1. 好马不停蹄，好牛不停犁。

1. A good horse never stops galloping, and a good ox never stops plowing.

2. ◆菜能吃，糠能吃，气不能吃；吃能让，穿能让，理不能让。

2. ◆Vegetables can be eaten, chaff can be eaten, air cannot be eaten; one can compromise on eating and dressing, but one cannot compromise on principles.

3. 乌龟教鳖，越教越瘪。

3. The turtle teaches the tortoise, and the more it teaches, the flatter it gets.

4. 好人不留种，坏人白白动。

4. Good people don't leave offspring, bad people are just busy.

5. 不怕天旱，就怕靠天吃饭。

5. It's not the drought that we fear, but rather depending on the sky for our sustenance.

6. 心里没冷病，不怕吃西瓜。

6. If one has no cold in the heart, they need not fear eating watermelons.

7. 光犁不耙，枉把力下。

7. The plow does not till, and the effort is in vain.

8. ◆三勤一懒，想懒不得懒；三懒一勤，想勤不得勤。

8.◆ Three industrious and one lazy, you cannot be lazy; three lazy and one industrious, you cannot be industrious.

9. 读书破万卷，下笔如有神。

9. To read ten thousand volumes and to write as if possessed by a spirit.

10. 眼睛花，羊做猪。

10. The eyes are blurred, and sheep act like pigs.

11. 河里浮青苔，毕有大雨来。

11. There is green algae floating in the river, which signifies that a heavy rain is coming.

12. ◆一天不练手脚慢，两天不练丢一半，三天不练门外汉，四天不练瞪眼看。

12. ◆Not practicing for a day makes your hands and feet slow, not practicing for two days loses half, not practicing for three days makes you a stranger to the craft, and not practicing for four days makes you watch in amazement.

13. 一人说话全有理，两人说话见高低。

13. One person speaking has all the right, two people speaking can show who is superior.

14. ◆光说不练假把式，光练不说真把式，连说带练全把式。

14.◆ All talk and no action is a false show, all action and no talk is a true show, a combination of talking and action is a complete show.

15. ◆一个巧皮匠，没有好鞋样；两个笨皮匠，彼此有商量；三个臭皮匠，胜过诸葛亮。

15. ◆ A clever leather worker has no good shoe pattern; two clumsy leather workers have each other to consult; three stinking leather workers are more than the wisdom of Zhuge Liang.

16. 八分半山一分田，半分水路和庄园。

16. 1/8 of the mountain, 1/8 of the farmland, 1/2 of the waterway and manor.

17. 读书不知意，等于啃树皮。

17. Reading without understanding is like gnawing at tree bark.

18. 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚。

18. To light incense only when in need, rather than in times of peace.

19. 麦上囤，谷入仓，豌豆掮在肩膀上。

19. Wheat is stored in heaps, grain is stored in barns, and green peas are carried on the shoulders.

20. 玉不琢，不成器；人不学，不知道。

20. Jade not polished cannot become a fine utensil; a person not educated cannot gain knowledge.

21. 湿锄糜子干锄谷，露水地里锄芝麻。

21. Wet hoe for millet, dry hoe for grain, and sesame in dewy soil.

22. 听君一席话，胜读十年书。

22. Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books.

23. 冬季栽树树做梦，春季栽树树换性。

23. Planting trees in winter, trees dream; planting trees in spring, trees change sex.

24. 花儿凋谢不再开，光阴一去不再来。

24. Flowers wither and will not bloom again, time once gone will not return.

25. 先为亲，再为邻。

25. Put family before neighbors.

26. ◆不下水，一辈子不会游泳；不扬帆，一辈子不会撑船。

26. ◆ If you never dive in, you will never learn to swim; if you never hoist the sail, you will never learn to row a boat.

27. 日出胭脂红，不雨便生风。

27. The sunrise is crimson, without rain there will be wind.

28. ◆宁可身冷，不可心冷；宁可人穷，不可志穷。

28. ◆ It is better to be cold in body than in spirit; better to be poor in wealth than in spirit.

29. 干锄浅，湿锄深。

29. The dry hoe is shallow, the wet hoe is deep.

30. 内行看门道，外行看热闹。

30. The experts see the methods, while the amateurs see the commotion.

31. 补漏趁天晴，读书趁年轻。

31. Fix leaks when the sky is clear, and read when you are young.

32. 喜鹊枝头叫，出门晴天报。

32. Magpies chirp on the branch, heralding sunny weather when you go out.

33. 攒粪是攒粮，造林是造福。

33. Collecting manure is saving grain, and planting trees is benefiting the world.

34. 东风不过辰，过辰刮倒人。西风不过酉连夜走。

34. The east wind does not pass through the辰, if it passes through the辰, it will blow people over. The west wind does not pass through the 酉, if it passes through the 酉, it will keep blowing all night.

35. 老实不吃亏，调皮没便宜。

35. Honesty is not at a loss, mischief has no advantage.

36. 金鹁鸪，银鹁鸪，飞来飞去飞义乌。

36. Gold wood pigeon, silver wood pigeon, flying here and there to Yiwu.