A Chinese proverb

When you touch gold, it’s like gold, when you touch jade, it’s like jade.

When eight are ripe, ten percent will be harvested; when ten are ripe, twenty percent will be lost.

He who steers the ship does not panic, and he who rides the ship is steady.

White rice is delicious, but grain fields are difficult to grow.

It rains for a hundred days, but there will always be sunshine.

One sight is not as good as a hundred hearings, and one action is not as good as a hundred seeings.

A prodigal spends money like dung, but a wealthy family cherishes dung like gold.

To help people, you must help them to the end, and to save people, you must save them to the end.

Forget about helping others, and remember when others help you.

When you are full, you are hungry, and when you are sunny, you are carrying an umbrella.

Excessive drinking and overeating can easily lead to illness, so regular and rationing is recommended to ensure health.

No discussion behind the scenes, no opinions in person.

The stupid man gets up first, and the stupid bird comes out of the forest early.

A whipping horse is a busy person.

Only by asking questions while learning can you become knowledgeable.

Disease enters from the mouth, and cold starts from the feet.

Disease enters through the mouth and disaster comes out of the mouth.

If you don’t thank the doctor for your recovery, there will be no doctor next time.

When he was ill, he sought medical treatment indiscriminately and burned incense in temples.

Sickness comes like a mountain falling, and sickness goes away like a thread spinning.

Patients have many worries and are busy with many things.

Fix the leaks while the weather is clear, and study while you are young.

It is difficult to develop courage without taking three-point risks

If you are not a householder, you will not know the value of firewood and rice, and if you are not raising children, you will not know the kindness of your parents

Don’t take off your shoes when you don’t go to the riverside , don’t lift the pot until it’s hot enough.

Pretending to understand if you don’t understand will always be a loser.

If there are no rules, there will be no rules.

I won’t burn incense to offend God, and I won’t speak to offend people.

Those who cannot do small things cannot do big things.

If you don’t see a rabbit, don’t let go of the hawk.

If you don’t experience the cold of winter, you won’t know the warmth of spring.

It cannot be counted out, nor can it be fully counted.

If you don’t practice, you won’t be able to sweat well.

We are not afraid that Pepsi will be disadvantaged, but we are afraid of being discouraged.

We are not afraid of not knowing the goods, but we are afraid of comparing goods.

You are not afraid of dressing up late, but you are afraid of taking off your clothes early.

I am not afraid of being poor at home, I am just afraid of being lazy.

We are not afraid of a long road, but we are afraid of an old heart.

We are not afraid of chaos, but we are afraid of not investigating.

If you are not afraid of being slow, you are afraid of standing; one stop is two and a half miles away.

If you are not afraid of old age, you are afraid of lying down.

If you are not afraid of others being disrespectful, you are afraid of being unfair to yourself.

If you are not afraid of not being invited, you are afraid of not being good at your art.

If you are not afraid of high mountains, you are afraid of weak feet.

We are not afraid of hardship when we are young, but we are afraid of poverty when we grow old.

Don’t be afraid of difficulties, just be afraid of being lazy.

I am not afraid of the cold weather, but I am afraid that my hands and feet will not move.

If you are not afraid of failing in your studies, you are afraid of being dishonest.

If you are not afraid of being ignorant, you are afraid of being short of ambition.

Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected.

If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, you won’t get the tiger’s cubs.

If you don’t take the burden, you don’t know the weight; if you don’t take the long road, you don’t know the distance.

If you don’t listen to the old man’s words, you will suffer a lot.

If you don’t take advantage, you won’t be fooled. If you take advantage, you will suffer big losses.

If you don’t laugh, you won’t get through life. If you don’t laugh, you won’t get through life.

There are no pigs in the trough but pigs are favored by pigs, and the dirty parts are unevenly divided and dogs bite dogs.

The grass will not sprout if there is no intention, and the people will not develop if there is no intention.

The greedy man’s house has no food to eat, and the lazy man’s house has no firewood.

There is no winner if you always bet.

Don’t be scared if you are often scolded, and don’t be afraid if you are often beaten.

I often speak fluently and my hands are not clumsy.

Always think of the time when there is no time, never think of the time when there is no time.

The Yangtze River does not reject trickles, and Mount Tai does not reject earth and rocks.

May is long, October is short, February and August are neither long nor short.

The eldest brother is like his father, and his sister-in-law is like his mother.

There are people in the court who are good at being officials, and there are dogs at home who are good at guarding the door.

