Chinese Proverbs (1813 Proverbs)
- Display one's proficiency of axe in front of the master carpenter.
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- Draw a cake to satisfy one's hunger.
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- Even the powerful ox has no defense against flies.
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- Fish a needle in the sea.
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- Fruits of the same tree have different tastes; children of the same mother have various qualities.
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- He that is afraid to shake the dice will never throw a six.
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- Honing your hatchet will not delay your effort of wood cutting.
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- If the lips are gone, the teeth will grow cold.
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- If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
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- Injure others, injure yourself.
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- It is the beautiful bird that gets caged.
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- Light is good from whatever lamp it shines.
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- Making a thousand decisions, even the wise will make a mistake.
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- No matter how the wind howls, the mountain will not bow to it.
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- One beam, no matter how big, cannot support an entire house on its own.
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- One step in the wrong direction will cause you a thousand years of regret.
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- Pass off a fish eye for a pearl.
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- Pull a strand of silk from a tangled mass.
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- Scholars are invaluable to a nation as the best course to a banquet.
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- Stir the grass and alert the snake.
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- The best cure for drunkenness is to observe a drunken person when you are sober.
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- The gem of the sky is the sun; the gem of the house is the child.
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- The one who removed the mountain was the one who began carrying away stones.
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- The weasel comes to say The weasel comes to say "Happy New Year!" to the chickens.
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- Think about your own faults during the first half of the night, and the faults of others during the second half.
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- Throw out a brick to attract a jade.
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- Trees have already been made into a boat.
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- Wealth and obscurity cannot equal poverty and fame.
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- When planning for a year, plant corn
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- Wine does not intoxicate a man -- a man intoxicates himself.
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- You must scale the mountain if you want to view the plain.
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- 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.
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- A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground.
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- 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.
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- Beat the grass to frighten the snakes.
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- Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.
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- Do everything at its right time, and one day will seem like three.
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- Dream different dreams on the same bed.
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- Every bird likes his own nest best.
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- Fish cannot survive in absolutely clear water.
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- Full of courtesy, full of cunning.
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- He that once deceives is ever suspected.
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- 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.
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- If you never go up a hill, you will never know what a plain is like.
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- Intelligence is endowed, but wisdom is learned.
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- 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.
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- Like ants gnawing at a bone.
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- Man fools himself
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- No melon peddler cries, No melon peddler cries, "Bitter melons." No wine dealer says, "Sour wine."
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- One bee makes no honey; one grain makes no rice soup.
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- One thing well done is a hundred done; one thing that fails dooms the rest.
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- Pass oneself off as one of the Yu pipe players in an ensemble.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Pure gold does not fear furnace.
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- Scratching an itch from outside the boot.
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- Strong souls have willpower, weak ones only desires.
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- The best doctors are Dr
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- The gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.
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- The past remembered is a good guide for the future.
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- The wind sweeping through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountain.
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- Think before you speak but do not speak all that you think.
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- Thunder is louder than the little rain warrants.
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- True words may not be pleasant, pleasant words may not be true.
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- What appears beautiful is not always good for you.
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- When the head rope of a net is pulled up, all the meshes open.
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- Winning an argument does not mean one has convinced one's opponent.
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- You will never lose a battle if you know your own situation as well as that of the enemy.
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- A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself.
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- A dream that lasts merely a millet soup's cooking time.
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- A full bottle makes no sound; a half-bottle sloshes around.
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- A long march starts from the very first step.
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- A person cannot be judged by his appearance in the same token as the sea cannot be measured with a bucket.
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- 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
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- Burn one day's gathering of firewood on the same day.
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