花旗参乌鸡汤中国谚语500条

2021年1月10日发(作者：邹式金)
1．惺惺相惜。 Like knows like.
2．行善积德。 One good turn deserves another.
3．行为漂亮才算美。 Handsome is he who does handsomely.
4．朽木不可雕。 Fools grow without watering.
5．虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward,
whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
6．需要是发明的动力。 Necessity is the mother of invention.
7．需要之时方知友。 A friend is never known till a man has need.
8．蓄势而发 accumulate strength for a take- off
9．学得快，忘得快。 Soon learn, soon forgotten.
10．学问太多催人老。 Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
11．学习的敌人是自己的满足。 Complacency is the enemy of study.
12．血浓于水。 Blood is thicker than water.
13．血债血偿。 Blood will have blood.
14．循序渐进 step by step
15．循序渐进。 Creep（爬行） before you walk.
16.徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
17.严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
18.言为心声。 One's words reflect one's thinking.
19.言行不一。 Saying is one thing and doing another.
20．掩耳盗铃。 The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
21.眼不见，心不烦。 Far from eye, far from heart.
22.眼不见，心为静。 Out of sight, out of mind.
23. 眼见为实。 Seeing is believing.
24.眼泪干得最快。 Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
25.谚语是日常经验的结晶。 Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
26.羊毛出在羊身上。 Like tree, like fruit.
27.要人尊敬，必须自重。 Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
28.要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。 Happy is he who owes nothing.
29.要想求知，就得吃苦。 If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
30.一报还一报。 Like for like.
31.一本好书，相伴一生。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today
and forever.
32.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 Once bitten, twice shy.
33.一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。 Faults are thick where love is thin.
34．一次老，两次小。 Once a man and twice a child.
35.一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A man without money is no man at all.
36.一个好汉三个帮。 Two heads are better than one.
37．一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
38.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。A single flower does not make a spring.
39.一见钟情。 Love at first sight.
40.一见钟情难维久。 Hasty love, soon cold.
41.一箭双雕。 Kill two birds with one stone.
42.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
43.一年之计在于春。 A year's plan starts with spring.
44.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
45.一诺千金。 Promise is debt.
46.一日之计在于晨。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
47.一失足成千古恨。 Old sin makes new shame.
48.一天一苹果，不用请医生。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
49.一心不可二用。 No man can do two things at once.
50.一心不能二用。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
51.一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words.
52.一言既出，驷马难追。 A word spoken is past recalling.
53.一燕不成夏。 One swallow does not make a summer.
54.一叶障目，不见泰山。 Cannot see the wood for the trees.
55.一知半解，自欺欺人。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
56.一着不慎，满盘皆输。 One false move may lose the game.
57.遗臭万年。 A bad thing never dies.
58.以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
59.以人为本 people oriented; people foremost
60.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
61.以贼捉贼。 Set a thief to catch a thief.
62.因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude
63.引狼入室。 He sets the fox to keep the geese.
64.英雄犯大错误。 Great men have great faults.
65.英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.
66.英雄所见略同。 Great minds think alike.
67.永不言败。 Never say die.
68.勇者无惧。 No way is impossible to courage.
69.优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest
70．由一斑可知全貌。 You may know by a handful the whole sack.
71.有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 Custom makes all things easy.
72.有利必有弊。 Every advantage has its disadvantage.
73.有其父必有其子。 Like father, like son.
74.有其母必有其女。 Like mother, like daughter.
75.有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
76.有情人终成眷属 Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.
77.有识之士 people of vision
78.有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。 Many things grow in the garden that
were never sown there.
79.有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain
80.有缘千里来相会 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we
come together as if by predestination.
81.有志者事竟成。 Where there is a will, there is a way.
82.鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey
83.鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。 You cannot eat your cake and have it.
84.愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。 Fools learn nothing from wise
men, but wise men learn much from fools.
85.愚者忘乎所以。 He is a fool that forgets himself.
86.与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 Doing is better than saying.
