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agree LIZ LI
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thank you ;)
agree Lauren WuMoran
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English英语 term (edited): when life gives you lemons, make lemonade\"

酸溜溜的生活也可調較成美味的檸檬冷飲

the closest from your list : 化腐朽为神奇

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English英语 term (edited): when life gives you lemons, make lemonade\"

生活以痛吻我,我要报之以歌。

泰戈尔 - 《飞鸟集》
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agree Yongzhen Liu : 这个翻译的很诗意了!
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逆來順受

【逆來順受】When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade!
(字面意思:當生命給你又酸又苦的檸檬時,你可以把它做成又甜又好喝的檸檬汁。)
真正的意思:人生不如意事常八九。山不轉路轉,路不轉人轉,人不轉心轉。
若我們能逆來順受,換個角度心念一轉,化逆境為動力,也能夠逆轉乾坤。
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既来之,则安之。(或”苦中作乐“)

when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
原句字面含义:生活给你柠檬,就用它来做柠檬汁。
注:柠檬是酸的,柠檬汁是新鲜柠檬经榨挤后得到的汁液,酸味极浓,伴有淡淡的苦涩和清香味道。
引申含义:生活给你磨难(困难,逆境等),你就要用它们来成就自己。

Example sentence:

小张初来乍到,人生地不熟的,过得很不开心。好友安慰他:既来之,则安之。

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