1. 人在人前闯，刀在石上荡。

1. A person forges ahead in front of others, a knife swirls on the stone.

2. It's hard to think backwards when you are thinking about common mistakes.

2. It's hard to think backwards when you're considering common mistakes.

3. 有钱难买五月旱，六月连阴吃饱饭。

3. Money can't buy a dry May, but a continuous rainy June can fill your belly with food.

4. There is no good to hide from others， no good to hide from others.

4. There is nothing good to hide from others, nothing good to hide from others.

5. No fear of drought， no fear of waterlogging， the first water conservancy construction.

5. No fear of drought, no fear of waterlogging, the first water conservancy construction.

6. 早雨一日晴，晚雨到天明。

6. If it rains early in the morning, it will be sunny until evening, and if it rains in the evening, it will rain all night.

7. Go out to see the sky， stir-fried vegetables to see the fire.

7. Go out to gaze at the sky; stir-fried vegetables to watch the flames.

8. 别人烤火我修塘，别人车水我歇凉。

8. While others are roasting by the fire, I'm repairing the pond; while others are watering the fields, I take a rest in the shade.

9. Catch a pig， look at pig Niang; choose a good variety and fight more grain.

9. Catch a pig, admire Pig Niang; select a fine breed and produce more grain.

10. When clouds cross the hill， hail falls when the wind is strong， and hail falls when hailstones cross the hill.

10. When clouds cross the hill, hail falls when the wind is strong, and hail falls when hailstones cross the hill.

11. Sow a melon， grow a bean， get a bean.

11. Sow a melon, grow a bean, get a bean.

12. No sowing in white land， no seedling in white water.

12. No sowing in the white land, no seedling in the white water.

13. 见解虽与神相同，行动需要和众人。

13. Although the views are in agreement with God, actions must be in harmony with the people.

14. 不怕旱，不怕涝，兴修水利头一条。

14. Not afraid of drought, not afraid of flood, the first thing is to develop water conservancy projects.

15. If the variety is not good， don't blame the seedlings.

15. If the variety is not good, don't blame the seedlings.

16. 粪是劲，水是命。

16. Manure is strength, water is life.

17. Introduction without experiment， a large area of open space.

17. Introduction without experiment, a large area of open space.

18. The stars are watery and the rain is hopeful.

18. The stars are watery and the rain is hopeful.

19. 乞丐跑步也有头绪。

19. The beggar's running also has a method to it.

20. Opening canals and digging rivers will kill the Dragon king.

20. Opening canals and digging rivers will kill the Dragon King.

21. Beggars have ideas for running.

21. Beggars have ideas for running.

22. 不听老人言，吃亏在眼前。

22. Not heeding the words of the elderly will result in immediate loss.

23. Opinion is the same as God， but action needs to be with all.

23. Opinion is akin to God, but action must be with all.

24. One man digs a well and everyone drinks water.

24. One man digs a well and everyone drinks the water.

25. There are many ways to learn from the sea.

25. There are many ways to learn from the sea.

26. 空中鱼鳞天，不雨也风颠。

26. Fish scales in the sky, rainless yet wind goes wild.

27. 出门看天色，炒菜看火色。

27. Go out to look at the sky, and watch the color of the flame while cooking.

28. The minced meat is cooked， but the knife is blunt.

28. The minced meat is cooked, but the knife is dull.

29. Money can't buy May drought， June Lianyin satiates.

29. Money cannot buy the May drought, June Lianyin satisfies.

30. Adults don't remember villains. The prime minister can prop a boat in his stomach.

30. Adults don't remember villains. The prime minister can support a boat in his stomach.

31. 人能治水水利人，人不治水水害人。

31. If people manage water, water serves people; if people do not manage water, water harms people.

32. 乌云脚底白，定有大雨来。

32. Clouds underfoot white, a heavy rain is bound to come.

33. Every day has two days， and every man has his own reason.

33. Every day consists of two days, and every man has his own reason.

34. 高粱开花连天旱，坐在家里吃好饭。

34. Sorghum flowers bloom, and the sky is perpetually dry; sitting at home, I enjoy a good meal.

35. 吃一堑，长一智。

35. Experience a setback and gain wisdom.