87.与时俱进 advance with times
88.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。The greatest talkers are always least doers.
89.玉不琢，不成器。 The finest diamond must be cut.
90.预防胜于治疗。 Prevention is better than cure.
91.预防为主，治疗为辅。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
92．欲穷千里目，更上一层楼 to ascend another storey to see a thousand
miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace
a thousand miles? Go up, one flight.
93.欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。 We shall never have friends if
we expect to find them without fault.
94.欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success.
95.欲速则不达。 Fool's haste is no speed.
96.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。 Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away
with it.
97.冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies.
98.冤假错案 cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly
charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
99.远水救不了近火。 Far water does not put out near fire.
100.愿者不难。 What we do willingly is easy.
101.再好的朋友也有分手的时候。 Friends must part.
102.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 The early bird catches the worm.
103.早睡早起身体好。 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,
wealthy and wise.
104.择书如择友。 Choose an author as you choose a friend.
105.债台高筑 become debt- ridden
106.招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful
107.这山望着那山高。 The grass is greener on the other side.
108. 针锋相对 Measure for measure.
109. 真理永存。 Truth never grows old.
110. 真人不露相，露相非真人。 A wise head makes a close mouth.
111.争分夺秒效率高。 One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
112.挣钱容易攒钱难。 It is easier to get money than to keep it.
113.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。 Plain dealing is praised more than
practiced.
114.正人先正己。He is not fit to command others that cannot command
himself.
115．知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can
fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
116.知识就是力量。 Knowledge is power.
117.知音难觅。 A faithful friend is hard to find.
118．知足者常乐。 Content is better than riches.
119．只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 All work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy.
120.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。 The end justifies the means.
121.只有死人才不犯错误。 He is lifeless that is faultless.
122.纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later.
123.纸包不住火。 Murder will out.
124.纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist
125.致命要害 Achilles’ heel
126.智者当差，不用交代。 Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing
to him.
127.智者千虑，必有一失。 Even Homer sometimes nods.
128.“您先请”是礼貌。 “After you” is good manners.
129.爱情不能强求。 Love cannot be compelled.
130.爱情充满烦恼。 Love is full of trouble.
131.爱情是盲目的。 Love is blind.
132.爱挑的担子不嫌重。 A burden of one's choice is not felt.
133.爱屋及乌。 Love me, love my dog.
134.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
135.百闻不如一见。 One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
136.搬弄口舌者必是小人。 Who chatters to you, will chatter of
you.
抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。 Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
背后说好话，才是真朋友。 He is a good friend that speaks well
of us behind our backs.
本末倒置。 Put the cart before the horse.
本性难移。 The leopard cannot change its spots.
笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
比上不足，比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to
fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
笔能杀人。 The pen is mightier than the sword.
别惹麻烦。 Let sleeping dogs lie.
别人错了，不等于你对了。 Two wrongs do not make a right.
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 is not built in a day.
病从口入。 A close mouth catches no flies.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。 Knowledge makes humble, ignorance
makes proud.
不耻下问才能有学问。 A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不打不成交 No discord, no concord.
不到黄河心不死。 Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。 Not to know what happened before one was
born is always to be a child.
不管做什么，都要一心一意。 Whatever you do, do with all your might.
不会撑船怪河弯。 A bad workman always blames his tools.
不进则退。 Not to advance is to go back.
不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。 No cross, no crown.
不可以貌取人。 Never judge from appearances.
不劳动者不得食。 He that will not work shall not eat.
不眠之夜 white night
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。 It never rains but it pours.
不怕慢，单怕站。 Better late than never.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 If you venture nothing, you will have
nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Nothing brave, nothing have.
不善始者不善终。 A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不学无术。 Learn not and know not.
不要班门弄斧。 Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要本末倒置。 Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要不懂装懂。 Don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要混水摸鱼。 Never fish in trouble water.
不要揽事过多。 Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要小题大做。 Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要自找麻烦。 Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one’s best
不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by
personnal losses
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 A good conscience is a soft pillow.
拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul
常客令人厌。 A constant guest is never welcome.
常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。 Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.
抄近路反而绕远路。 The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
陈酒味醇，老友情深。 Old friends and old wines are best.
趁热打铁。 Strike the iron while it is hot.
诚实者最明智。 He is wise that is honest.
吃小亏占大便宜。 Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃一堑，长一智。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。 Experience must be bought.
充耳不闻。 None are so deaf as those who won't hear.
初次见面，印象最深。 First impressions are half the battle.
初生牛犊不怕虎。 The more wit, the less courage.
创业容易守业难。 It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it
always open.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring
out the old year and ring in the new
聪明不是挂在嘴上。 He is a wise man who speaks little.
聪明才智，不如运气。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of
wisdom.
聪明一世，糊涂一时。 No man is wise at all times.
大开眼界 open one’s eyes; broaden one’s horizon; be an
eye- opener
大事化小，小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less
serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
大树底下好乘凉。 Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大智若愚。 He knows most who speaks least.
呆人有呆福。 Fools has fortune.
蛋未孵先数雏。 Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
当局者迷，旁观者清。 Lookers-on see more than players.
道高一尺，魔高一丈。 While the priest climbs a post, the devil
climbs ten.
得朋友难，失朋友易。 A friend is easier lost than found.
滴水穿石。 Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 All are brave when the enemy flies.
鼎力相助。 Put your shoulder to the wheel.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。 Everything is good when new, but
friends when old.
读书健脑，运动强身。 is to the mind while exercise to the body.
读书如交友，应求少而精。 Books and friends should be few but
good.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 By reading we enrich the mind, by
conversation we polish it.
儿时所学，终生难忘。 What is learned in the cradle is carried
to the grave.
儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。 My son is my son till he has
got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
耳朵发烧，有人念叨。 If your ears glow, someone is talking of
you.
耳濡目染，身教言传。 Children are what the mothers are.
凡事不可半途而废。 Do nothing by halves.
凡事都应量力而行。 A man can do no more than he can.
凡事总是由难而易。 All things are difficult before they are easy.
吠犬不咬人。 Barking dogs seldom bite.
分秒必争。 Every minute counts.
风水轮流转。 Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
否极泰来。 Things at the worst will mend.
夫善则妻贤。 A good husband makes a good wife.
福无双至，祸不单行。 Troubles never come singly.
富不过三代。 Great men's sons seldom do well.
覆水难收。 It is no use crying over spilt milk.
隔墙有耳。 Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
各人有各人的苦恼。 Every heart has its own sorrow.
公事公办。 Business is business.
功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.
恭维话不能当饭吃。 Praise is not pudding.
躬亲示范。 Teach others by your example.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。 A little pot is soon hot.
孤芳自赏。 Each bird love to hear himself sing.
寡言者智。 A still tongue makes a wise head.
观察是最好的老师。 Observation is the best teacher.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 A man of words and not of deeds
is like a garden full of weeds.
光阴似箭。 Time flies.
贵人多忘事。 Great wits have short memories.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。 A rolling stone gathers no moss.
国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace
过多夸奖，反成负担。 Too much praise is a burden.
过分熟悉会使人互不服气。 Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
过河拆桥。 The danger past and God forgotten.
过去的就让它过去吧。 Let bygones be bygones.
过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough;
beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
孩子是自己的好。 Every mother's child is handsome.
海底捞月。 Cry for the moon.
海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 The world is but a little place, after
all.
海纳百川。 All rivers run into sea.
害人害己。 Harm set, harm get.
好的开始，是成功的一半。 Well begun is half done.
好东西，失去了才明白。 We know not what is good until we have lost it.
好狗不挡道。 Great barkers are no biters.
好景不常在。 Every day is not Sunday.
好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more
好朋友勤算账。 Short accounts make long friends.
好人不长命。 Whom the gods love die young.
好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。 Praise makes good men better, and
bad men worse.
