1. 莫笑别人背驼，自己把腰挺直。

1. Don't laugh at others for their hunched backs; straighten your own waist instead.

2. 吃饭打湿口，洗脸打湿手。

2. When eating, get the mouth wet; when washing your face, get your hands wet.

3. 鼓不打不响，钟不敲不鸣。

3. If you don't beat the drum, it won't sound; if you don't strike the bell, it won't chime.

4. 逢着瞎子不谈光，逢着癞子不谈疮。

4. When encountering a blind person, don't talk about light; when encountering a leper, don't talk about sores.

5. 有志不在年高，有理不在会说。

5. It's not the age that matters, but the will; it's not the eloquence that counts, but the reason.

6. 百闻不如一见，百见不如一干。

6. Seeing is believing, and doing is better than seeing.

7. 灯不拨不亮，理不辩不明。

7. The lamp won't light up if you don't turn it on, and the truth won't become clear if you don't argue about it.

8. 三天不念口生，三年不做手生。

8. Not reciting for three days will make your mouth笨，and not doing anything for three years will make your hands笨.

9. 母大儿肥，种好苗壮。

9. The mother is large and the son is fat; good seeds grow strong.

10. 常说口里顺，常做手不笨。

10. Often saying things smoothly makes one's mouth nimble, and often doing things makes one's hands deft.

11. 不会烧香得罪神，不会讲话得罪人。

11. Not knowing how to burn incense won't offend the gods, but not knowing how to speak can offend people.

12. 单丝不成线，独木不成林。

12. A single thread does not make a thread, and a single tree does not make a forest.

13. 让礼一寸，得礼一尺。

13. Give an inch, gain a foot in courtesy.

14. 不怕少年苦，只怕老来穷。

14. It's not the hardship in youth that one fears, but poverty in old age.

15. 贮水防旱，积谷防荒。

15. Store water to prevent drought and accumulate grain to prevent scarcity.

16. 吃人家嘴短，拿人家手短。

16. If you eat someone's food, you can't say bad things about them; if you take someone's hand, you can't refuse to help them.

17. 不要骑两头马，不要喝两头茶。

17. Don't try to ride two horses at the same time, and don't drink two cups of tea at once.

18. 大处着眼，小处着手。

18. Look at the big picture while starting with the small details.

19. 冻的是闲人，饿的是馋人。

19. The cold affects idlers, and the hunger affects the greedy.

20. 病从口入，寒从脚起。

20. Illness enters through the mouth, coldness starts from the feet.

21. 天好的刀创药，不如不刺着。

21. It's better not to wound with a good knife than to cause a bad scar.

22. 不当家，不知柴米贵；不生子，不知父母恩。

22. If one does not manage a household, one does not know the value of firewood and rice; if one does not have children, one does not understand the kindness of one's parents.

23. 有理不怕势来压，人正不怕影子歪。

23. Rational people are not afraid of pressure from power, and upright individuals are not afraid of shadows being crooked.

24. 离家十里路，各处各乡风。

24. Ten miles from home, every village has its own customs.

25. 生虎犹可近，熟人不可亲。

25. It is possible to approach a wild tiger, but not to be close to a familiar person.

26. 前脚走，后脚到，一步错，步步错。

26. The first step out, the second step in; one wrong step, and every step thereafter is wrong.

27. 懒汉下地事多，懒驴上套屎多。

27. The lazy person has many chores on the ground, and the lazy donkey has a lot of dung on the harness.

28. 近山知鸟音，近水知鱼性。

28. Close to the mountains, one knows the birds' songs; close to the water, one knows the fish's nature.

29. 明枪好躲，暗箭难防。

29. It's easy to dodge a spear that is thrown in the open, but difficult to guard against an arrow shot in the dark.

30. 一理通，百理融。

30. One principle understood, a hundred principles are harmonized.

31. 刮风走小巷，下雨走大街。

31. In the wind, take the narrow alleys; in the rain, take the main streets.

32. 不可不算，不可全算。

32. Not to be counted all at once, not to be counted all at once.

33. 耳听为虚，眼见为实。

33. What one hears is not always reliable, but what one sees is real.

34. 自在不成人，成人不自在。

34. It's uncomfortable to be carefree, and it's uneasy to be grown-up.

35. 常骂不惊，常打不怕。

35. Habitual scolding doesn't startle, and habitual beating doesn't scare.

36. 懒人用长线，拙人用弯针。

36. Lazy people use long threads, clumsy people use bent needles.

37. 粗饭养人，粗活益身。

37. coarse rice nourishes the body, and coarse labor benefits the body.

38. 吃亏人常在，占便宜死得快。

38. People who suffer losses often live longer, while those who seek advantages die prematurely.

39. 君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚。

39. A gentleman is magnanimous and open-minded; a small man is often anxious and melancholic.

40. 人怕放荡，铁怕落炉。

40. People fear licentiousness, iron fears falling into the furnace.

41. 不怕路长，只怕心老。?>

41. Not afraid of the long road, only afraid of the heart grows old.

42. 训子婴孩，教妇初来。

42. Educate your children and teach your new wife.

43. 边学边问，才有学问。

43. Only by asking while learning can one acquire knowledge.

44. 当着矬子，别说短话。

44. Don't speak of short things in the presence of dwarfs.

45. 教人教心，浇花浇根。

45. Teach people to teach the heart, water flowers at the root.

46. 宁向直中取，不可曲中求。

46. It is better to take a straight path than to seek a crooked one.

47. 六月不热，五谷不结。

47. If June is not hot, the five grains will not grow.

48. 山高自有行路客，水深也有渡船人。

48. There are travelers on the mountain path, and there are boatmen on the deep river.

49. 给自己唱赞歌的人，听众只有一个。

49. The one who sings praise to oneself has only one audience.

50. 吃要吃有味的，说要说有理的。

50. Eat to savor the flavors, speak to be reasonable.

51. 智壮英雄胆，艺高人胆大。

51. The wise and brave are heroes; the skilled are bold.

52. 靠山吃山，靠水吃水。

52. When you live by the mountain, you eat the mountain's produce; when you live by the river, you eat the river's fish.

53. 事办当时，话讲当面。

53. When things are done, speak face to face.

54. 一个鸡蛋吃不饱，一身臭名背到老。

54. One egg is not enough to satisfy a person, and a bad reputation sticks with you for life.

55. 好人争理，坏人争嘴。

55. Good people argue for the truth, while bad people argue for their words.

56. 耳不听不烦，眼不见不馋。

56. If you don't listen, you won't get annoyed; if you don't see, you won't be envious.

57. 老人不讲古，后生会失谱。

57. If the elderly do not recount the old tales, the young will lose their way.

58. 年纪不饶人，节令不饶天。

58. Age is unyielding to people, and the seasons are unyielding to the heavens.

59. 会写的坐着，会唱的站着。

59. Those who can write sit down, those who can sing stand up.