1. 浪费时间，等于缩短生命。

1. Wasting time is equivalent to shortening life.

2. 墙倒众人推。

2. Every man for himself when the wall falls.

3. 日出太阳黄，午后风必狂。

3. If the sun is yellow at sunrise, there will be a fierce wind in the afternoon.

4. 星星水汪汪，下雨有期望。

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

5. 交人交心，浇花浇根。

5. Make friends with people by sharing your heart, and water flowers at their roots.

6. 河里泛青苔，必有大雨来。

6. If the river has green moss, it must be about to rain heavily.

7. 不怕家里穷，只怕出懒虫。

7. It's not that I fear the poverty at home, but I dread the emergence of a lazy bug.

8. 水不流会发臭，人不学习并领悟落后。

8. Water that does not flow will become foul, and people who do not learn and understand will fall behind.

9. 多个朋友多条路，多个冤家多堵墙。

9. The more friends you have, the more paths you'll find; the more enemies you have, the more walls you'll face.

10. 强中自有强中手，能人背后有能人。

10. The strong have their own strong opponents, and behind every talented person there is another talented person.

11. 在家靠父母，出门靠朋友。

11. Depend on your parents at home and on your friends when you go out.

12. 豆芽炒虾米（小虾）—— 两不值（直）

12. Stir-fried bean sprouts with dried shrimp (small shrimp) —— Not worth two (straight)

13. 鸟无翅不飞，鱼无水不游。

13. A bird cannot fly without wings, and a fish cannot swim without water.

14. 叫花子串大街穷逛

14. The beggar wanders the streets in poverty

15. 无风起横浪，三天台风降。

15. Without wind, there's a storm; in three days, a typhoon will descend.

16. 柴看纹理，说话凭道理。

16. Look at the texture for Chai, and speak based on reason.

17. 四周天不亮，必定有风浪。

17. There will definitely be wind and waves before the first light of dawn.

18. 有借有还，再借不难。

18. If you borrow, you should return; if you return, borrowing will not be difficult.

19. 撒网要撒迎头网，开船要开顶风船。

19. Fishermen must cast the net towards the oncoming wind, and boatmen must set sail against the wind.

20. 弱敌不可轻，强敌不可畏。

20. Do not underestimate a weak enemy, nor fear a strong enemy.

21. 若要身体壮，饭菜嚼成浆。

21. To keep the body strong, chew your food until it's like gruel.

22. 万句言语吃不饱，一捧流水能解渴。

22. Ten thousand words are not enough to satisfy, but a handful of flowing water can quench one's thirst.

23. 大年初一逮兔子有它过年，无它也过年（比喻微不足多，增减都不影响大局。）

23. Catching a rabbit on the first day of the Chinese New Year is celebrating the New Year; without it, it's still celebrating the New Year (a metaphor for something trivial, whose presence or absence does not affect the overall situation.)

24. 有理摆到事上，好钢使到刃上。

24. Place reasonable arguments where they belong, and use the best steel on the blade.

25. 脚跑不过雨，嘴强不过理。

25. The feet can't run faster than the rain, and the mouth can't be stronger than reason.

26. 大年三十看黄历没有日子了（比喻到了尽头。）

26. On the Eve of the Chinese New Year, there were no days left in the almanac (a metaphor for reaching the end).

27. 耳听为虚，眼见为实。

27. "What you hear is false, but what you see is true."

28. 一万个零抵不上一个一，一万次空想抵不上一次实干。

28. Ten thousand zeros are not equal to one, and ten thousand times of idle daydreaming are not equal to one time of actual work.

29. 好学好问，什么都能学会；害羞不问，总有一天掉队。

29. Being curious and eager to learn, one can learn anything; being shy and not asking questions, one may eventually fall behind.

30. 天上乌云盖，大雨来得快。

30. Dark clouds gather in the sky, heavy rain comes quickly.

31. 砍柴上山，捉鸟上树。

31. Cut firewood on the mountain, catch birds on the tree.

32. 活到老，学到老，生命一世学不了。

32. Live to learn, learn to live, a lifetime of learning is never enough.

33. 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚。

33. Not lighting incense in normal times, but relying on prayer to Buddha at a moment of need.

34. 生人不生胆，力大也枉然。

34. A person without courage is as useless as a strong man without strength.

35. 常刮西北风，近日天气晴。

35. The frequent wind is from the northwest, and the weather has been sunny lately.

36. 锅不打不漏，话不说不透。

36. If you don't beat the pot, it won't leak; if you don't say the words, they won't be fully understood.

37. 好人争理，坏人争嘴。

37. Good people fight for justice, while bad people fight for words.

38. 吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短。

38. If you eat someone's food, your words will be soft; if you take someone's hand, your actions will be short.

39. 喂牛得犁，喂马得骑。

39. To feed a cow, you get to plow; to feed a horse, you get to ride.

40. 天时不如地利，地利不如人和。

40. Advantageous timing is not as good as favorable geography, and favorable geography is not as good as harmonious people.

41. 宁做穷人脚下土，不做财主席上珍。

41. Would rather be the soil beneath the feet of the poor than the precious gem on the crown of the wealthy.

42. 水不平要流，理不平要说。?>

42. If water is uneven, it will flow; if reason is uneven, it must be expressed.

43. 人有恒心万事成，人无恒心万事崩。

43. With perseverance, all things are attainable; without perseverance, all things crumble.

44. 秤能称轻重，话能量人心。

44. Scales can weigh the light and heavy, and words can measure one's heart.

45. 粪坑关刀──文(闻)也不能，武(捂)也不能。

45. Feces Pit Sword - Neither can you hear (wen) nor can you suppress (wu) it.

46. 人在世上练，刀在石上磨。

46. Man sharpens himself in the world, a blade is honed on the stone.

47. 轻霜冻死单根草，狂风难毁万木林。

47. A light frost can kill a single blade of grass, but fierce winds cannot destroy a forest of ten thousand trees.

48. 多锉出快锯，多做长知识。

48. The more you saw, the faster you saw wood; the more you do, the more knowledge you gain.