A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
Everyone rakes the fire under his own pot.
每个人都在自己的锅底下生火。
Politeness wins the confidence of princes.
礼貌赢得王子的信任。
Rare commodities are worth more than good.
稀有商品比好东西更值钱。
If you want dinner, don't insult the cook.
如果你想吃晚饭，就不要侮辱厨师。
You cannot cook two meals in the same pot.
你不能在一个锅里煮两顿饭。
A beautiful bird is the only kind we cage.
美丽的鸟是我们关在笼子里的唯一一种鸟。
Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.
享受你自己。比你想象的要晚。
A cloth is not woven from a single thread.
布不是由一根线织成的。
A dog will jump over a wall when cornered.
走投无路时，狗会跳过墙。
Mallet strikes chisel; chisel splits wood.
锤击凿;木头凿分裂。
Within the four seas all man are brethren.
四海之内皆兄弟。
Whatever will satisfy hunger is good food.
任何能充饥的都是好食物。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
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。
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。
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
不要用斧头把朋友额头上的苍蝇砍下来。
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。
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose.
生活一部分由我们创造，一部分由我们选择的朋友创造。