1. Water can carry a boat and overturn it.

1. Water can float a boat and capsize it.

2. Laxative light decoction， tonic strong boil.

2. Laxative: light decoction, tonic: strong boil.

3. 屋里不烧火，屋外不冒烟。

3. No fire is burning inside, and no smoke is rising outside.

4. How deep is the foundation and how high is the wall？

4. How deep is the foundation and how high is the wall?

5. There is no fire in the house and no smoke outside.

5. There is no fire in the house and no smoke outside.

6. 虚心的人学十当一，骄傲的人学一当十。

6. A humble person learns ten things for every one they study, while a proud person learns one thing for every ten they study.

7. A minor illness is incurable， but a serious one is difficult to cure.

7. A minor illness is incurable, but a serious one is difficult to cure.

8. 是草有根，是话有因。

8. Grass has its roots, words have their reasons.

9. 未饱先止，已饥方食。

9. Stop eating when you are not full, start eating when you are hungry.

10. A feather shows the direction of the wind and a grass shows the current.

10. A feather indicates the direction of the wind, and a blade of grass shows the current.

11. 天无一月雨，人无一世穷。

11. If heaven does not rain for a month, people cannot be poor for a lifetime.

12. Sleep first， then your eyes.

12. Sleep first, then your eyes.

13. 文官动动嘴，武官跑断腿。

13. Civil officials just talk, while military officials run themselves to exhaustion.

14. External revenge does not evade enemy， internal revenge does not evade relatives.

14. External revenge does not escape the enemy; internal revenge does not escape relatives.

15. 外举不避仇，内举不避亲。

15. In selecting for office, neither enmity nor kinship is to be avoided.

16. 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。

16. Do not judge a person by their appearance, nor measure the sea with a sieve.

17. 三人四靠，倒了锅灶。

17. Three people to four sides, the pot and stove have fallen over.

18. Three people leaned around and poured the cooker.

18. Three people leaned around and poured the pot.

19. 生气，是拿别人的错误惩罚自己。

19. Getting angry is like punishing yourself for others' mistakes.

20. 天不生无用之人，地不长无名之草。?>

20. Heaven does not bring forth a useless person, and the earth does not grow nameless grass.

21. Never do anything， never say anything.

21. Never do anything, never say anything.

22. 全是生姜不辣，全是花椒不麻。

22. All ginger and no spiciness, all Sichuan pepper and no numbing sensation.

23. One person tells the truth， one hundred people tell the truth.

23. One person tells the truth; a hundred people tell a lie.

24. Xiu Cai met soldiers， there is no reason to say.

24. Xiu Cai met soldiers; there is no reason to say so.

25. The casserole won't break， the wood won't cut.

25. The casserole won't break, the wood won't cut.

26. 无事田中走，谷米长几斗。

26. Walking through the fields with nothing, the grains of rice grow in heaps.

27. 奢者富不足，俭者贫有余。

27. The extravagant are never satisfied, while the thrifty have more than enough.

28. 多深的根基，筑多高的墙。

28. The deeper the foundation, the higher the wall.

29. 树怕剥皮，人怕护短。

29. Trees fear being peeled, people fear protecting their shortcomings.

30. 水大湿不了船，火大烧不了锅。

30. Too much water can't sink a boat, and too much fire can't burn a pot.

31. 一人传虚，百人传实。

31. A lie goes halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its shoes on.

32. 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

32. The sky may bring unexpected changes, and people may face misfortunes at any time.

33. 吃菜吃心，听话听音。

33. Eat the vegetable with your heart, listen to the tone in the words.

34. Grass has roots and words have reasons.

34. Grass has roots; words have reasons.

35. 小伤风三日，大伤风七天。

35. A minor cold lasts for three days, while a severe cold lasts for seven days.

36. 物离乡贵，人离乡贱。

36. Things become valuable when they are away from home, and people become despicable when they are away from home.

37. One price， one goods， a very good price to buy.

37. One price, one item, a very good price to purchase.

38. Mountains can't hold down springs， cattle can't kill lice.

38. Mountains cannot contain springs, cattle cannot kill lice.

39. Things are big and small. It's easy.

39. Things are big and small. It's simple.

40. 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

40. The water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.

41. Dragon can't live without clouds， fish can't live without water.

41. A dragon cannot live without clouds; a fish cannot live without water.

42. 宁失一事，不失一时。

42. It's better to lose a matter than a moment.

43. 一叶渔船两小童，收篙停棹坐船中。

43. A fishing boat with a single sail, two young children, gathering the oars and stopping the rowing, sitting in the boat.

44. Small people are arrogant and small streams are loud.

44. Little people are arrogant and little streams are loud.

45. The mountains are high and the trees are high. The wells are deep and cool.

45. The mountains are high and the trees are tall. The wells are deep and cool.

46. To be angry is to punish oneself for the mistakes of others.

46. To be angry is to punish oneself for the mistakes of others.

47. Small cold for three days and big cold for seven days.

47. A small cold for three days and a big cold for seven days.

48. 说书的嘴快，演戏的腿快。

48. The storyteller's mouth is quick, and the actor's legs are quick.

49. Ten plums， nine sours， ten officials， nine greedy.

49. Ten plums, nine sour ones, ten officials, nine greedy ones.

50. Ten groups are easy， one group is difficult.

50. Ten groups are easy, one group is difficult.

51. 上顿不吃饱，下顿省不了。

51. If you don't eat your fill at the first meal, you can't save on the next one.

52. Today is an egg， tomorrow is a bird that can fly.

52. Today is an egg, tomorrow is a bird that can fly.

53. Eat less， taste more， eat more bad stomach.

53. Eat less, taste more, have more indigestion.

54. 砂锅不捣不漏，木头不凿不通。

54. A pot won't leak unless it's pounded, and wood won't be hollow unless it's carved.

55. Better lose one thing than lose one moment.

55. It's better to lose one thing than to lose one moment.

56. 三早抵一工，三补抵一新。

56. Three early arrivals compensate for one late worker, and three make-ups compensate for one new worker.

57. Literary drama relies on mouth， military drama relies on leg.

57. Literary drama relies on mouth, military drama relies on leg.

58. You can't breathe or breathe.

58. You cannot breathe or you can't breathe.

59. The government gate of the world opens to the south， so it is reasonable to have no money.

59. The world's government gate faces south, so it is reasonable to have no money.

60. 未晚先投宿，鸡鸣早看天。

60. Make an early stop before it gets too late, look up to the sky early when the chickens start to crow.

61. 小洞不补，大洞叫苦。

61. If small holes are not patched, one will suffer from big holes.

62. No useless man is born in heaven， and no nameless grass grows in the earth.

62. No useless man is born in heaven, and no nameless grass grows in the earth.

63. 一羽示风向，一草示水流。

63. A feather indicates the wind direction, a blade of grass indicates the water flow.

64. A modest man should learn ten， a proud man ten.

64. A modest man should learn ten, a proud man ten.

65. A good companion is a good neighbour.

65. A good companion is a good neighbor.

66. Bed before night， cock crows early to see the sky.

66. Before night, the bed is made, and the rooster crows early to see the sky.

67. 小人自大，小溪声大。

67. The lowly man boasts, but the small stream makes a loud sound.

68. Walking in the field without any problem， the rice is several buckets long.

68. Walking in the field without any problem, the rice stretches for several buckets in length.

69. Eat your vegetables， eat your heart， listen to your voice.

69. Eat your vegetables, eat your heart, listen to your voice.

70. How big feet， how big shoes to wear.

70. How large feet, what size shoes to wear.

71. Things are expensive and people are cheap.

71. Things are expensive and people are inexpensive.

72. 有多大的脚，穿多大的鞋。

72. The feet are as big as the shoes they wear.

73. 手怕不动，脑怕不用。

73. The hands fear inactivity, the mind fears disuse.

74. The last meal is not full， the next one is not saved.

74. The last meal is not full; the next one is not saved.

75. 贪小失大，惜指失掌。

75. Seeking small gains at the expense of big ones; losing the whole because of a desire to save a finger.

76. 事大事小，身到便了。

76. Whether it's a big matter or a small one, as long as you are present, it will be settled.

77. Tribulus terrestris is soft at birth.

77. Tribulus terrestris is soft at birth.

78. 吸不张口，呼不闭口。

78. Not opening the mouth when inhaling, not closing the mouth when exhaling.

79. One leaf of fishing boat， two children， stopped in the boat.

79. One leaf of a fishing boat, two children, stopped in the boat.

80. 铁冷了打不得，话冷了说不得。

80. You can't hit iron when it's cold, and you can't say words when they're cold.

81. 少吃多滋味，多吃坏肠胃。

81. Less is more in taste, but more can harm the stomach.