Chinese Proverbs (1813 Proverbs)
- A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man made perfect without trials.
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- A man of honor will feel ashamed by a single question to which he does not know the answer.
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- A person moves up while water runs down.
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- A year's harvest counts on spring; a man's success counts on his diligence.
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- An iron rod can be ground down to become a needle.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Before preparing to improve the world, first look around your own home three times.
(Chinese Proverb)
- By filling one's head instead of one's pocket, one cannot be robbed.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Do not create in anger what you lack in reason.
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- Drinks down your sorrow, but your sorrow returns the morning after.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
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- Fish in muddled water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day
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- He who does not feed his cat will feed rats.
(Chinese Proverb)
- I was angered, for I had no shoes
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- If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home
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- If you suspect someone, don't employ them; if you employ someone, don't suspect them.
(Chinese Proverb)
- It is a little thing to starve to death; it is a serious matter to lose one's virtue.
(Chinese Proverb)
- It takes a year to make a friend, but you can lose one in an hour.
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- Like neither a donkey nor a horse.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Marking the Boat to Seek One's Sword.
(Chinese Proverb)
- No one has an exclusive on opportunity
(Chinese Proverb)
- One day as a tiger is worth a thousand as a sheep.
(Chinese Proverb)
- One who is fit to sit facing the south.
(Chinese Proverb)
- People can no more be judged by their looks than the sea can be measured in bushels.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Putting out a fire while holding firewood.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Seek fish on a tree.
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- Success in the end erases all the mistakes along the way.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The butterfly becomes only when it's entirely ready.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The greater your troubles, the greater is your opportunity to show yourself a worthy person.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The people sitting in the free theater seats are the first ones to boo.
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- The wolf barks in vain at the moon.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Those who do not read are no better off than those who can not.
(Chinese Proverb)
- To be totally at leisure for one day is to be immortal for one day.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Two tigers cannot share one mountain (forest).
(Chinese Proverb)
- What is fated to be yours will always return to you.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When the lamps in the house are lit it is like the flowering of lotus on the lake.
(Chinese Proverb)
- With happiness comes intelligence to the heart.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A big tree attracts the gale.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A dry finger cannot pick up salt.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A girl apes her neighbor's frowning.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A man should choose a friend who is better than himself
(Chinese Proverb)
- A person of high principles is one who can watch an entire chess game without making a comment.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Add a flower to a bouquet.
(Chinese Proverb)
- An overturned cart ahead warns the one behind.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Before you beat the dog, find out the name of his master.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations, can never effect a reform.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Do not do all you can, do not spend all that you have, do not believe all that you hear, and do not tell all that you know.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Dripping water can eat through a stone.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Everything in the past died yesterday, and everything in the future is born today.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Flies never infest an egg without cracks.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day
(Chinese Proverb)
- He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it.
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- If a girl seems as shy as a mouse, you still have to look out for the tiger within her.
(Chinese Proverb)
- If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed for.
(Chinese Proverb)
- If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain
(Chinese Proverb)
- It is better to save your innocence at the cost of your honor, than to save your country at the cost of your life.
(Chinese Proverb)
- It takes more than one cold day for a river to freeze three feet deep.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Listen to all, pluck a feather from every passing goose, but follow no one absolutely.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.
(Chinese Proverb)
- No one is more afraid of ghosts than those that don't believe in them.
(Chinese Proverb)
- One dog snarls at a shadow; a hundred howl at each other's barking.
(Chinese Proverb)
- One who knows the limit knows true happiness.
(Chinese Proverb)
- People fool themselves
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- Rage is not without reason.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Send charcoal in a snow storm.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Survive the Jaw of a Tiger.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The company of the wicked is like living in a fish market; one becomes used to the foul odor.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The heart of a little child is like the heart of buddha.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The people who talk the best are not the only ones who can tell you the most interesting things.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The world is our house
(Chinese Proverb)
- Those who know when they have enough are rich.
(Chinese Proverb)
- To be uncertain is uncomfortable, but to be certain is ridiculous.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Unless there is opposing wind, a kite cannot rise.
(Chinese Proverb)
- What is lighter than a feather? The wind
(Chinese Proverb)
- When there are no great tigers in the deep mountains, even a monkey can become king.
(Chinese Proverb)
- With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A bird cannot roost but on one branch
(Chinese Proverb)
- A fall into a ditch, a gain in your wit.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A governor may commit arson while the governed are not allowed to light a lamp.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A man who cannot tolerate small misfortunes can never accomplish great things.
(Chinese Proverb)
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