Chinese Proverbs (1813 Proverbs)
- A bad worker quarrels with his tools.
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- A dragon will be teased by a shrimp in a shoal water; a tiger will be bullied by a dog on a treeless plain.
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- A frog in a well shaft
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- A load of books does not equal one good teacher.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A weir close to completion left undone due to the shortage of a basket of earth.
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- An image of a bamboo has already been formed in mind before it is committed to the painting canvas.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Beat the grass to frighten the snakes.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Do everything at its right time, and one day will seem like three.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Dream different dreams on the same bed.
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- Every bird likes his own nest best.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Fish cannot survive in absolutely clear water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Full of courtesy, full of cunning.
(Chinese Proverb)
- He that once deceives is ever suspected.
(Chinese Proverb)
- I dreamed a thousand new paths
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- If the well is distant, its water does not quench the thirst of the pilgrim.
(Chinese Proverb)
- If you never go up a hill, you will never know what a plain is like.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Intelligence is endowed, but wisdom is learned.
(Chinese Proverb)
- It is too late for a galloping horse to stop at a clip; it is useless for a sinking boat to be mended in the middle of a river.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Like ants gnawing at a bone.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Man fools himself
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- No melon peddler cries, No melon peddler cries, "Bitter melons." No wine dealer says, "Sour wine."
(Chinese Proverb)
- One bee makes no honey; one grain makes no rice soup.
(Chinese Proverb)
- One thing well done is a hundred done; one thing that fails dooms the rest.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Pass oneself off as one of the Yu pipe players in an ensemble.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Pure gold does not fear furnace.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Scratching an itch from outside the boot.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Strong souls have willpower, weak ones only desires.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The best doctors are Dr
(Chinese Proverb)
- The gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The past remembered is a good guide for the future.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The wind sweeping through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountain.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Think before you speak but do not speak all that you think.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Thunder is louder than the little rain warrants.
(Chinese Proverb)
- True words may not be pleasant, pleasant words may not be true.
(Chinese Proverb)
- What appears beautiful is not always good for you.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When the head rope of a net is pulled up, all the meshes open.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Winning an argument does not mean one has convinced one's opponent.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You will never lose a battle if you know your own situation as well as that of the enemy.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A dream that lasts merely a millet soup's cooking time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A full bottle makes no sound; a half-bottle sloshes around.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A long march starts from the very first step.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A person cannot be judged by his appearance in the same token as the sea cannot be measured with a bucket.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A wise man is able to adapt to the surprises of life as water to the decanter it is poured in.
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- An inch of time is an inch of gold, but an inch of time cannot be purchased for an inch of gold.
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- Beauty is the wisdom of women
(Chinese Proverb)
- Burn one day's gathering of firewood on the same day.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Do not believe that you will reach your destination without leaving the shore.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Drinking with a bosom friend, a thousand shots are too few; Talking with a disagreeable person, half a sentence is too many.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Every book must be chewed to get out its juice.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Fish for the moon in the water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Gems are polished by rubbing, just as men are made brilliant by trials.
(Chinese Proverb)
- He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.
(Chinese Proverb)
- I hear and I forget, I see and I remember
(Chinese Proverb)
- If there are no clouds there will be no rain.
(Chinese Proverb)
- If you plant melons , you get melons; if you plant beans, you get beans.
(Chinese Proverb)
- It does not matter if your tavern sits in a remote location so long as the smell of your wine is appealing.
(Chinese Proverb)
- It takes a tree ten years to mature; it takes a man one hundred years to form.
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- Like bamboo shoots after rain.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Man's heart is never satisfied; the snake would swallow the elephant.
(Chinese Proverb)
- No melon-peddler cries: Bitter melons
(Chinese Proverb)
- One courts misfortune by flaunting wealth.
(Chinese Proverb)
- One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Peace and tranquillity are a thousand gold pieces.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Put one person's hat on another's head.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago
(Chinese Proverb)
- The great wall stands; the builder is gone.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The peacock hath fair feathers, but a foul voice.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The wise man shapes himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Those who bully the weak are cowards before the strong.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Time is like a river - it flows by and doesn't return.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Turn iron (or stone) into gold by the touch.
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- What first appears as a calamity may later bring good fortune.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When the itch is inside the boot, scratching outside provides little consolation.
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- Wisdom is attained by learning when to hold one's tongue.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You won't help the new plants grow by pulling them up higher.
(Chinese Proverb)
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