好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。 Learning makes a good man better
and ill man worse.
好事不出门，恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while
bad news spread far and wide.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。 Bad news has wings.
好书如挚友。 A good book is a good friend.
和气生财 Harmony brings wealth
化敌为友。 Make your enemy your friend.
欢乐不觉时光过。 Happiness takes no account of time.
患难见真情。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
黄金并非万能。 Gold will not buy anything.
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。 When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
谎言站不长。 Lies have short legs.
谎言终究是谎言。 Lies can never changes fact.
活到老，学到老 One is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。 It is never too old to learn.
活着，为了学习。 Learn and live.
火是一把双刃剑。 Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火中取栗。 Pull the chestnut out of fire.
祸不单行。 Misfortunes never come alone.
机不可失，时不再来。 Do it now.
机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。 The fox knew too much, that's
how he lost his tail.
机遇偏爱善断之人。 Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
积习难改。 A leopard cannot change its spots.
集思广益。 Four eyes see more than two.
己所不欲，勿施于人。 Do as you would be done by.
忌妒之人无宁日。 Envy has no holidays.

既来之，则安之。 Take things as they come.
既往不咎 let bygones be bygones
家丑不可外扬。 Wash your dirty linen at home.
家家有本难念的经。 There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
坚持就是胜利。 Success belongs to the persevering.
兼听则明。 Hear all parties.
健康就是幸福。 Health is happiness.
健康胜过财富。 Health is better than wealth.
健康是最大的财富。 Good health is over wealth.
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。 A sound mind in a sound body.
江山易改，本性难移。 A fox may grow gray, but never good.
讲礼貌不吃亏。 One never loses anything by politeness.
骄傲使人落后。 Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
脚踩两只船 sit on the fence
脚踏两条船，必定落空。 If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
脚踏实地 be down-to- earth
节约时间就是延长生命。 To save time is to lengthen life.
结果好，就一切都好。 All that ends well is well.
今日事，今日毕。 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done
today.
金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。 There is no place like home.
金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can’t be pure and man can’t be
perfect.
金无足赤，人无完人。 Every man has his faults.
金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎消灾。 Good watch prevents misfortune.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 Keep good men company and you shall be of
the number.
进攻是最好的防御。 Offense is the best defense.
禁果格外香。 Forbidden fruit is sweet.
经常诉苦，没人同情。 He who makes constant complaint gets little
compassion.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。 Experience is the father of
wisdom and memory the mother.
井干方知水可贵。 We never know the worth of water till the well
is dry.
静水常深。 Still water run deep.
静以修身。 A light heart lives long.
酒后吐真言。 When wine is in truth, wit is out.
旧瓶装新酒。 New wine in old bottles.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。 Every little helps a mickle.
军人以服从命令为天职。 Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
君王发狂，百姓遭殃。 Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as
crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
君子之交淡如水。 A hedge between keeps friendship green.
开卷有益。 enriches the mind.
空谈无补。 Talking mends no holes.
恐惧源于无知。 Fear always springs from ignorance.
苦尽甘来。 Pleasure comes through toil.
蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。 You cannot burn the candle at
both ends.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A candle lights others and consumes
itself.
来而不往非礼也。 Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 Easy come, easy go.
老狗学不出新把戏。 An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老马识途。 The devil knows many things because he is old.
老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché
黎明前的黑暗。 The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
历史往往重演。 History repeats itself.
良好的开端是成功的一半。 A good beginning is half done.
良机勿失。 Make hay while the sun shines.
良药苦口。 A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口利于病。 Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the
mouth.
聊胜于无。 Something is better than nothing.
烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。 The fire is the test of gold, adversity
of strong man.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 Where there is life, there is hope.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。 Time tries all.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。 Every man has his hobbyhorse.
马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success
迈出第一步是最艰难的。 The first step is the only difficulty.
猫有九条命。 A cat has 9 lives.
茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened
没有不长草的园子。 No garden without its weeds.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。 No rose without a thorn.
