Chinese Proverbs on Water (40 Proverbs)
- Water spilled can never be retrieved.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Water thrown out is hard to put back into the container.
(Chinese Proverb)
- We know the worth of water when the well is dry.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Words are mere bubbles of water, but deeds are drops of gold.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A dragon will be teased by a shrimp in a shoal water; a tiger will be bullied by a dog on a treeless plain.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Dripping water can eat through a stone.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Fish cannot survive in absolutely clear water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Fish for the moon in the water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Fish in muddled water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Friendship between gentlemen appears indifferent but is pure like water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- If the well is distant, its water does not quench the thirst of the pilgrim.
(Chinese Proverb)
- It is better to start weaving your fishing nets than merely coveting fish at the water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The melon seller does not announce, The melon seller does not announce, "Bitter melons." Distant water does not put out a nearby fire.
(Chinese Proverb)
- For people who love even water is sweet.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Enough shovels of earth make a mountain, enough pails of water a river.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Don't stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.
(Chinese Proverb)
- One cannot manage too many affairs; like pumpkins in water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Ill gotten gains are like snow that is sprinkled with hot water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- He who sees heaven in the water sees the fishes in the trees.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The remedy for dirt is soap and water. The remedy for dying is living.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The greatest virtue is like water; good for everything.
(Chinese Proverb)
- There are people that fish and those who just disturb the water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When you drink the water, remember the spring.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When the water falls the stone becomes visible.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When the deal is done, discuss it no more; it is difficult to collect dispersed water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When someone gives you a drop of water reward him with a never ending source.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When men are friendly the water is sweet.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Well water is not an enemy of spring water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Weaving a net is better than praying for fish at the edge of the water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Water that has reached its level does not flow.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Water from far away is no good for a fire close by.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Water does not stick to the mountain, and vengeance does not stick to a big heart.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Water can do without fishes, fishes cannot do without water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Water and words are easy to pour but impossible to recover.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Unjustly obtained wealth is as snow sprinkled with hot water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Whenever the water rises, the boat will rise too.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When you drink water, remember where the mountain spring is.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Why jump in the water before the ship turns over.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Flowing water never gets dirty.
(Chinese Proverb)
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