A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
Yellow gold is plentiful compared to white-haired friends.
与白发朋友相比，黄金是丰富的。
An accidental meeting is more pleasant than a planned one.
一次偶然的会面比一次有计划的会面更令人愉快。
Beware of the camel going to seek horns, he lost his ears.
小心骆驼去找角，他掉了耳朵。
Think before you speak but do no speak all that you think.
三思而后行，但不要把你所想的都说出来。
You must scale the mountain if you want to view the plain.
如果你想看平原，你必须攀登那座山。
The water that bears the ship is the same that engulfs it.
载着船的水和吞没船的水是一样的。
Make friends with what is good in a man and not his goods.
和一个人的优点而不是他的优点交朋友。
The black dog gets the food; the white dog gets the blame.
黑狗得到食物;白狗受到指责。
After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.
三天不读书，谈话就没意思了。
The itch that gives someone skill is difficult to scratch.
给人技巧的痒是很难挠的。
There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
有两个完美的男人;一个死了，另一个还没出生。
The scholar builds the cities, the woman knocks them down.
学者建造城市，女人把它们推倒。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。