A collection of widely known and accepted Chinese proverbs, quotes and sayings translated into English.
O eggs, never fight with stones! ~Chinese proverb
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. ~Chinese proverb
Man fools himself. He prays for a long life and he fears old age. ~Chinese proverb
Learning is treasure no thief can touch. ~Chinese proverb
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies. ~Chinese proverb
If there is a strong general, there will be no weak soldiers. ~Chinese proverb
Failing to plan is planning to fail. ~Chinese proverb
Despise learning and make everyone pay for your ignorance. ~Chinese proverb
Cheap things are not good, good things are not cheap. ~Chinese proverb
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. ~Chinese proverb
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese proverb
A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy. ~Chinese proverb
Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit. ~Chinese proverb
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese proverb
The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese proverb
One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him. ~Chinese proverb
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up. ~Chinese proverb
Illness comes in by mouth; ills come out by it. ~Chinese proverb
A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home. ~Chinese proverb
A rat who gnaws at a cat's tail invites destruction. ~Chinese proverb ~Chinese proverb
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese proverb
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. ~Chinese proverb
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese proverb
He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument. ~Chinese proverb
A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers. ~Chinese proverb
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese proverb
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese proverb
When you drink the water, remember the spring. ~Chinese proverb
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese proverb
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile. ~Chinese proverb
A smile will gain you ten more years of life. ~Chinese proverb
Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. ~Chinese proverb
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese proverb
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper. ~Chinese proverb
A wicked book cannot repent. ~Chinese proverb
A book holds a house of gold. ~Chinese proverb
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself. ~Chinese proverb
A nation's treasure is in its scholars. ~Chinese proverb
Looking for fish? Don't climb a tree. ~Chinese proverb
One cannot manage too many affairs; like pumpkins in water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other. ~Chinese proverb
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet. ~Chinese proverb
Once bitten by a snake, you are even frightened by a rope that resembles a snake. ~Chinese proverb
Man cannot stir one inch without the push of heaven's finger. ~Chinese proverb
If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked. ~Chinese proverb
Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery. ~Chinese proverb
Of a dead leopard we keep the skin, of man his reputation. ~Chinese proverb
Have but few friends though much acquaintance. ~Chinese proverb
A person who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it. ~Chinese proverb
If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese proverb
He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain. ~Chinese proverb
A fool judges people by the presents they give him. ~Chinese proverb
Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown. ~Chinese proverb
A young doctor makes a full graveyard. ~Chinese proverb
Grass fears the frost, frost fears the sun. ~Chinese proverb
A filthy mouth will not utter decent language. ~Chinese proverb
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese proverb
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese proverb
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it. ~Chinese proverb
If you want to know your past -- look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future -- look into your present actions. ~Chinese proverb
What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others. ~Chinese proverb
Life is an echo; what you send out comes back. ~Chinese proverb
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. ~Chinese proverb
Man has a thousand plans, heaven but one. ~Chinese proverb
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Chinese proverb
Govern yourself and you can govern the world. ~Chinese proverb
Learning is better than house and land. ~Chinese proverb
Hatred corrodes the vessel in which it is stored. ~Chinese proverb
All things at first appear difficult. ~Chinese proverb
He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself. ~Chinese proverb
Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. ~Chinese proverb
Don't waste too many stones on one bird. ~Chinese proverb
Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians. ~Chinese proverb
To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art. ~Chinese proverb
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. ~Chinese proverb
Manners maketh man. ~Chinese proverb
O man, you who do not live a hundred years, why fret a thousand minutes? ~Chinese proverb
Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. ~Chinese proverb
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. ~Chinese proverb
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose. ~Chinese proverb
A bad workman blames his tools. ~Chinese proverb
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. ~Chinese proverb
If you don't go into the cave of the tiger, how are you going to get its cub? ~Chinese proverb
Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today's scholars study to impress others. ~Chinese proverb
An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold. ~Chinese proverb
Seeing it once is better than being told 100 times. ~Chinese proverb
A man's conversation is the mirror of his thoughts. ~Chinese proverb
Mallet strikes chisel; chisel splits wood. ~Chinese proverb
Dogs have so many friends because they wag their tails, not their tongues. ~Chinese proverb
Pick the flower when it is ready to be picked. ~Chinese proverb
A bad worker quarrels with his tools. ~Chinese proverb
No wisdom like silence. ~Chinese proverb
Easy to know men's faces, not their hearts. ~Chinese proverb
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. ~Chinese proverb
Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding. ~Chinese proverb
A good neighbor is a found treasure. ~Chinese proverb
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well. ~Chinese proverb
If you always give, you will always have. ~Chinese proverb
A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles. ~Chinese proverb
Far waters cannot quench near fires. ~Chinese proverb
Learn to handle a writing-brush and you'll never handle a begging-bowl. ~Chinese proverb
It's as difficult to be rich without bragging as it is to be poor without complaining. ~Chinese proverb
Rats know the way of rats. ~Chinese proverb
Easy to run downhill, much puffing to run up. ~Chinese proverb
A dog won't forsake his master because of poverty; a son never deserts his mother because of her homely appearance. ~Chinese proverb
Count not what is lost but what is left. ~Chinese proverb
Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last. ~Chinese proverb
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese proverb
Flowing water never goes bad; our door hubs never gather termites. ~Chinese proverb
If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. ~Chinese proverb
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese proverb
Know thyself to know others, for heart beats like heart. ~Chinese proverb
Just scales and full measure injure no man. ~Chinese proverb
Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come. ~Chinese proverb
It takes little effort to watch a man carry a load. ~Chinese proverb
No matter how tall the mountain, it cannot block out the sun. ~Chinese proverb
One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade. ~Chinese proverb
If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through. ~Chinese proverb
One step at a time is good walking. ~Chinese proverb
Pleasures are shallow, sorrows deep. ~Chinese proverb
Love is blind. ~Chinese proverb
Pure gold does not fear the smelter. ~Chinese proverb
A child’s life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark. ~Chinese proverb
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