A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
老师们打开门。你自己进去。
When sleeping women wake, mountains will move.
当熟睡的女人醒来时，山就会移动。
Life is a dream walking death is a going home.
生是一场梦，走是一场梦，死是一场归。
Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs.
夸张就是画一条蛇，加上两条腿。
A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.
肮脏的嘴不会说出得体的语言。
An old man in love is like a flower in winter.
恋爱中的老人就像冬天里的一朵花。
Two tigers cannot share one mountain (forest).
两只老虎不能共享一座山(森林)。
An overturned cart ahead warns the one behind.
一辆翻倒的大车在前面警告后面的人。
Some prefer carrots while others like cabbage.
有些人喜欢胡萝卜，而另一些人喜欢卷心菜。
The father in praising his son extols himself.
父亲赞扬儿子是在颂扬自己。
The fish you cannot catch is always a big one.
你抓不到的鱼总是大鱼。
A man must despise himself before others will.
一个人必须先轻视自己，别人才会轻视他。
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。
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。
One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.
只要有一刹那的耐心，就能避免巨大的灾难。一时的不耐烦可能毁了一生。
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。