Beautiful is better than ugly.
# 优美胜于丑陋
Explicit is better than implicit.
# 明了胜于晦涩
Simple is better than complex.
# 简洁胜于复杂
Complex is better than complicated.
# 复杂胜于凌乱
Flat is better than nested.
# 扁平胜于嵌套
Sparse is better than dense.
# 间隔胜于紧凑
Readability counts.
# 可读性很重要
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
# 即便假借特例的实用性之名,也不可违背这些规则
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
# 不要包容所有错误,除非你确定需要这样做
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
# 当存在多种可能,不要尝试去猜测
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
# 而是尽量找一种,最好是唯一一种明显的解决方案
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
# 虽然这并不容易,因为你不是 Python 之父
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
# 做也许好过不做,但不假思索就动手还不如不做
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
# 如果你无法向人描述你的方案,那肯定不是一个好方案;
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!
# 命名空间是一种绝妙的理念,我们应当多加利用