A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
One foot cannot stand on two boats.
一只脚不能站在两只船上。
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
我敌人的敌人就是我的朋友。
Economize now or suffer want later.
要么现在节俭,要么以后吃亏。
He who cannot boast cannot succeed.
不会吹牛的人不会成功。
To scrape the light off one's face.
擦去脸上的光
Draw a cake to satisfy one's hunger.
画一个蛋糕来充饥。
A one joy scatter a hundred grieves.
一乐散百愁。
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
如果你付很少的钱,你就会得到猴子。
Pleasures are shallow, sorrows deep.
快乐是肤浅的,悲伤是深刻的。
The saving man becomes the free man.
储蓄的人成为自由的人。
The mighty tree must catch the wind.
大树必须乘风。
A blind cat catches only a dead rat.
瞎猫碰着死耗子。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
When you have read a book for the first time, you get to know a friend; read it for a second time and you meet an old friend.
当你第一次读一本书的时候,你会认识一个朋友;再读一遍,你就会遇到一位老朋友。
Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
不要害怕成长缓慢;只害怕站着不动。
To meet an old friend in a distant country is like the delight of rain after a long drought.
在一个遥远的国家遇见一位老朋友,就像久旱逢甘霖一样。
Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
对自己不满意的人会成长;不确定自己是否正确的人会学到很多东西。
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。