There must be a road for cars to reach the mountain, and for boats to reach the bridge.

Cars have lanes and horses have roads.

Support dysentery, hunger and typhoid fever.

Suffice the brave to death and starve the coward to death.

The scale can weigh weight, and words can inspire people's hearts.

Although the weight is small, it can weigh a thousand pounds.

If you have enough food and clothing, you will not be poor forever.

Eat without speaking, sleep without speaking.

Eat and drink, people go downhill.

Wet your mouth when you eat, and your hands when you wash your face.

Prevent choking when eating and falling when walking.

Drink soup before eating to avoid getting hurt when you get old.

He eats like a dragon and works like a worm.

The steamed buns that have been eaten are not fragrant, and the sugar canes that have been chewed are not sweet.

If you eat wine but not vegetables, you will get drunk quickly.

Eating rice with a little bran will keep everyone healthy.

It is short to eat others’ mouths and short to take others’ hands.

Eat a pit and gain wisdom.

It is better to do it early than to do it late, and it is better to do it skillfully than to do it recklessly.

A ruler is shorter and an inch is longer.

It is unfilial to pamper a dog to the stove.

When you sweat, you don’t face the wind, and when you walk, your chest doesn’t sag.

Three days after becoming a monk, the Buddha is in front of you; three years after becoming a monk, the Buddha is in the Western Heaven.

Go out to watch the sky and cook to watch the fire.

Rely on your friends when you go out and your parents at home.

Ask for directions when you go out, and ask about the customs when you enter the country.

The bow of the boat is stable and not afraid of the wind.

The ship carries a thousand pounds and only one person is at the helm.

A sore is afraid of being famous, and a disease is afraid of not being famous.

It takes a hundred years to start a business, but it takes one day to lose money.

Anyone who brags about himself is advertising his ignorance.

Smartness lies in learning, and genius lies in accumulation.

It is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality.

There is one year difference between childhood and old age.

Rough food and food can nourish a person, and rags and trousers can keep out the cold.

Rough food nourishes people, and rough work is good for the body.

Thick silk is difficult to weave fine silk, and rough people find it difficult to do fine work.

If you cut an inch of grass with three guillotines, you will gain fat even if you have little material.

The water in the well cannot be drained, and the strength cannot be exhausted.

When gathering firewood, ask the woodcutter, and when sailing a boat, ask the boatman.

To catch a tiger, you need strength, but to catch a monkey, you need wisdom.

You can’t take sides when fighting, and you can’t take sides when looking at people.

To hit a snake seven inches, dig out the roots of a tree first.

Forge the iron to see how the heat is, and the crops will be in time.

The fisherman never leaves the waterside, and the firewood collector never leaves the mountainside.

To catch fish, rely on the net; to hunt wolves, rely on the stick.

Think big, start small.

If you don’t walk on the road, grass will become a nest, and if you don’t sing good songs, you will forget many things.

Garlic is a treasure, and eating it regularly is good for your health.

The king is easy to meet, but the kid is hard to find.

If you are careless, you will lose Jingzhou, and if you are proud, you will lose the street pavilion.

A single thread cannot make a thread, and a single tree cannot make a forest.

The brave can travel all over the world, but the timid cannot move even an inch.

Playing the piano and knowing the music, talking to the heart.

If you continue to interrupt, you will suffer chaos.

Those who are in charge are confused, but those who watch are clear.

When it is used, it costs nothing; when it is not used, it costs nothing.

Don’t say mean things in front of dwarves.

If a knife is not sharpened, it will rust, and if a person does not learn, he will fall behind.

What kind of firewood will be chopped on the mountain, and what kind of hammer will be used when the heat is high.

Taoer is made by people, and Cheer is made by cars.

Although the way is close, it cannot be achieved if it is not done; although the task is small, it cannot be accomplished if it is not done. If the lamp is not turned on, it will not turn on, and the reason will not be clear.

If the light doesn’t turn on, someone needs to turn it on; if something is unclear, someone needs to talk about it.

A drop of water becomes a river, and a grain of rice becomes a basket.

Brothers should not bully their neighbors, and generals should not bully their neighbors.

Love oil when lighting lamps, love cattle when plowing fields.

The more you use something, the less it becomes; the more you learn, the more you learn.

Eat carrots in winter and ginger in summer, and the old doctor prescribes them.

Now that winter has arrived, can spring be far behind?

The tofu is too watery, and the empty talk is too much and no one believes it.

Acne will settle and numbness will escape.

If you don’t want to study, you will be scratching your head.

