1. 莫买酿酒女的牛，吃了酒糟多虚胖。

1. Do not buy the cow of the woman who makes wine, for it becomes bloated and thin from eating the lees.

2. 守不住狐子洞，缝不成皮褂子。

2. If you can't hold onto the fox's cave, you can't sew a fur coat.

3. 出水才看两腿泥。

3. Only when stepping out of the water do you see the mud on your legs.

4. 不吃羊肉；长不了羊肉疗。

4. Do not eat mutton; you will not be able to benefit from mutton therapy.

5. 既然已去背水，不会空桶而归。

5. Since we have gone to the river to fetch water, we will not return with an empty bucket.

6. 挑瓜隔层皮，甜不甜鬼难知。

6. Peel the melon and separate the layers, whether it's sweet or not, even the devil won't know.

7. 一步错，步步错。

7. A wrong step leads to more wrong steps.

8. 穷人的孩子早当家。

8. The children of the poor grow up early and take on responsibilities.

9. 想浇旱田地，先挖坎儿井。

9. If you want to irrigate dry fields, you first need to dig a karez well.

10. 为了战胜大鲸鱼，牛奶喂大小白龙。

10. To conquer the great whale, the white dragon was fed milk.

11. 熟读经书三百卷，才知修行学道难。

11. Having thoroughly read the three hundred volumes of sacred scriptures, one realizes the difficulty of cultivating virtue and learning the Tao.

12. 六月进山带皮袄。

12. In June, you need to bring a fur coat into the mountains.

13. 智者怨智者，**恨**。

13. The wise complain about the wise, **they恨**.

14. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

14. Once bitten by a snake, one fears the rope for ten years.

15. 若是没有河水，水鸟为何盘旋。

15. Why do water birds hover if there is no river?

16. 科学不神秘，实践出真理。

16. Science is not mysterious; practice yields truth.

17. 路在人走，事在人为。

17. The road lies where people walk, and things are as people make them.

18. 养花知花性，养鸟懂鸟音。

18. Raising flowers, one learns the nature of the flowers; raising birds, one understands the sounds of the birds.

19. 走一步，看一步。

19. Take it one step at a time.

20. 老病号如医生，老医生如上师。

20. The old patient is like the doctor, and the old doctor is like the master.

21. 百闻不如一见，一见不如实践。

21. Seeing is believing, but believing is not as good as experiencing it.

22. 却劝不听规劝者，不如低水往上引。

22. If someone refuses to listen to advice, it is better to lead them upwards like a river that flows against gravity.

23. 当年的狼娃子，吃过几个羊娃子。

23. That year's wolf kid, had eaten several sheep kids.

24. 书到用时方恨少，事非经过不知难。

24. It's only when you need a book that you realize how little you have read; it's only when you've experienced a difficult situation that you know how tough it is.

25. 近水知鱼性，近山识鸟音。

25. One who lives by the water knows the nature of the fish, and one who lives by the mountains knows the sounds of the birds.

26. 饱汉子不知饿汉饥。

26. A well-fed man does not know the hunger of a starving one.

27. 放羊娃子知草场，猎户人家识狼窝。

27. The shepherd boy knows the meadow, and the hunter's family knows the wolf's lair.

28. 坐不到金銮宝殿，知不到皇帝波烦。

28. Can't sit in the Golden Throne Hall, can't understand the emperor's troubles.

29. 补钉虽是横补钉，能盖破洞就行了。

29. Patchwork may be horizontal, but it's enough to cover the hole.

30. 初是误，再是错。

30. First, it was a mistake; then, it was a wrong choice.

31. 识马看马驹，识人看孩子。

31. To know a horse, look at its foal; to know a person, look at their child.

32. 见识见识，不见不识。

32. See and learn, if you don't see, you won't know.

33. 路是走熟的，事是做顺的。

33. The road is familiar through walking, and things become smooth through doing.

34. 从小卖蒸馍，啥事都经过。

34. Since childhood, I've been selling steamed buns, and I've experienced all sorts of things.

35. 倒一次霉，长一次见识。

35. Misfortune befalls once, wisdom grows once.

36. 莫买乞丐的驴，驮过琵琶多虚步。

36. Don't buy a beggar's donkey, carrying a lute leaves many empty steps.

37. 作事总爱回头，回头要挨斧头。

37. Always looking back when working, looking back means getting a hammer to the head.

38. 支鼠差时展翅，支乌差时露齿。

38. The mouse spreads its wings when it's time to support, and the crow reveals its teeth when it's time to support.

39. 看肚吃饭，量力干活。

39. Eat according to one's belly and work within one's capacity.

40. 人行千里路，胜读十年书。

40. Walking a thousand miles is better than reading ten years of books.

41. 抓药三年会看病。

41. After three years of picking medicine, one can treat diseases.

42. 伤疤好医治，心灵创作难医治。

42. It's easy to heal a scar, but hard to heal the heart's creation.

43. 放羊娃才知牧羊路。

43. Only the shepherd boy knows the path to grazing the sheep.

44. 护法之神难自立，何以又来救众生。

44. The deity of guardianship finds it hard to support itself, how then can it come to save the众生.

45. 肚里几本经，文章见高低。

45. A few classics in the belly, the quality of the writing shows its heights.

46. 一样的米面，百人的手段。

46. The same rice and flour, a hundred different methods.

47. 嫁出去的女，泼出去的水。

47. A daughter married out is water spilled away.

48. 没吃过黄连，不知黄连苦。

48. If you haven't eaten rhizoma coptidis, you won't know how bitter it is.

49. 想吃悬崖草，不愿放平原。

49. Want to eat cliff grass, but do not want to flatten it.

50. 拴了能管是狗，劝了能改是人。

50. A dog can be managed if it can be tied, and a person can be improved if they can be convinced.

51. 讨饭去讨大方人，问事去问正直人。

51. Go beg from generous people, and seek advice from upright people.

52. 经验是把锁，锢住人的脚。

52. Experience is a lock that chains a person's feet.

53. 外行人扎格格，内行人摇盒盒。

53. Amateurs bungle it, professionals shake it up.

54. 火到猪头烂，功到自然成。

54. If the fire is applied to a pig's head, it will eventually rot; if one works hard, success will naturally follow.

55. 数落女儿，骂到媳妇。

55. To scold one's daughter and curse one's daughter-in-law.

56. 虽未曾揉制虎豹皮，但揉制羊皮是内行。

56. Though I have never tanned tiger and leopard skins, I am an expert in tanning sheepskin.

57. 路一步步走，事一件件做。

57. One step at a time, one task at a time.

58. 善骑者死在马背上，善游者死在河水中。

58. A good rider dies on horseback, a good swimmer dies in river waters.

59. 在家不避父母。出嫁不避丈夫，有病不避大夫。

59. At home, do not avoid one's parents. After marriage, do not avoid one's husband. When sick, do not avoid a doctor.

60. 十个叔叔抵不上一个老子。十件褂子抵不上一件袄子。

60. Ten uncles are not as good as one father. Ten jackets are not as good as one robe.

61. 翅膀没硬就想飞。

61. Want to fly without having hard wings.

62. 江湖走老了，胆子吓小了。

62. Having been around the江湖 for a long time, my courage has been frightened small.

63. 船到桥下自然直，羊走山路一条线。

63. If the boat reaches under the bridge, it will naturally straighten up; if the sheep walks on the mountain path, it forms a straight line.