没有长生不老药。 There is no medicine against death.
没有妒忌就没有爱情。 Love is never without jealousy.
没有付出就没有收获。 No pains, no gains.
没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms
or standards.
没有苦就没有乐。 No pleasure without pain.
没有朋友，虽生犹死。 Life without a friend is death.
没有生而知之者。 No man is born wise or learned.
没有十全十美的朋友。 A friend without faults will never be
found.
没有消息就是好消息。 No news is good news.
没有追求就没有收获。 Nothing seek, nothing find.
每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of
one’s dear ones far away. It is on the festival occasions when one misses
his dear most.
美德远远胜过美貌。 Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美名胜过美貌。 A good fame is better than a good face.
门门精通，样样稀松。 Jack of all trades and master of none.
名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
摸清情况再行动。 Look before you leap.
魔鬼有时也会说真话。 The devil sometimes speaks the truth.
谋事在人，成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with
Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。 Man proposes, God disposes.
母爱永恒。 A mother's love never changes.
木已成舟。 The die is cast.
拿手好戏 masterpiece
能言是银，沉默是金。 Speech is silver, silence is gold.
逆境出人才。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆水行舟，不进则退。 He who does not advance loses ground.
宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 Prefer loss to unjust gain.
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。 It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
浓缩的都是精品。 A little body often harbors a great soul.
弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
爬得高，摔得惨。 The higher up, the greater the fall.
爬得越高，摔得越重。 He that climbs high falls heavily.
旁观者清。 The outsider sees the most of the game.
抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with
valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad
朋友不能阿谀奉承。 I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友是时间的窃贼。 Friends are thieves of time.
朋友之间不分彼此。 Between friends all is common.
朋友之间也会保持距离。 Friends agree best at distance.
骗人发不了财。 Cheats never prosper.
破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way
of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
普天之下，莫非王土。 Kings have long arms.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。 A good wife health is a man's best
wealth.
千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first
step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
前车之鉴。 One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前怕狼,后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind
hesitate in doing something
前人栽树,后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose
shade another generation rests. One sows and another reaps.
前事不忘,后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a
guide for the future.
钱不是万能的。 Money isn't everything.
强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to
control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford
to neglect local bullies.
强扭的瓜不甜。 You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him
drink.
强强联手 win-win co- operation
强中自有强中手。 Diamond cuts diamond.
抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities
巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can’t make a fist.
One can’t make bricks without straw.
亲兄弟，明算账。 Even reckoning makes long friends.
勤奋是成功之母。 Industry is the parent of success.
勤工出巧匠。 Work makes the workman.
清者自清，浊者自浊。 The wise man knows he knows nothing, the
fool thinks he knows all.
情人眼里出西施。 Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
穷则思变。 Adversity leads to prosperity.
人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。 Tit for tat is fair play.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。 Judge not from appearances.
人不为己，天诛地灭。 Every man for himself, and the devil takes
the hindmost.
人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人非圣贤，孰能无过。 To err is human.
人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.
人贵有自知之明。 To know oneself is true progress.
人过半生，方知天命。 Life is half spent before we know what it
is.
人海战术 huge-crowd strategy
人间处处有温情。 There is kindness to be found everywhere.
人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。 When everybody's somebody then nobody's
anybody.
人人都有弱点。 Every man has his weak side.
人人负责，等于没人负责。 Everybody's business is nobody's
business.
人人平等。 A cat may look at a king.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。 If you make yourself an ass, don't
complain if people ride you.
人生并不是康庄大道。 Life is not all roses.
人生苦短。 Life is but a span.
人生在世，唯死难逃。 Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人是万物之灵。 Man is the soul of the universe.
人心不足蛇吞象。 No man is content.
人言可畏。 The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
人越高尚，越谦虚。 The more noble, the more humble.
人之初,性本善 Man’s nature at birth is good.
忍耐是良药。 Patience is the best remedy.
