A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
Far waters cannot quench near fires.
远水救不了近火。
Shoot at someone's shadow with sand.
用沙子打别人的影子。
Tenacity and adversity are old foes.
坚韧和逆境是宿敌。
Pure gold does not fear the smelter.
纯金不怕冶炼厂。
The happiest life ends before death.
最幸福的生活在死亡之前就结束了。
Gold is tested by fire, man by gold.
金以火炼，人以金试。
Too much politeness conceals deceit.
过分的礼貌掩盖不了欺骗。
Throw out a brick to attract a jade.
扔出一块砖来吸引一块玉。
A fire cannot be wrapped with paper.
火不能用纸包起来。
A girl apes her neighbor's frowning.
东施效颦。
The law is good, but people are not.
法律是好的，但人不是。
One body cannot perform two services.
一个主体不能执行两个服务。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
如果你不能改变你的命运，那就改变你的态度。
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。
A flower cannot blossom without sunshine nor a garden without love.
没有阳光，花朵不能开放;没有爱，花园也不能美丽。
In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in the midst of great anger do not answer a man's letter.
在大喜乐之中，不要应许给人什么;在盛怒之中，不要给人回信。
Dogs have so many friends because they wag their tails, not their tongues.
狗之所以有这么多朋友，是因为它们摇尾巴，而不是摇舌头。