A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
A good memory is not so good as a little ink.
好的记性不如一点点墨水好。
Patience in the household is a real treasure.
家庭中的耐心是真正的财富。
Three glasses of wine end a hundred quarrels.
百闻不如一见。
Compromise is always a temporary achievement.
妥协永远是暂时的成就。
Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆;种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
If there are no clouds there will be no rain.
没有云就没有雨。
Alms given openly will be rewarded in secret.
公开布施的人将会得到秘密的回报。
If you don't speculate, you can't accumulate.
如果你不投机，你就无法积累。
To fall is not painful for those who fly low.
对于那些飞得低的人来说，跌倒并不痛苦。
If his legs fail him, he fights on his knees.
如果他的腿不行了，他就跪着打。
Cheat the earth and the earth will cheat you.
欺骗地球，地球也会欺骗你。
Repentance is the spring beneath our virtues.
后悔是美德下面的源泉。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.
聪明人做自己的决定，无知者听从舆论。
Better to learn one thing well than to know ten superficially.
把一件事学好，胜过只懂十件事。
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。
Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.
不要切望那未到的事。不要徒劳地为已经过去的事后悔。
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 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。