Chinese Proverbs
Chinese Proverbs
attain depends greatest himself
He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.
common hall sweep
There is no one to sweep a common hall
brink horse late pull reins
When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins
soldier
The soldier who retreated 50 paces jeered at the one who retreated 100 paces
broken eggs nest
In the broken nest there are no whole eggs
becomes days talk three
After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless
anyone
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it
plain scale view
If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain
buy lily sell
If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily
decide quitting rules three time
If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time
black blame dog gets white
The black dog gets the food; the white dog gets the blame
duck flight flock fly leads wild
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck leads the flock to fly and follow.
beginning call names wisdom
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names
truth
The broad-minded see the truth in different religions; the narrow-minded see only the differences