1. NO8 知戏文戏理，才能唱出好戏。

1. Understanding both the literary and dramatic aspects of a play is essential to performing it well.

2. NO16 台下静，声小也能听得清。台下动，声音再大也没用。

2. NO16: When the audience is quiet, even soft sounds can be heard clearly. But when the audience is active, no matter how loud the sound is, it's of no use.

3. NO54 千斤话白四两唱，三分唱念七分作。

3. NO54: One pound of words, two ounces of singing, three parts singing, seven parts acting.

4. NO2 勤学通百艺，苦练出真功。

4. Diligent study in NO2 (referring to a specific skill or subject) enables mastery of a hundred arts, and hard practice brings real skill.

5. NO15 台上一分钟，台下十年功

5. "A minute on stage requires ten years of hard work backstage."

6. NO5 字不正听不清，腔不回不中听。

6. The character is not correct, and it's not clear to hear; the tone is not returning, and it's not pleasant to listen to.

7. NO9 艺术是件宝，不学得不了。

7. Art is a treasure, which one cannot acquire without learning.

8. NO26 好戏把人唱醉，坏戏把人唱睡。

8. Good plays can make people drunk with joy, while bad plays can put people to sleep.

9. NO40 唱戏的是“疯子”，看戏的是“傻子”。

9. Those who act in the opera are called "madmen," and those who watch the opera are called "idiots."

10. NO47 兰花手，荷叶掌，握拳如凤头。

10. NO47 Orchid hand, lotus leaf palm, fist like a phoenix's head.

11. NO33 百日笛子千日箫， 小小胡琴拉断腰。

11. NO33 Bamboo flute for a hundred days, bamboo pipe for a thousand days; the little Erhu can break one's waist.

12. NO50 艺多不压身，艺高人胆大。

12. A person who has many skills will not be burdened by them, and a person with high skills dares to take risks.

13. NO25 学到知羞处，方知艺不高。

13. It is only when one knows where to be ashamed that one realizes one's art is not proficient.

14. NO51 若要戏路通，全靠幼时功。

14. NO51 If you want a smooth acting career, it all depends on your childhood efforts.

15. 谚语是广泛流传于民间的言简意赅的短语，多数反映了劳动人民的生活实践经验，而且一般都是经过口头传下来的。

15. Proverbs are concise phrases widely spread among the people, most of which reflect the practical experiences of the working people and are generally passed down orally.

16. 眼大无神，庙里泥人。

16. Eyes large but lacking luster; clay figurines in the temple.

17. NO35 台上三分钟，台下十年功。

17. On stage for three minutes, ten years of hard work behind the scenes.

18. NO30 练到老，唱到老，学到八十不算老。

18. "Practice until you're old, sing until you're old, learning until you're eighty is not old."

19. NO38 功夫练到家，上台不怯场。

19. NO38 If martial arts are practiced to perfection, one will not be afraid on stage.

20. 唱戏不动情，看戏不同情。

20. If someone sings without emotion, they will not feel sympathy for the play; if someone watches a play without emotion, they will not feel sympathy for it either.

21. 师父领进门，修行在个人。

21. The master leads you in, but the practice is up to you.

22. 见山如山在，看水如水流。

22. When one sees a mountain, it is as if the mountain is there; when one sees water, it is as if the water is flowing.

23. NO48 慢板要紧，快板要稳，散板要准。

23. NO48: The slow tempo should be tight, the fast tempo should be stable, and the free tempo should be accurate.

24. NO3 以熟为巧，以巧为妙。

24. Mastery is skill, and skill is art.

25. NO13 要想戏路通，全靠幼时功。

25. If you want a smooth acting path, it all depends on the skills you acquire in your childhood.

26. NO32 要练惊人艺，须下苦功夫。

26. NO32 To master a stunning skill, one must put in diligent effort.

27. NO4 七分念白三分唱，白是骨头唱是肉。

27. NO4: Seven parts recitation and three parts singing, the recitation is the bones and the singing is the flesh.

28. NO44 百日笛子千日箫，小小胡琴拉断腰

28. NO44 A hundred days for the flute, a thousand days for the shawm, a small huqin can snap one's waist.

29. NO20 早扮（戏）三光，晚扮（戏）三慌。

29. "Early acting (in a play) brings three lights, and late acting (in a play) brings three fears."

30. NO31 玩艺儿是假的，精气神儿是真的。

30. NO31: The skills are fake, but the spirit and vitality are real.

31. NO53 教会徒弟，饿死师父。 只有状元徒弟，没有状元师父。

31. "Teach a student and starve a master. There are no top scholar students without top scholar masters."

32. NO19 宁输后台不输前台，只许艺高不许胆大。

32. NO19: It's better to lose in the back office than in the front office; only allow talent, not audacity.

33. 一日不练自己知道，两日不练同行知道，三日不练观众知道。

33. One day without practice, and you know it; two days without practice, your peers know it; three days without practice, the audience knows it.

34. NO34 有板有眼叫戏，没板没眼叫屁。

34. If you act in a well-structured and well-rehearsed manner, it's called a performance. If you act without structure or preparation, it's just noise.

35. 忙而不乱，慢而不断。

35. Busy but not disorganized; slow but not interrupted.

36. NO41 一遍功夫一遍巧，一遍拆洗一遍新。

36. "One round of effort, one round of skill; one round of disassembly and washing, one round of freshness."

37. NO23 净行要撑，旦行要松，生行要弓，武行取当中。

37. In the clean walking, one should be firm; in the morning walking, one should be relaxed; in the living walking, one should be like an archer; in the martial walking, one should aim for the middle.

38. 台下静，声小也能听得清。台下动，声音再大也没用。

38. The audience is quiet, and even a soft voice can be clearly heard. If the audience is noisy, no matter how loud the voice is, it won't make any difference.