Chinese Proverbs (1813 Proverbs)
- When there are two in a lawsuit only a third will profit from it.
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- When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.
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- Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Unplowed fields make hollow bellies; unread books make hollow minds.
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- When your neighbor walks through your orchard, the polite thing to do is to ignore it.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When the water falls the stone becomes visible.
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- When a woman talks to you, smile but do not listen.
(Chinese Proverb)
- We can study until old age and still not finish.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Unles we change direction, we are likely to wind up where we are headed.
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- When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.
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- When the tree dies, the grass underneath withers.
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- When a man is crazy about a woman only she can cure him.
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- We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to a halt.
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- Unjustly obtained wealth is as snow sprinkled with hot water.
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- When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When the mantis hunts the locust, he forgets the shrike that's hunting him.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When a large vessel has opened a way it is easy for a small one to follow.
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- We all like lamb; each has a different way of cooking it.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Two good talkers are not worth one good listener.
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- When you say one thing, the clever person understands three.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When the lamps in the house are lighted it is like the flowering of lotus on the lake.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When a king makes a mistake, all the people suffer.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Water that has reached its level does not flow.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Two barrels of tears will not heal a bruise.
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- When you have read a book for the first time, you get to know a friend; read it for a second time and you meet an old friend.
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- When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When a finger points at the moon, the imbecile looks at the finger.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Water from far away is no good for a fire close by.
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- Treat thoughts as guests and wishes as children.
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- When you are very angry, don't go to a lawyer; when you are very hungry, don't be a poet.
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- When the deal is done, discuss it no more; it is difficult to collect dispersed water.
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- When a finger is pointing at the moon, the fool looks at the finger.
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- Water does not stick to the mountain, and vengeance does not stick to a big heart.
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- Transgressions should never be forgiven a third time.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
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- Within the four seas all man are brethren.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Who is inferior and is ashamed of it proves that he really is inferior.
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- With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich.
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- With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Who arrives in the darkness departs as night falls.
(Chinese Proverb)
- With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
(Chinese Proverb)
- While wrangling over a quarter of pig, you can lose a flock of sheep.
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- With money you can make the dead speak; without it you can't even keep the deaf quiet.
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- While keeping a tiger from the front door, the wolf comes in at the back.
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- With money, a dragon -- without it, a worm.
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- Where there's a will to condemn there is also evidence.
(Chinese Proverb)
- With money one may command devils; without it, one cannot even summon a man.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Where a chest lieth open, a righteous man may sin.
(Chinese Proverb)
- With a frog in the well you don't talk about the ocean.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Win a cat and lose a cow -- the consequence of litigation.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Why jump in the water before the ship turns over.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Whoever tears his clothes must mend them himself.
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- Whoever tastes from the head of a poppy will not expect any thing from love.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Whoever keeps his door locked all the time longs for it to be broken down.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Whoever buys a house must examine the beams; whoever wants a wife must look at her mother.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Women are as beautiful as flowers when they are forty years old.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Who teaches me for a day is my father for a lifetime.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You cannot pick up salt with dry fingers.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You think you've lost your horse? Who knows, he may bring a whole herd back to you someday.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You cannot draw white cloth from a dying vat.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You never are so easily mistaken as when you think you know the way.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You cannot cook two meals in the same pot.
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- You need your wits about you the most when you are dealing with an idiot.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You must scale the mountains if you would view the plain.
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- You can mirror something from other people; you can only give out that which is your own.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You must have crossed the river before you may tell the crocodile he has bad breath.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You can live with tea and cold rice but not with cold words.
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- You don't need a dog to catch a lame hare.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You can lean on a bamboo stick, but not on a rope.
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- You can't look at the stars while you are walking if you have a stone in your shoe.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You can be cautious about the future but not the past.
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- You can't load a small boat with heavy cargo.
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- You always win by not saying the things you don't have to say.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You can't fill your belly painting pictures of bread.
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- You can accompany a friend for a thousand miles but at some time you must take your leave.
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- You can chop a man's head off, but you can't keep him quiet.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You can't fare well, but you must cry roast meat.
(Chinese Proverb)
- You buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones.
(Chinese Proverb)
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