A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
Rich not gaudy.
富裕不是华而不实的。
Rule the roost.
当家。
No wind, no waves.
没有风就没有浪。
Add oil to a fire.
往火里加油。
Keep your chin up.
别灰心。
Add frost to snow.
在雪中加霜。
Manners maketh man.
礼貌使人。
One step at a time.
一步一个脚印。
Better go than send.
与其派人去，不如自己去。
Girls will be girls.
女孩就是女孩。
Seek fish on a tree.
在树上找鱼。
Wedlock is a padlock.
婚姻是一把挂锁。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds.
真正的朋友见面，千杯酒也不够;没有心灵的相遇，半句话就太多了。
Better a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
吃素菜，彼此相爱，强如吃肥牛，彼此相恨。
Wisdom is attained by learning when to hold one's tongue.
学会什么时候保持缄默，才能获得智慧。
If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
如果你能在愤怒的时刻保持耐心，你就能逃避一百天的悲伤。
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
只要有时间和耐心，桑叶就会变成丝绸长袍。
Better to learn one thing well than to know ten superficially.
把一件事学好，胜过只懂十件事。