36. 星星水汪汪，下雨有希望。

36. The stars are watery, there's hope for rain.

37. Fish scales in the sky， rain and wind.

37. Fish scales in the sky, rain and wind.

38. 智者千虑，必有一失。

38. Even the wisest person makes mistakes after much consideration.

39. Flowers wither and no longer open. Time is gone and no longer comes.

39. Flowers wither and no longer bloom. Time has passed and no longer returns.

40. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

40. As you sow, so shall you reap.

41. Shun delicious， horizontal difficult to swallow.

41. Shun delicious, horizontal difficult to swallow. Translation to English: 41. Avoid delicious, horizontal ones are hard to swallow.

42. A single silk does not make a thread， a single tree does not make a forest.

42. One silk does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest.

43. 单丝不成线，独木不成林。

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

44. No doubt about the employer， no doubt about the suspect.

44. No doubt about the employer, no doubt about the suspect.

45. I build a pond when others are burning fire， and I rest when others are driving water.

45. I build a pond when others are burning fires, and I rest when others are driving water.

46. 蚊子咬的怪，天气要变坏。

46. It's odd how mosquitoes bite; the weather must be turning bad.

47. Drying seedlings in shallow water during the day and protecting seedlings in deep water at night.

47. Drying seedlings in shallow water during the day and protecting them in deep water at night.

48. Men want to be beautiful， soap all over; women want to be beautiful， filial piety three points.

48. Men desire to be handsome, adorned with soap all over; women desire to be beautiful, with filial piety as the threefold essence.

49. 歪嘴葫芦拐把瓢，品种不好莫怪苗。

49. The crooked mouth葫芦 with a bent handle, don't blame the seedlings for the poor variety.

50. 刮别人的油水长自己的膘。

50. Suck others' fat to fatten one's own belly.

51. The seller has strange feet and the buyer has strange shoes.

51. The seller has peculiar feet and the buyer has peculiar shoes.

52. 肉末煮熟，却说刀钝。

52. The minced meat was cooked, yet the excuse was that the knife was dull.

53. Jujube blossoms are mainly drought， pear blossoms are mainly waterlogging.

53. Jujube blossoms are mainly susceptible to drought, while pear blossoms are mainly prone to waterlogging.

54. Take the rudder without panic， and take the boat steadily.

54. Take the rudder without panic, and steer the boat steadily.

55. 要说人家缺三短四，自己要有十全十美。

55. If you're going to criticize someone for being lacking, you should be perfect in all aspects.

56. Eat a cut and grow wisdom.

56. Eat a piece and gain wisdom.

57. People rush in front of people and knives swing on stones.

57. People push others out of the way and knives swing on stones.

58. 棉怕八月连天阴，稻怕寒露一朝霜。

58. Cotton fears a continuous rainy season in August, while rice fears a single frost on the day of Cold Dew.

59. 越坐人越懒，越吃口越馋。

59. The more one sits, the lazier one becomes; the more one eats, the more one craves.

60. The sky is full of waves and the rain can't run away.

60. The sky is full of waves and the rain cannot escape.

61. 顺的好吃，横的难咽。

61. Vertically it's delicious, horizontally it's hard to swallow.

62. The snow is blowing this winter and the harvest will be good next year.

62. The snow is blowing this winter, and the harvest will be good next year.

63. 一人掘井，众人吃水。

63. One person digs a well, and many people drink the water.

64. Covered in June， no rice in December.

64. Covered in June, no rice in December.

65. Early rain， sunny day， late rain to dawn.

65. Early rain, sunny day, late rain until dawn.

66. The east wind is not long， but the wind is loud.

66. The east wind does not last long, but it is strong.

67. 南方吃雁，北方吃蛋。

67. In the south, people eat geese; in the north, they eat eggs.

68. Near Zhu is red， near Mo is black.

68. Close to Zhu it is red, near Mo it is black.

69. 大人不记小人过，宰相肚里能撑船。

69. A great person does not hold a grudge against a small one, and a prime minister's stomach can hold a boat.

70. 枣花多主旱，梨花多主涝。

70. Jujube flowers mostly indicate drought, while pear flowers mostly indicate flooding.