You must read carefully, as every word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Everyone scolds me for gambling, and praises me for reading.

Serve other people's bowls and obey their management.

More timely rain and less hindsight.

If you do many unjust things, you will have to forgive yourself.

The evil heart is like a needle in the sea.

Evil will be rewarded with evil, and good will be rewarded with good.

A child cannot be raised by his father, and a daughter cannot be raised by her mother.

The children's houses are divided into large branches, and the trees are divided into branches.

If you don’t hear, you won’t be annoyed; if you don’t see, you won’t be hungry.

Hearing is false, seeing is true.

Take a hundred steps after a meal and live to be ninety-nine.

A bowl of soup before a meal is a good remedy for getting angry.

If you let the tiger go back to the mountain, there will be troubles in the future.

Anger begins with stupidity and ends with regret.

The king comes from the many bees, and the general comes from the many people.

Don’t be afraid of evil and don’t bully good.

The rich celebrate the New Year and the poor pass the test.

Every other line is like a mountain.

If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.

The dog walks towards the fart, and the man walks towards the trend.

A dog jumps over a wall in a hurry, and a man hangs on a beam in a hurry.

The dog remembers the road, the cat remembers the home.

Girls talk about embroidery, and scholars talk about articles.

If the drum is not beaten, it will not ring, and if the bell is not struck, it will not ring.

If the drum is not beaten, it will not sound, and the reason will not be clear.

The drums should be played to the point, and the flute should be played to the eyes.

If it’s windy, go to the alleys, if it’s raining, go to the streets.

A melon is not round, and a person is not perfect.

A good boy will take a quick look, but a fool will see it later.

Kansai will produce generals, and Kanto will produce prime ministers.

Officials are not greedy for money, and dogs do not eat shit.

It is better to choose friends than to make friends widely, and it is better to visit friends than to seek teachers.

The pot cannot be beaten and the words cannot be leaked.

The country is in chaos and misses a good husband; the family is poor and misses a good wife.

After the awns are planted, don’t force them.

Speak less and do less.

Cold starts from the feet, fire starts from the head.

Wise men come from poor families, and handsome birds come from high mountains.

If it tastes sweet, go to the sugar seller; if it tastes sour, go to the vinegar seller.

Start with the good and consider the bad.

A good dog never jumps, a good cat never meows.

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

A good drum will sound as soon as it is beaten, and a good lamp will light up as soon as it is dialed.

A good sweat protects three villages, and a good dog protects three neighbors.

A hero dies on the battlefield, a lazy man dies on the kang.

Good flowers bloom forever, and good things never end.

A good memory is worse than a bad writing.

Good wine makes people's faces red, and wealth and silk touch people's hearts.

The more hospitable friends there are, the more easy nonsense to talk about.

A good horse never stops, and a good ox never stops plowing.

Good things don’t go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.

Don’t hide good things from others, and there is no good thing in hiding things from others.

Good iron needs to be refurbished three times, and a good book needs to be read a hundred times.

Good seedlings will be planted, and good trees will produce good peaches.

The monk does not tell ghosts, and there is no rice in the bag.

The river is long and has many beaches, and the road is long and winding.

The river has two banks, and everything has two sides.

Tiger is not afraid of high mountains, fish is not afraid of deep water.

It is easy to hide when a tiger eats a person, but it is difficult to defend against a person eating a person.

When the tiger comes to the middle hall, the family will be ruined and people will die.

A tiger is thin and ambitious, but a poor man is ambitious.

A tiger will not change its shape even if it dies, and a wolf will not change its shape even if it dies.

It is difficult to draw a human being or a tiger, and it is difficult to understand a person's face or his heart.

Don’t talk to death, and don’t let your road die.

Too many words won’t make it sweet, and too much glue won’t make it sticky.

Be able to plan and calculate, and keep money and food.

I will blame myself but not others.

Whether you can pass it or not, don’t be a mouthy person.

What you can say makes people laugh, but what you can’t say makes people jump.

If you can speak, say one sentence, and if you can’t speak, say ten sentences.

Those who can laugh laugh last.

Those who know how to write sit down, and those who know how to sing stand up.

There is no wet firewood in the fire, and it is not difficult to achieve success.

The fire warms the chest, and the wind blows the back cold.

The fire burns a large area, and the water flows in a line.

Fire must be hollow, and people must be humble.

The more the fire burns, the stronger it becomes, and the more people work, the stronger they become.

You won’t suffer any loss if you buy from three stores, and you won’t be unfamiliar with three encounters while traveling.

