Proverbs English

The duty of a soldier is to obey orders.

Observation is the best teacher. Observation is the best teacher.

Offense is the best defense. Offence is the best defense.

Old friends and wine are the best. Old wine is mellow, but old friends are affectionate.

Old sins create new shame. One small step makes an everlasting regret.

Once a man, twice a child. Once old, twice young.

Once a thief, always a thief. Once you steal, you will always be a thief.

Once bitten, twice shy. Once bitten, twice shy.

One boy is a boy, two boys are half boys and three boys are not boys.

One boy is a boy, two boys are half boys and three boys are not boys.

One cannot put back the clock. One cannot put back the clock.

One eye is better than ten ears. I'll believe that when I see it.

One false move may lose the game. One false move may lose the game.

One good turn deserves another. Do good deeds and accumulate virtue.

One hour today is worth two hours tomorrow. Race against time is efficient.

One man's mistake is another man's lesson.

Politics won't let anyone lose anything. Politeness is good.

One swallow doesn't add up.

A person's words reflect his thoughts. Words come from the heart.

Get out of debt and danger.

Leave the office and get out of danger. The lightness of being an official.

Out of sight, out of mind. Out of sight, out of mind.

Patience is the best treatment. Patience is the best medicine.

Small things are smart, big things are confused. Greedy for small and cheap, big losses.

Frank trading is praised more than practice.

Open-minded people talk more and do less.

It's pleasing to the eye If you want to be happy for a while, you will inevitably leave a curse.

Come through thick and thin.

Pour the water into the sieve. Draw water with a sieve.

Practice makes perfect. Practice makes perfect.

Praise is not pudding. Compliments can't be eaten as food.

Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

It is better to lose than to get ill-gotten gains. It is better to lose than to take advantage.

Prevention is better than cure. Prevention is better than cure.

Pride comes before shame. Pride makes people lag behind.

A promise is a debt. A promise is a promise.

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.

Pull chestnuts out of the fire.

Put the cart before the horse.

Put your shoulders on the steering wheel. Help!

Reading enriches the mind. Opening books is beneficial.

Reading is good for the mind, and exercise is good for the body.

Respect yourself, or no one will respect you. To be respected, you must respect yourself.

Rome was not built in a day. It was not built in a day.

Saying is one thing, doing is another. Words differ from deeds.

I'll believe that when I see it. I'll believe that when I see it. Seek truth from facts. Seek truth from facts.

Send a wise man to do something, don't say anything to him.

Send a wise man to do something, don't say anything to him.

Fight poison with poison.

A short account makes a long friend. Short accounts make long friends.

Something is better than nothing. Talk is better than nothing.

Soon learn, soon forgotten. Soon learnt, soon forgotten.

Soon ripe, soon rotten. Ripe quickly and rot quickly.

Speech is silver, silence is gold. Speech is silver, silence is gold.

Still water flows deeply. Still water is often deep.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Belief in persistence and success. Success belongs to the persevering.

Let nature take its course When it comes, let it go.

Empty talk won't help. Empty talk won't help.

Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear. Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear.

Tall trees can withstand more wind.

Lead by example and teach others.

The best heart is always courage. Selfless people are fearless.

Even the best people make mistakes. Great men sometimes make mistakes.

The cat closes its eyes when it steals food.

The danger has passed and God has been forgotten.

The darkest hour is before dawn. The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.

The dark place is under the candle. It is darkest under the candlestick.

The devil knows many things because he is old. The old horse knows the way.

The devil sometimes tells the truth. The devil sometimes tells the truth.

What is done is done. What is done is done. The early bird catches the worm. The early bird catches the worm.

The purpose is to justify the means. As long as the purpose is justified, you can do whatever it takes.

The ending makes everyone equal. The end makes all equal.

Eyes are bigger than stomach.

The farthest way is the shortest way home.

The best diamonds must be cut.

Fire is the test of gold and the superiority of a strong man. Fire tests real gold, but it is difficult to sharpen the will.

The first step is the only difference. Taking the first step is the hardest.

The fox knows too much, so he loses his tail. The CIA is too smart to miss your life.

The fox ran out of the house. The fox preys farthest from home.

A frog in the well knows nothing about the sea.

The grass on the other side is greener. One mountain looks at another.

He who talks a lot is always the one who does the least. The giant of language is always the dwarf of action.

He that climbs high falls heavily. He climbed high and fell heavily.

The rivers and mountains may change, but not one's essential nature The rivers and mountains may change, but not one's essential nature

The more noble, the more humble. The nobler a man is, the more modest he is.

The more wisdom, the less courage. The more wit, the less courage.

Outsiders see clearly.

A pen is more powerful than a sword. A pen can kill people.

The pot calls the kettle black. The pot calls the kettle black.

There are spots on the sun. There are spots in the sun.

There are two sides to every question. There are two sides to every question.

There is a skeleton on the blackboard. There is a skeleton in the cupboard.

Kindness can be found everywhere. There is warmth everywhere in the world.

There is no universal law without exceptions. There are exceptions to any law.

