Before you beat a dog, find out who its master is.
More Chinese Proverbs:
Want a thing long enough, and you don't.Chinese
If you have nothing else to offer me, offer me your smile.
Chinese
It's not that the well is too deep, but rather the rope is too short.
Chinese
Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad.
Chinese
It is easy to get a thousand soldiers, but difficult to get one general.
Chinese
You won't help shoots grow by pulling them up higher.
Chinese