A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
It is the beautiful bird which gets caged.
关在笼子里的是美丽的鸟。
A good bee never lands on a fallen flower.
好蜂不落在落花上。
Rivalry between scholars improves science.
学者之间的竞争促进科学的发展。
Pull a strand of silk from a tangled mass.
从一团乱麻中抽出一根丝。
Putting out a fire while holding firewood.
拿柴火的时候把火扑灭。
Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.
即使兔子被逼到墙角也会咬人。
There's no insurmountable Mount of Flames.
没有不可逾越的火焰之山。
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
爱情是盲目的，友谊是闭上眼睛的。
Indulgences have more victims than swords.
放纵比刀剑有更多的受害者。
Who is narrow minded cannot be bighearted.
心胸狭窄的人是不会心胸狭窄的。
One happiness scatters a thousand sorrows.
一乐驱散千愁。
One justice can overpower a hundred evils.
一个正义可以压倒一百个邪恶。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
猫都爱吃鱼，却怕爪弄湿。
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。
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。
You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can easily offend one in an hour.
你很难在一年内交到朋友，但是你可以在一小时内轻易地得罪一个朋友。