Three years of accumulated good deeds are unknown to people, and one day of doing evil will be heard far and near.

A little adds up to a lot, and evil adds up to disaster.

Squeeze the sore without leaving pus and avoid secondary pain.

Home-cooked food is delicious, but it is difficult to be an official.

When the family is united, everything is prosperous.

Family words are ignored, while outsiders talk about the Golden Scripture.

There are thousands of people in a family, but only one person is in charge.

Having an elder in the family is like a treasure.

If you listen to both, you will be enlightened; if you listen to one side, you will be dark.

Don’t be afraid of the strong, and don’t bully the weak.

Ginger is spicy when old, and vinegar is sour when old.

Make friends with others and water the roots of trees.

Pride comes from shallowness, and arrogance comes from ignorance.

My feet are full of dew, and my mouth is full of trouble.

Teach people and teach their hearts, water the flowers and roots.

To untie the bell, one must tie the bell.

Quit drinking, quit drinking, and quit smoking.

If you have wine today, you will get drunk today, but tomorrow you will drink cold water.

Don’t waste water near a river, don’t waste firewood near a mountain.

When you are near the mountains, you know the sounds of birds, and when you are near the water, you know the nature of fish.

The one who is close to vermilion is red, and the one who is close to ink is black.

It is better to believe in books than to have no books at all.

Frequently used keys always sparkle.

Drawing out the well three times and drinking sweet water will make you travel three provinces and gain a wide knowledge.

The more you dig the well, the clearer the water becomes; the more things are laid out, the clearer the reason becomes.

Always think about your own mistakes when you are quiet, and don’t talk about others’ faults in small talk.

The wine glass is too small to drown people.

Rescue people to the end and ferry them to the shore.

Those who are determined to succeed are already halfway there.

It is never too late for ten years for a gentleman to take revenge.

A gentleman speaks but a villain takes action.

The boiling water does not make a sound, and the sound of the water does not boil.

The food is delicious at the beginning, but the words are difficult to say at the beginning.

Chop firewood and go up the mountain, catch birds and go up the tree.

Look at the vegetables and eat, and tailor the clothes according to your needs.

If you look at yourself, you are like a flower; if you look at others, you are like rubbish.

There are sick people on the kang and sad people on the ground.

We rely on mountains to eat mountains, and we rely on water to eat water.

Being mean doesn’t make money, being loyal doesn’t cost you money.

It is better to speak with your mouth than to be there with your body, and to listen with your ears is not as good as to bet with your eyes.

There is no need to whip a horse to make a fast horse, and no need to hammer a drum hard.

A lazy man has many things to do when he is in the field, and a lazy donkey has many things to do when he is in trouble.

A lazy person is anxious in his mouth, while a diligent person is anxious in his legs.

Lazy people use long threads, and stupid people use curved needles.

No matter how high the waves are, they are still on the bottom of the boat; no matter how high the mountain is, they are also on the bottom of the feet.

The prodigal son will never change his fortune.

Work produces wisdom, and practice produces true knowledge.

The old cat is not at home, and the mouse is crawling in the house.

Cold porridge and cold rice are delicious, but cold words are uncomfortable.

It won’t hurt if you give gifts to many people, and it won’t spoil the food if you use too much oil.

Stand like a pine, sit like a bell, lie down like a bow, and move like the wind.

Strength is overwhelming, but courage is overwhelming.

A kind word can warm you in three winters, but a bad word can hurt you in six months.

Good medicine is bitter to the mouth and good for the disease, and honest advice is bad to the ears and good for the deeds.

Be generous and blessed, and have a broad heart and a spacious house.

Good neighbors are priceless.

If you keep the green hills, you won’t have to worry about running out of firewood.

Flowing water does not rot, and door hinges do not suffer from beetles.

It is not hot in June and the grain will not grow.

A dragon cannot survive without clouds, and a fish cannot survive without water.

If the road is uneven, everyone will step on it; if things are uneven, everyone will take care of it.

Take off your shoes early when the road is wet, and make arrangements early in case of trouble.

A horse’s power can be seen through a long journey, and a person’s heart can be seen through time.

There are a thousand roads, but only one way.

The donkey rides behind, the horse rides in front, and the mule rides in the middle.

The sparrow falls into the field to eat the grain, and the fox enters the house to steal the chicken.

Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.

A horse is good because of its bark, and a person is beautiful because of his appearance.

Swearing and swearing, hitting and injuring hands.

