English Translation of Philosophical Proverbs
Rainy Rose
2023-07-20 03:36:42
English Proverbs
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1. Professionals see the door, laymen see the bustle.

The expert watches the doorway, the layman watches the lively.

2. The family has a vast expanse of fertile land. It's better to spend every penny every day.

Families with good fields are worth ten thousand hectares.

3. A thousand gold cannot buy a heart.

Thousands of gold are hard to buy. Thousands of gold do not sell.

4. I know where my shoes are tight.

My shoes, I know where it's tight.

5. The first time you are fooled, the second time you are convinced.

If you fall for it, you will have a bright heart.

6. When water falls, stones appear.

Water falls into stone, and people's hearts and minds grow with each passing day.

7. When you go, you must go. You can't stay any longer.

When you go, you have to go. You can't keep it again and again.

8. A thousand studies are better than one look, and a thousand looks are better than one practice.

Learning is better than seeing, and practicing is better than seeing.

9. Fear not ghosts, but fear people.

If you are not afraid of ghosts, you are afraid of people.

10. Coarse food is good for people, and rough work is good for people's health.

Rough food feeds people, and rough living helps people.

11. People have to bow their heads under the eaves.

People under the eaves have to bow their heads.

12. Just talk and don't practice fake skills, just practice and don't say true skills, even talk and practice the whole skills.

Just say no fake handle, just practice no true handle, even say and practice all handle.

13. Don't waste water near the river, and don't waste firewood near the mountain.

Neighbouring rivers do not waste water; neighbouring mountains do not waste firewood.

14. Eat what tastes good, and say what is right.

Eat delicious food, say it's reasonable.

15. Little without learning, old without knowledge.

Little without learning, old without knowing.

16. Better have half a meal than a meal.

Better eat half a meal than snack.

17. You should put rice in cooking and be reasonable in speaking.

Cook rice and speak reasonably.

18. Brothers will not cheat with their neighbors, and will not cheat with their neighbors.

If a brother does not deceive his neighbour, he will not deceive his neighbour.

19. More rain in time, less late warning.

Rain more in time and fire less afterwards.

20. A good dog never bites a chicken, and a good man never beats his wife.

A good dog does not bite a chicken, a good man does not beat his wife.

21. The seller blames the feet, and the buyer blames the shoes.

The seller has strange feet and the buyer has strange shoes.

22. People walk high and water flows low.

People go up and water flows down.

23. When the country is in turmoil, people think of good looks; when their families are poor, they think of good wives.

A country in turmoil thinks of a good wife, but a family in poverty thinks of a good wife.

24. The head bowed is wheat, and the head raised is barnyard grass.

Head down is the ear of wheat, head up is barnyard grass.

25. Do not burn incense to offend God or talk to offend people.

He will not burn incense to offend God, nor speak to offend people.

26. Wild geese are eaten in the south and eggs are eaten in the north.

The South eats geese while the North eats eggs.

27. Stupid people get up first, and stupid birds leave the forest early.

A fool gets up first, and a foolish bird comes out early.

28. One hundred years of entrepreneurship and one day of failure.

Start a business for a hundred years, lose one day.

29. Don't miss the moment.

Opportunity is not lost, time never comes again.

30. The old tree is half empty, and the old man knows everything.

Old trees are half hollow, old people know everything.

31. Always think at times, never think at times.

Sometimes I think about it all the time, but sometimes I don't think about it all the time.

32. Stealing needles in an hour is worth stealing gold.

Stealing needles in an hour is bigger than stealing gold.

33. Three days without oral education and three years without manual education.

Three days do not read oral, three years do not do manual.

34. It is difficult for coarse silk to weave fine silk, and it is difficult for coarse people to do fine work.

It is difficult for coarse silk to weave fine silk and for rough people to do fine work.

35. Seeing is better than hearing, doing is better than saying.

A hundred words are better than one deed.

36. Every little makes a mickle.

Every little makes a lot, every evil makes a misfortune.

37. Don't forgive people when they are old, and don't forgive the weather when it is seasonal.

Age does not spare people, season does not spare days.

38. Save one mouth every meal and one bucket every year.

A meal saves a mouthful and a bushel a year.

39. We are not afraid of irreverence, but of injustice.

If you are not afraid of being disrespectful, you are afraid of being wrong.

40. Forget about helping others, and remember when others help themselves.

Help others to forget, help others to remember.

41. Focus on the big and start from the small.

Start from the big and start from the small.

42. Don't covet people's wealth, and don't dislike people's poverty.

No man is rich, no man is poor.

43. Playing the piano and talking with bosom friends.

Play the piano and talk to your intimate friend.

44. If you listen at the same time, you will be bright; if you listen at the same time, you will be dark.

It is clear to listen at the same time, but dark to listen at the same time.

45. Eat like a dragon and live like a worm.

Eating like a dragon, doing like a worm.

46. It is better to plant and discard than not to reap.

It is better to plant and throw than not to harvest.

47. If people respect me, I will respect them.

People respect me one foot, I respect people one tenth.

48. Cold porridge and cold rice are delicious, and cold words are unpleasant.

Cold porridge and cold meal are delicious and cold words are uncomfortable.

49. Gold is like gold, and jade is like jade.

Gold is like gold, and jade is like jade.

50. If you don't eat, you will be hungry; if you don't read, you will be stupid.

If you don't eat, you will be hungry; if you don't read, you will be foolish.

51. We should know that our parents are kind and we should embrace our children and grandchildren.

Parents should know how kind they are and hold their children and grandchildren in their arms.

52. Sometimes there must be something in your life. Don't ask for it at any time in your life.

Sometimes there must be something in life, but there is no demand in life.

53. There are some officials in the court, and there are dogs at home.

There are good officials in the court and good dogs at home.

54. It is better to be thin than hungry.

Better call it Dunton Sparse than a hunger.

55. The river is long with many beaches and the road is long with many bends.

There are many beaches in the river and many bends in the road.

56. The drum shall be played to the point, and the flute shall be played to the eye.

Drum to hit the point, flute to blow to the eye.

57. Good Khan protects three villages and good dog protects three neighbors.

Good sweat protects three villages and good dog protects three neighbours.

58. It's easy to see a king, but it's hard to find a kid.

King is good to see, but little devil is hard to ask.

59. Talk to people and ghosts.

See people talk and ghosts talk.

60. Not afraid of shallow knowledge, but afraid of short ambition.

If you are not afraid of shallow learning, you are afraid of short ambition.

61. One today is better than two tomorrow.

One today is better than two tomorrows.

62. Illness comes like a mountain, and goes like a thread.

Diseases come down like mountains and go away like threads.

63. Do not lose the right, and do not dispute the unreasonable.

Reason cannot be discarded and unreasonable cannot be disputed.

64. No stop, no flow, no stop.

No congestion, no flow, no more.

65. If it rains for a hundred days, there will always be a sunny day.

It's rainy for a hundred days, and there's always a sunny day.

66. Do not take off your shoes until you reach the river, and do not uncover the pot until you reach the heat.

Do not take off your shoes until you reach the river, or uncover the pot until you reach the fire.

67. If you respect others, they will respect you.

You respect people one foot, people respect you one foot.