任何法规均有例外。 There is no general rule without some exception.
乳臭未干。 Wet behind the ears.
入国问禁，入乡随俗。 When in , do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。 Do as the Romans do.
瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.
瑞雪兆丰年。 A snow year, a rich year.
塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。 Many heads are better than one.
三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
三思而后行。 Think twice before you do.
色厉内荏。 A bully is always a coward.
杀鸡取卵。 If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel
山不在高，有仙则名 No matter how high the mountain is, its name will
spread far and wide if there is a fairy;
闪光的不一定都是金子。 All that glitters is not gold.
善始者善终。 A good beginning makes a good ending.
善有善报。 Do well and have well.
伤心旧事别重提。 When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
上当一回头，再多就可耻。 If a man deceives me once, shame on him,
if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上有天堂，下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are
Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 A young idler, an old beggar.
身正不怕影子斜。 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)
生米煮成熟饭了。 What's done cannot be undone.
胜者为王，败者为寇。 Losers are always in the wrong.
失败是成功之母。 Failure is the mother of success.
失去健康，钱再多也没用。 Wealth is nothing without health.
失者不可复得。 What's lost is lost.
失之毫厘，差之千里。 A miss is as good as a mile.
十年树木，百年树人。 It takes three generations to make a
gentleman.
什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。 To know everything is to know nothing.
什么人交什么朋友。 A man is known by his friends.
什么样的老师教什么样的学生。 Like teacher, like pupil.
时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待。 Time and tide wait for no man.
时光流逝，不可复得。 Time lost cannot be won again.
时间不能倒流。 Time past cannot be called back again.
时间就是金钱。 Time is money.
时间是医治一切创伤的良药。 Time cures all things.
时钟不能倒转。 One cannot put back the clock.
实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell
it as it is
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for
testing truth.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。 Empty vessels make the greatest
sound.
实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic;
be true to facts
实事求是。 Seek the truth from facts.
世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。 The world is a ladder for some to go up and
others to go down.
世上没有万事通。 No living man all things can.
世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。 Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。 Nothing in the world is difficult for
one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 Nothing is difficult to the man who will
try.
世上无难事，只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.
世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of
the world;
事出有因。 Where there is smoke, there is fire.
事后诸葛亮好当。 It is easy to be wise after the event.
事实胜于雄辩。 Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。 Fact speak louder than words.
事业是人生的第一需要。 Business is the salt of life.
视而不见。 None are so blind as those who won't see.
是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。 You never know what you can till you
try.
收获与风险并存。 He who risks nothing gains nothing.
书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。 There is no royal road to
learning.
熟得快，烂得快。 Soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟能生巧。 Practice makes perfect.
树大招风。 Tall trees catch much wind.
谁都有得意的时候。 Every dog has his day.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。 He laughs best who laughs last.
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, can’t be repaid
by grass.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水火无情。 Fire and water have no mercy.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟。 The water that bears the boat is the same
that swallows it up.
水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.
说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.
说曹操，曹操就到。 Talk of the devil and he will appear.
说大话者多谎言。 A great talker is a great liar.
说得容易，做得难。 Easier said than done.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 A liar is not believed when he
speaks the truth.
说一遍，不如做一遍。 Example is better then percept.
死得其所，流芳百世。 A fair death honors the whole life.
死而后已 until my heart stops beating
死亡面前，人人平等。 The end makes all equal.
四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
岁岁平安 Peace all year round
岁月既往，一去不回。 Lost time is never found again.
太阳也有黑点。 There are spots in the sun.
贪多嚼不烂。 The eye is bigger than the belly.
贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。 Please the eye and plague the heart.
贪小便宜吃大亏。 Penny wise, pound foolish.
糖衣炮弹 sugar- coated bullets
螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。 The wolf has a winning game when the
shepherds quarrel.
韬光养晦 hide one’s capacities and bide one’s time
天才不过是勤奋而已。 Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 Justice has long arms.
天下没有不散的筵席。 All good things come to an end.