There is no medicine against death. There is no medicine against death.

There is no place like home. The golden nest is not as good as our kennel.

There is no shortcut to learning. There is a road to learning in Shushan, and there is no end to learning.

Style is men.

Tongue is not steel, but it can hurt people. People are terrible.

The water that carries the boat is the water that swallows it.

This knife cuts bread and fingers.

A wise man knows he knows nothing, but a fool thinks he knows everything. Clear is clear, turbid is turbid. When the shepherds quarrel, the wolf wins. The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.

The world is a ladder, some people go up and some people come down. The world is like a ladder, people go up and down.

After all, the world is just a small place. However, as long as China keeps our friendship, heaven will remain our neighbor.

Look before you leap. Look before you leap.

The worst case can be remedied. No, very good.

You may delay, but time will not. You may delay, but time will not.

Time can cure everything. Time is the best medicine for all wounds.

Time flies. Time flies. Time is money. Time is money.

Time is gone forever. Time goes by, and it can't be redeemed.

One cannot put back the clock. One cannot put back the clock.

Time tries all things. A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.

Answer blows with blows is fair competition. People don't attack me, I don't attack; If people attack me, I will attack.

It is human nature to make mistakes. It is human nature to make mistakes.

Knowing everything means knowing nothing. Knowing everything is like knowing nothing.

Knowing yourself is the real progress. The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

Tomorrow will never come. I will be born tomorrow, and everything will be wasted.

Being too familiar breeds contempt. Being too familiar will make people unconvinced.

Too much knowledge makes you bald. Too much study makes people old.

Too much freedom will reveal everything. If you let yourself go, you will accomplish nothing.

Too much praise is a burden.

To save time is to lengthen life. To save time is to lengthen life.

Touch asphalt and you will be defiled. You often walk by the river. You can't get your shoes wet.

Trouble never comes alone. It never rains but it pours.

Truth never grows old. Truth never grows old.

Turn over a new leaf Turn over a new leaf

Two dogs fought for a bone, and the third dog ran away with the bone in his mouth.

When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman gains.

Two heads are better than one. One hero and three gangs.

It is difficult for peers to be the same. Peers are enemies.

Two wrongs don't make a right. Just because someone else is wrong doesn't mean you are right.

Unity is strength. Unity is strength.

Unpleasant advice is good medicine. Good advice is helpful to action.

A person's ambition will never disappear. Never die until you reach the Yellow River.

Put all your eggs in one basket and catch big fish.

Virtue is far more beautiful than beauty. Virtue is fairer far than beauty.

Wall has ears. Be careful that walls have ears.

Wash your dirty linen at home. Wash your dirty linen at home.

Day after day, dripping water will wear away the hardest rock.

Wealth is nothing without health. No amount of money is useless without health.

We don't know what is good until we lose it. Good things are not understood until they are lost.

A good beginning is half the battle. A good beginning is half the battle.

We didn't know the value of water until the well was dry.

If we hope to find friends without shortcomings, we will never have friends.

A friend who wants to be perfect is doomed to be a lonely person.

We should not remember the benefits we provided, nor should we forget the benefits we received.

We should not remember the benefits we provided, nor should we forget the benefits we received.

Whatever you do, you should go all out. Whatever you do, you should be single-minded.

What you learn in the cradle will be taken to the grave. What you learned as a child will never be forgotten.

What is done is done. Raw rice is cooked into mature rice.

What is lost is lost. What is lost is irreversible. What we are willing to do is easy. The wish is not difficult to come true. Do as Romans do in Rome. Do as Romans do in Rome.

When everyone is important, then no one is important. Everyone is great. There are no heroes in the world.

Don't wake up sadness when it is sleeping. Don't mention the sad past.

When sorrow comes, they are not alone spies, but in groups.

When sorrow comes, they are not alone spies, but in groups.

Be careful of your goose when the fox preaches. It's unkind of the weasel to pay New Year greetings to chickens.

When you tell the truth after drinking, your wit is gone. The heart is seen in wine.

Where there is a will, there is a way. Where there is a will, there is a way.

Where there is life, there is hope. The shepherd would rather lose the wool than the sheep.

Where there is smoke, there is fire. Everything happens for a reason.

The Tao is one foot high, and the devil is ten feet high. The road is one foot high and the magic is ten feet high.

Who chatters to you, will chatter of you. A gossip must be a bad person.

Those loved by the gods died young. Good people don't live long.

A wise man's mouth is in his heart, but a fool's heart is in his mouth.

A wise man's mouth is in his heart, but a fool's heart is in his mouth.

Work makes workers. Work makes a skillful craftsman. Wet behind the ears. Wet behind the ears.

You can't burn a candle at both ends. Candles can't be lit at both ends, and you can't spend too much energy.

You can't have your cake and eat it. You can't have it both ways.

You can take the horse to the river, but you can't make it drink water. Twisted melons are not sweet.

. You can easily know the whole bag. You can see the whole picture from one place.

You never know what you can do unless you try. Is it a donkey or a horse? Pull it out for a walk.