Chinese Proverbs
Chinese Proverbs
buy lily sell
If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily
behind believe spoken
If what we see is doubtful, how can we believe what is spoken behind the back
attain depends greatest himself
He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.
home sign trouble
Over no home can the sign be hung:There is no trouble here.
knowing
It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing
cold pine season
It is only when the cold season comes that we know the pine and cypress to be evergreens
days goods hold profit sell sure thousand
Hold back some goods for a thousand days and you will be sure to sell at a profit
dig rainy roof thirst
Thatch your roof before rainy weather; dig your well before you become parched with thirst
forget root tree
To forget one's ancestor's is to be a brook without a source, a tree without root
dog painted turned
He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog