Here are some popular proverbs and idioms usually seen in conversations. How many of them do you know? Can you give them proper Chinese translations? Learn them well, quote them from time to time in the dialoges, and you can also speak in a witty way like gurus! Always remember that practice makes perfect and be riding on an English wave with content! Sayings with BOLD letters need good Chinese translations that I've not solved yet. Will you help me?
1. A burned child dreads the fire. 一朝
2. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 燃
3. A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. 喜
4. A close mouth catches no flies. 病
5. Adversity leads to prosperity. 不經一番
6. Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 同
7. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 不經一事
8. Age is a matter of mind; if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
9. A good beginning is half done. 好的
10. A good conscience is a soft pillow. 平
11. A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君
12. A leopard cannot change his spots. 江
13. All limitations are self-imposed. 勇
14. All that ends well is well. 欲達
15. All things are difficult before they are easy. 萬
16. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
17. A new broom sweeps clean. 新
18. A soft and subtle approach can disarm a man of hot temper. 柔
19. A sound of kiss is not less loud than that of a cannon. 同18
20. A useless life is an early death.
21. Bad news has wings. 壞
22. Beauty is but skin deep.
23. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情
24. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 寧
25. Content is better than riches. 知
26. Courtesy costs nothing. 禮
27. Dead men tell no tales. 死
28. Death sometimes will not buy the crimes. 死
29. Diamond cuts diamond. 強
30. Don’t pour water into a sieve. 竹
31. Dying is as natural as living.
32. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早
33. Easier said than done. 坐
34. Empty vessels make the most sound. 半
35. Even Homer sometimes nods. 人非
36. Every cloud has a silver lining. 塞 or 否
37. Every dog has its day.
38. Every Jack must have his Jill. 一枝
39. Every potter boasts off his own pot. 老
40. Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要
41. First impressions are half the battle.
42. Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加
43. Grasp all, lose my dog. 勿貪
44. Gray hair is the splendor of the old. 白
45. I went for the wool, but got shorn. 賠
46. If a man deceives you once, shame on him; if he deceives you twice, shame on you. 勿重
47. If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
48. It never rains but pours. 不鳴
49. It takes all sorts to make a world. 一樣
50. It takes two to tango. 一個
51. Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and half-shut afterward. 婚
52. Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. 同5
53. Knowledge puffs up, love builds up. 知
54. Little strokes fell great oaks. 積
55. Like a chip off an old block. 龍
56. Like teacher, like pupil. 名
57. Look before you leap. 三
58. Love all, trust a few.
59. Love me, love my dog. 愛
60. Man proposes; God disposes. 盡
61. Many kiss the child for the nurse’s sake. 醉
62. Measure for measure. 針
63. Money burns a hole in the pocket.
64. Money has eyes in the back of his head. 有錢
65. Money talks. 同64
66. Moving three times is tantamount to suffering a big fire.
67. Never put the cart before the horse. 勿本
68. Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. 勿無
69. No one knows where the shoe pinches like the wearer. 如
70. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
71. One good head is better than a hundred strong arms.
72. One wrong step may bring a great fall. 失
73. People seek far and wide for what lies close at hand. 捨
74. Please all, and you will please none.
75. Prevention is better than cure. 預
76. Smart as a rule but this time a fool. 聰
77. Speech is silver; silence is gold. 沉
78. Still waters run deep. 深
79. Strike the iron while it is hot. 打
80. Success and failure are equally disastrous. 勝
81. The best fish swim near the bottom. 好酒
82. The boughs that bear most hang lowest. 肚
83. The darkest place is under the candlestick. 最
84. The end justifies the means. 同14
85. The finest diamond must be cut. 玉
86. The longest day must have an end. 天
87. There is many a slip between a mouth and a cup. 酒
88. There is no smoke without fire. 無
89. There never was a good war or a bad peace.
90. The truth shall set you free. 真
91. The tongue talks at the head’s cost. 言
92. Tit for tat. 以
93. Today a man, tomorrow a mouse. 小
94. Too many cooks spoils the broth. 人多
95. Wedlock is a padlock. 婚
96. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. 凡
97. When the cat is away, the mice will play. 山
98. While there’s life, there’s hope. 留
99. You can fool all people some of the time and some people all of the time, but you cannot fool all people all of the time.
100. You cannot make bricks without straw. 巧
101. You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. 同12
1. A burned child dreads the fire. 一朝
2. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 燃
3. A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. 喜
4. A close mouth catches no flies. 病
5. Adversity leads to prosperity. 不經一番
6. Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 同
7. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 不經一事
8. Age is a matter of mind; if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
9. A good beginning is half done. 好的
10. A good conscience is a soft pillow. 平
11. A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君
12. A leopard cannot change his spots. 江
13. All limitations are self-imposed. 勇
14. All that ends well is well. 欲達
15. All things are difficult before they are easy. 萬
16. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
17. A new broom sweeps clean. 新
18. A soft and subtle approach can disarm a man of hot temper. 柔
19. A sound of kiss is not less loud than that of a cannon. 同18
20. A useless life is an early death.
21. Bad news has wings. 壞
22. Beauty is but skin deep.
23. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情
24. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 寧
25. Content is better than riches. 知
26. Courtesy costs nothing. 禮
27. Dead men tell no tales. 死
28. Death sometimes will not buy the crimes. 死
29. Diamond cuts diamond. 強
30. Don’t pour water into a sieve. 竹
31. Dying is as natural as living.
32. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早
33. Easier said than done. 坐
34. Empty vessels make the most sound. 半
35. Even Homer sometimes nods. 人非
36. Every cloud has a silver lining. 塞 or 否
37. Every dog has its day.
38. Every Jack must have his Jill. 一枝
39. Every potter boasts off his own pot. 老
40. Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要
41. First impressions are half the battle.
42. Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加
43. Grasp all, lose my dog. 勿貪
44. Gray hair is the splendor of the old. 白
45. I went for the wool, but got shorn. 賠
46. If a man deceives you once, shame on him; if he deceives you twice, shame on you. 勿重
47. If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
48. It never rains but pours. 不鳴
49. It takes all sorts to make a world. 一樣
50. It takes two to tango. 一個
51. Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and half-shut afterward. 婚
52. Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. 同5
53. Knowledge puffs up, love builds up. 知
54. Little strokes fell great oaks. 積
55. Like a chip off an old block. 龍
56. Like teacher, like pupil. 名
57. Look before you leap. 三
58. Love all, trust a few.
59. Love me, love my dog. 愛
60. Man proposes; God disposes. 盡
61. Many kiss the child for the nurse’s sake. 醉
62. Measure for measure. 針
63. Money burns a hole in the pocket.
64. Money has eyes in the back of his head. 有錢
65. Money talks. 同64
66. Moving three times is tantamount to suffering a big fire.
67. Never put the cart before the horse. 勿本
68. Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. 勿無
69. No one knows where the shoe pinches like the wearer. 如
70. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
71. One good head is better than a hundred strong arms.
72. One wrong step may bring a great fall. 失
73. People seek far and wide for what lies close at hand. 捨
74. Please all, and you will please none.
75. Prevention is better than cure. 預
76. Smart as a rule but this time a fool. 聰
77. Speech is silver; silence is gold. 沉
78. Still waters run deep. 深
79. Strike the iron while it is hot. 打
80. Success and failure are equally disastrous. 勝
81. The best fish swim near the bottom. 好酒
82. The boughs that bear most hang lowest. 肚
83. The darkest place is under the candlestick. 最
84. The end justifies the means. 同14
85. The finest diamond must be cut. 玉
86. The longest day must have an end. 天
87. There is many a slip between a mouth and a cup. 酒
88. There is no smoke without fire. 無
89. There never was a good war or a bad peace.
90. The truth shall set you free. 真
91. The tongue talks at the head’s cost. 言
92. Tit for tat. 以
93. Today a man, tomorrow a mouse. 小
94. Too many cooks spoils the broth. 人多
95. Wedlock is a padlock. 婚
96. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. 凡
97. When the cat is away, the mice will play. 山
98. While there’s life, there’s hope. 留
99. You can fool all people some of the time and some people all of the time, but you cannot fool all people all of the time.
100. You cannot make bricks without straw. 巧
101. You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. 同12
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