古代諺語英語
1、寧可信其有，不可信其無。
It is better to believe what it has than not.
2、道吾好者是吾賊，道吾惡者是吾師。
The good are my thieves and the evil are my teachers.
3、吃飯吃米，說話說理。
Eat rice for dinner and make sense.
4、寧願折斷骨頭，不願低頭受辱。
I would rather break a bone than bow my head to be humiliated.
5、走不完的路，知不完的理。
An endless road leads to an endless truth.
6、勢服人口，以理服人心。
Population is subordinated to power and people's hearts are subordinated to reason.
7、留得五湖明月在，不愁無處下金鉤。
Keep the bright moon in the lakes, there is no place to worry about the golden hook.
8、無志山壓頭，有志人搬山。
No ambition hill overwhelms, ambitious people move mountains.
9、但能依本分，終身無煩惱。
But according to their duty, they can live a lifetime without worries.
10、衙門八字開，有理無錢莫進來。
The Yamen are open in eight words, so it is reasonable to have no money to come in.
11、千金難買心，萬金不賣道。
Thousands of gold are hard to buy. Thousands of gold do not sell.
12、家中無才子，官從何處來。
Where do officials come from when there is no talented person in the family?
13、砍柴上山，捉鳥上樹。
Cut firewood up the hill and catch birds up the tree.
14、耳聽爲虛，眼見爲實。
Hearing is false, seeing is true.
15、世事明如鏡，前程暗似漆。
The world is as bright as a mirror, and the future is as dark as paint.
16、人生似鳥同林宿，大限來時各自飛。
Life is like birds sleeping in the woods, flying separately when the time comes.
17、國亂思良將，家貧思賢妻。
When the country is in turmoil, the poor think of a good wife.
18、志高品高，志下品下。
Zhigao and Gao, Zhixia and Xia.
19、是蛇一身冷，是狼一身腥。
Snakes are cold, wolves are fishy.
20、父子和而家不退，兄弟和而家不分。
Father and son do not leave home, brother and family do not divide.
21、屋漏更遭連年雨，行船又遇打頭風。
Leakage is even worse for years of rain, and sailing is hit by a headwind.
22、寧向直中取，不可曲中求。
Better go straight than go straight.
23、世上若要人情好，賒去物件莫取錢。
If you want to be kind in the world, don't take money from things on credit.
24、錢財如糞土﹐仁義值千金。
Money is like dung. Benevolence and righteousness are worth a thousand dollars.
25、見善如不及，見惡如探湯。
Seeing good is better than seeing evil.
26、無錢休入衆﹐遭難莫尋親。
If you have no money, you can't find relatives when you are in trouble.
27、小人記仇，君子感恩。
A gentleman is grateful for his vengeance.
28、送君千里，終須一別。
Send you a thousand miles, you have to be different.
29、有錢道真語﹐無錢語不真。
If you have money, Taoism is true, but if you don't have money, it's not true.
30、翻覆之水，收之實難。
The overturned water is hard to harvest.
31、若登高必自卑，若行遠必自邇。
If you climb high, you will feel inferior; if you go far, you will feel inferior.
32、刀傷易治，口傷難醫。
Knife wounds are easy to cure, but oral wounds are difficult to cure.
33、道院迎仙客，書堂隱相儒。
Taoist courtyard welcomes the immortals, and the Academy conceals Confucianism.
34、貧窮自在，富貴多憂。
Poverty is easy, wealth is worrying.
35、先到爲君﹐後到爲臣。
First come as king, then come as minister.
36、碾谷要碾出米來，說話要說出理來。
Mill the rice and make sense of what you say.
37、枯木逢春猶再發，人無兩度再少年。
The dead wood will return in spring, and no one will ever be a teenager again.
38、小人記仇，君子長志。
Villagers bear grudges, gentlemen have long aspirations.
39、失之毫釐，差以千里。
The difference is thousands of miles.
40、人情似紙張張薄，世事如棋局局新。
Humanity is like sheets of paper, and the world is like a new chess game.
41、打空拳費力，說空話勞神。
Empty boxing is hard, empty talk is hard.
42、虎瘦雄心在，人窮志不短。
A tiger is thin and ambitious, but a man is poor and ambitious.
43、寧可一日沒錢使，不可一日壞行止。
Better have no money in a day than go bad in a day.
44、莫道君行早﹐更有早行人。
Mo Daojun travels early, more early pedestrians.
45、寧吃開眉粥，不吃皺眉飯。
Better eat frown porridge than frown rice.
46、欺山莫欺水，欺人莫欺心。
Do not deceive mountains or waters, and do not deceive people or hearts.
47、自家心裏急，他人未知忙。
My own heart is in a hurry, others are unknown and busy.
48、欲求生富貴，須下死工夫。
If you want to live and be rich, you have to work hard.
49、有志不在年高，無志空長百歲。
The ambition is not to be old, but to be a hundred years old.
50、樹怕爛根，人怕無志。
Trees are afraid of rotten roots and people are afraid of no ambition.
51、小時是兄弟，長大各鄉里。
When I was a brother, I grew up in the countryside.
52、惜花須檢點，愛月不梳頭。
Cherish the flowers, but don't comb your hair in love with the moon.
53、茅茨之屋，或有侯王。
Maotse's house, or a prince.
54、有話說在當面，有事擺在眼前。
Something is said in front of you, something is in front of you.
55、人怕引誘，塘怕滲透。
People are afraid of temptation, but ponds are afraid of infiltration.
56、暗室虧心，神目如電。
Darkroom is sad, the eyes are like electricity.
57、聖賢言語，神欽鬼伏。
Sage words, gods and ghosts.
58、鼓不敲不響，理不辯不明。
The drums are silent and unreasonable.
59、吃一回虧，學一回乖。
Lose once, learn once.
60、寧可葷口唸佛，不可素口罵人。
Better read Buddha by mouth than swear.
61、入門休問榮枯事，觀看容顏便得知。
When you get to the door, you will know what's happening and what's happening when you look at your face.
62、好鼓一打就響，好燈一拔就亮。
A good drum sounds as soon as it hits, and a good lamp turns on as soon as it pulls out.
63、知者減半，省者全無。
Half the knowledgeable, and none of the provincial.
64、人怕理，馬怕鞭。
People are afraid of reason and horses are afraid of whips.
65、愁人苦夜長，志士惜日短。
Sorrowful people spend long nights, but ambitious people cherish short days.
66、三思而行，再斯可矣。
Think twice before you act.
67、君子固窮，小人窮斯濫也。
A gentleman is poor, but a small man is poor.
68、常將有日思無日，莫把無時思有時。
There will always be days to think, not times to think sometimes.
69、鳥惜羽毛虎惜皮，爲人處世惜臉皮。
Birds cherish feathers, tigers their skins, and people's faces.
70、有上不去的天，沒過不去的關。
There are days that cannot go, there is no barrier that cannot go.
71、出家如初﹐成佛有餘。
If you are a monk, you have more than enough to become a Buddha.
72、但有綠楊堪繫馬，處處有路透長安。
But the green poplar can tie the horse, there are Reuters Chang'an everywhere.
73、一人修路，萬人安步。
One man builds roads and ten thousand people walk in peace.
74、不是你的財，別落你的袋。
It's not your money. Don't leave it in your pocket.
75、人不勸不善，鐘不打不鳴。
If one does not persuade others, the bell will not ring.
76、隨分耕鋤收地利，他時飽滿謝蒼天。
He was full of thanks to heaven when he plowed and hoed and gathered land.
77、觀今宜鑑古﹐無古不成今。
Looking at the present, we should learn from the past.
