Favorite Chinese Proverbs
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- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
- Heaven has a road, but no one travels it, hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.
Preserve the old, but know the new.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
A closed mind is like a closed book, just a block of wood.
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
- It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.
- Tell me, I'll forget, show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.
- Talk doesn't cook rice.
- If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
- He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
- Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
- To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art.
- Men in the game are blind, men outside see clearly.
- Man proposes and God disposes
- Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
- It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
- Man fools himself. He prays for a long life and he fears old age.
- A really great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.
- Only joy scatters a hundred griefs.
- Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it.
To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time, is to meet an old one.
- Over a long distance, you learn about the strength of your horse; over a long time, you learn about the character of your friend.
- A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
- Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.
- Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear.
- An open book benefits your mind.
- Experience is the mother of wisdom.
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Nice hub
Do you have any Chinese sayings/proverbs related to marriage?
very meaninful
jim.sheng says:
2 years ago
Very good.