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You can’t teach an old dog new trick

Chinese translation: 朽木不可雕也！

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English term or phrase:You can’t teach an old dog new trick
Chinese translation:朽木不可雕也！
Entered by: SHbreeze

06:59 Sep 22, 2004
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Other / proverb
English term or phrase: You can’t teach an old dog new trick
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SHbreeze
Local time: 09:40
朽木不可雕也！
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ysun
United States
Local time: 20:40
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4 +6朽木不可雕也！
ysun
4别教老狗学新把戏
Ray Luo
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chica nueva


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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
you can’t teach an old dog new trick
朽木不可雕也！


Explanation:
Just a suggestion.

ysun
United States
Local time: 20:40
Native speaker of: Chinese
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
you can’t teach an old dog new trick
别教老狗学新把戏


Explanation:
我记得这句的中文是如上所述。
意思是老人难学新东西。

Ray Luo
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:40
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
you can’t teach an old dog new trick
2 translations...


Explanation:
新浪教育_新浪网
新浪首页 > 新浪教育 > Teach an old dog new tricks. Teach an old dog new tricks.
http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/06/23 10:09 空中美语. 语音讲解： (点击右键“另存为”可下载语音
). You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 你很难教会老狗耍新把戏。 ...
edu.sina.com.cn/en/2003-06-23/13039.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages


是“人”还是“狗” [南方网教育频道]
... 原文：You can't teach old dogs new tricks.译文：你无法教老狗新把戏。
辨误：翻译是一种跨文化交际，译者要注意英汉词语之间的文化差别。原文是一句英语谚语，
在英语中dog是一个中性偏褒的词，lucky dog（幸运儿），top dog（优胜者 ...
www.southcn.com/edu/english/200405250704.htm - 52k - Cached - Similar pages



chica nueva
Local time: 13:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 50
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