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。 Nature is the true law.
天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the
blue
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。 It is the unforeseen that always
happens.
条条大路通罗马。 All roads lead to .
跳进黄河洗不清 eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not
wash oneself clean--there’s nothing one can do to clear one’s name
听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
同行是冤家。 Two of a trade seldom agree.
偷盗一次，做贼一世。 Once a thief, always a thief.
兔子不吃窝边草。 The fox preys farthest from home.
团结就是力量 Unity is strength.
团结就是力量。 Unity is strength.
歪风邪气 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
外出旅行，语言最要紧。 Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
万事开头难。 It is the first step that costs troublesome.
亡羊补牢，为时未晚。 Never too old to learn, never too late to
turn.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。 Every potter praises hit pot.
往事如风 The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What
in past, is past.
望子成龙 hold high hopes for one’s child
唯利是图 draw water to one’s mill
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。 Great hopes make great man.
伟人也有犯错时。 The best man stumbles.
文如其人。 Like author, like book.
文韬武略 military expertise; military strategy
问路总比迷路好。 Better to ask the way than go astray.
问题皆有两面。 There are two sides to every question.
瓮中之鳖。 Like a rat in a hole.
我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。 Tomorrow never comes.
屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it
pours.
无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There’s no smoke
without fire.
无风不起浪。 No smoke without fire.
无官一身轻。 Out of office, out of danger.
无私者无畏。 The best hearts are always the bravest.
无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout
roots
无债一身轻。 Out of debt, out of danger.
无中生有 makecreate something out of nothing
五十步笑百步。 The pot calls the kettle black.
物以类聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。 Birds of a feather flock together.
吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。 Happy is the man who learns from
the misfortunes of others.
息事宁人 pour oil on troubled waters
习惯是后天养成的。 Custom is a second nature.
洗心革面，改过自新。 Turn over a new leaf.
喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 A joke never gains an enemy
but loses a friend.
先苦后甜。 No sweet without sweat.
先来后到。 First come, first served.
先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.
先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound
先想后说。 First think and then speak.
先学走，再学跑。 Learn to walk before you run.
现身说法 warn people by taking oneself as an example
想不犯错误，就一事无成。 He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 A stitch in time saves nine.
小人无大志。 Little things amuse little minds.
小心隔墙有耳。 Walls have ears.
小心驶得万年船。 Caution is the parent of safety.
泄漏天机。 Let the cat out of the bag.
心病还需心药医。 Habit cures habit.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。 A merry heart goes all the way.
心贪手长。 Greedy folks have long arms.
心想事成 May all your wish come true
心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent;
tacit understanding
新仇旧恨，齐上心头。 When sorrows come, they come not single
spies, but in battalions.
新官上任三把火。 A new broom sweeps clean.


智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。 Wise man have their mouths in their
hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.
忠言逆耳利于行。 Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 As a man sows, so he shall reap.
众口难调。 It is hard to please all.
众口铄金，积毁销骨。 Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众人拾柴火焰高。 Many hands make light work.
众矢之的 target of public criticism
竹篮子打水一场空。 Pour water into a sieve.
烛台底下最暗。 The darkest place is under the candlestick.
字如其人。 The style is the man.
自嘲者不会让人见笑。 He is not laughed at that laughs at himself
first.
自己不动，叫天何用。 Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。 We should never remember
the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
自己的命运自己掌握。 Every man is the architect of his own
fortune.
自信是走向成功的第一步。 Confidence in yourself is the first
step on the road to success.
自由放任，一事无成。 Too much liberty spills all.
自助者天助。 God helps those who help themselves.
昨日不会重现。 No one can call back yesterday.
左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the
rock and the hard place
坐井观天。 The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
坐失良机，后悔已迟。 It is too late to grieve when the chance
is past.
做你的吧，天塌不下来。 Come what may, heaven won't fall.
做人诚信为本。 Honesty is the best policy.
做贼心虚。 Guilty consciences make men cowards.