There is no good word for cursing, and no good hand for hitting.

When buying a melon, look at the skin, and prick a needle to see the hole.

When buying a chicken, look at the claws, and when buying a duck, look at the beak.

When you buy a gong, you need to play it, and when you buy an umbrella, you need to hold it up.

Business cannot be done without righteousness.

If you don’t know how to trade, a blind person will hit the wall.

You have to buy when you buy, and you have to sell when you sell.

Don’t talk about the bitterness of the melon when selling melons, and don’t talk about the saltiness when selling salt.

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

If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are humble, you will benefit.

Chronic diseases need to be treated, and acute diseases need to be treated.

Cats and rice bowls, dogs and their owners.

Cats are afraid of winter and dogs are afraid of summer.

The drizzle makes clothes wet; cups of wine ruin everything.

Start when you have no money, and show off when you have money.

There is no fish that cannot take the bait, and there is no monkey that cannot take the pole.

Without the smell of feces, there would be no fragrance of grains.

Whether it is beautiful or not depends on the water in my hometown; whether I am close or not depends on the people in my hometown.

Too much honey is not sweet, and too much oil is not fragrant.

More seedlings will bully the grass, and more grass will bully the seedlings.

The seedlings are half as good as the grain, and the wife is half as good as the blessings.

It is easy to hide from open guns, but difficult to guard against hidden arrows.

A wise man does not do secret things, and a true man does not tell lies.

The skill of sharpening a knife and chopping firewood by mistake.

You don’t have to look at the knife to sharpen it, it’s all done in sweat.

Don’t be greedy for people being rich, and don’t be jealous of people being poor.

Don’t overdo it or talk too much.

Don’t watch the robbers eat meat, watch the robbers be punished.

Don’t imitate the thousand eyes of the lantern, imitate the single heart of the candle.

Looking for an official position is like a rat, and getting an official position is like a tiger.

The older the mother is, the younger the child will be.

The south eats geese, and the north eats eggs.

Sweet in the south, salty in the north, spicy in the east and sour in the west.

Men should be married when they are older, and women should be married when they are older.

Men are afraid of getting into the wrong profession, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man.

If a man wants to be pretty, he should be dressed in soap; if a woman wants to be pretty, she should be filial.

Experts watch the door, but laymen watch the excitement.

You respect others one foot, and they respect you one foot.

Sail against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat.

Age is not forgiving, and seasons are not forgiving.

Studying without studying is equivalent to working in vain.

My mother’s family’s rice is fragrant, and my husband’s family’s rice is long.

Birds are valuable because they have wings, and people are valuable because they have ambitions.

The beauty of birds lies in their feathers, and the beauty of humans lies in their hard work.

A bird cannot fly without wings, and a fish cannot swim without water.

Better to eat half a meal than a full meal.

I would rather eat four ounces of birds than half a pound of beasts.

It is better to be a horse puller for a good man than to be a boss for a lazy man.

I would rather be hungry than hungry.

It is better to be poor than to suffer from illness.

It is better for the pot to be spoiled than for the stomach to be stuffed.

I would rather admit my mistakes than lie.

It is better to be right but not enough than to be evil and have more than enough.

It is better to sow and lose than to not reap.

I would rather do it than miss it.

Better to work hard than suffer.

I would rather give up an ingot of gold than a year of spring.

It is better to add a bucket than a mouthful.

It is better to fight in the pot than in the bowl.

It would be better to move a finger across the river than to move a foot away from the river.

It is better to take ten steps far than to take one dangerous step.

I would rather have the legs of an ant than the mouth of a sparrow

An ox does not know the shape of its horns, and a horse does not know the length of its face.

The ox can pull the plow, and the dog can look after the house.

Cows should have round feet, while pigs should have thick feet.

Those who abandon time will also abandon him.

A thousand friends are few, but one enemy is many.

If the skin is gone, the hair will not be attached.

Character is a person’s inner self, and reputation is a person’s appearance.

A horse falls to death on a flat road, and a man drowns in shallow water.

To deceive others is a disaster, but to forgive others is a blessing.

Don’t bully mountains, don’t bully rivers, don’t bully people, don’t bully your heart.

A virtuous wife brings few troubles, and a son is filial to his father and has a generous heart.

One wrong move and the whole game is lost.

Thousands of supplements are not as good as meal supplements.

Easy to get, but hard to find.

A thousand miles does not carry a needle, a thousand miles does not carry a light burden.

A thousand-mile embankment collapses in an ant nest.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.