Chinese Proverbs
Chinese Proverbs
dig rainy roof thirst
Thatch your roof before rainy weather; dig your well before you become parched with thirst
brink horse late pull reins
When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins
common hall sweep
There is no one to sweep a common hall
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
home sign trouble
Over no home can the sign be hung:There is no trouble here.
becomes days talk three
After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless
carry effort man takes watch
It takes little effort to watch a man carry a load.
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
hope past regret
Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past
consider reputation
Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
easy follow large opened small vessel
When a large vessel has opened a way it is easy for a small one to follow