1. 吃酒不吃菜，必定醉得快。

1. If you drink without eating, you are bound to get drunk quickly.

2. 一天省一把，十年买匹马。

2. Save a handful a day, and you'll buy a horse in ten years.

3. 人是实的好，姜是老的辣。

3. People are inherently good, and old ginger is spicier.

4. 当着矮人，别说矮话。

4. Do not say things of little consequence in front of dwarves.

5. 无事嫌夜长，有事嫌日短。

5. When there's nothing to do, the night seems long; when there's something to do, the day seems short.

6. 大王好见，小鬼难求。

6. It's easy to see the king, but hard to meet the demons.

7. 有多大的脚，穿多大的鞋。

7. As big as the feet, so big as the shoes.

8. 吃人家的嘴短，拿人家的手短。

8. If you eat someone's food, you have a short mouth; if you take someone's hand, you have a short arm.

9. 富人过年，穷人过关。

9. The rich celebrate the New Year, while the poor pass through the New Year.

10. 听人劝，吃饱饭；识人教，武艺高。

10. He who listens to others' advice will have his belly filled; he who recognizes others' teachings will have his martial arts skills elevated.

11. 宁可认错，不可说谎。

11. It is better to admit a mistake than to lie.

12. 从小差一岁，到老不同年。

12. One year apart at birth, we age differently in life.

13. 井越掏，水越清；事越摆，理越明。

13. The well is cleared by digging deeper; the truth becomes clearer when the matter is laid out.

14. 台上三分钟，台下十年功。

14. Three minutes on stage, ten years of hard work behind the scenes.

15. 懒人用长线，拙人用弯针。

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

16. 路湿早脱鞋，遇事早安排。

16. Take off your shoes when it's wet early, make arrangements for things early when faced with difficulties.

17. 土中生白玉，地内出黄金。

17. White jade grows from the earth, and gold appears from within the ground.

18. 有钱难买老来瘦。

18. It's hard to buy thinness in old age with money.

19. 捉奸捉双，捉贼捉脏。

19. Catch the奸 together, catch the thief with the stolen goods.

20. 生气，是拿别人的错误惩罚自己。

20. Getting angry is a form of self-punishment for others' mistakes.

21. 出门问路，入乡问俗。

21. When you go out, ask for directions; when you arrive in a new place, inquire about local customs.

22. 白米饭好吃，五谷田难种。

22. White rice is delicious, but it's hard to cultivate the land for five grains.

23. 三早抵一工，三补抵一新。

23. Three early arrivals compensate for one late, three compensations offset one new one.

24. 忘掉这天的人将被明天忘掉。

24. Those who forget this day will be forgotten by tomorrow.

25. 秀才谋反，三年不成。

25. A scholar tries to rebel, but fails after three years.

26. 买鸡看爪，买鸭看嘴。

26. When buying chickens, look at their claws; when buying ducks, look at their beaks.

27. 好马不停蹄，好牛不停犁。

27. A good horse never stops moving, and a good ox never stops plowing.

28. 宁吃半餐，不吃断餐。

28. Better to have half a meal than go without any.

29. 娘家的饭香，婆家的饭长。

29. The food at one's parents' house is delicious, but the food at one's in-laws' house is abundant.

30. 天才和懒惰结伴，等于一事无成。

30. A genius paired with laziness is as productive as a sieve.

31. 从俭入奢易，从奢入俭难。

31. It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to revert from extravagance to frugality.

32. 朋友千个少，敌人一个多。

32. The more friends you have, the fewer they are; the more enemies you have, the more they are.

33. 岁寒知松柏，患难见交情。

33. The cold of winter reveals the strength of pine and cypress, and adversity tests the depth of friendship.

34. 拳不离手，曲不离口。

34. The fist never leaves the hand, the bow never leaves the mouth.

35. 不担三分险，难练一身胆。

35. Without taking three parts of risk, it's hard to cultivate an entire body of courage.

36. 十年栽树，百年歇凉。

36. Plant trees for ten years, enjoy the shade for a hundred years.

37. 当用时万金不惜，不当用时一文不费。

37. Spend all one's wealth when necessary, and not a single coin when not.

38. 众人拾柴火焰高。

38. Many hands make light work.