1. 不要害怕拒绝他人，如果自己的理由出于正当。

1. Don't be afraid to refuse others if your reasons are justified.

2. 交友须带三分侠气 做人要存一点素心。

2. In making friends, one should carry a trace of chivalry; in being a person, one should preserve a bit of simplicity.

3. 马行无力皆因瘦，人不风流只为贫。

3. Horses lack strength due to their thinness, and people are not charming simply because they are poor.

4. 湖里游着大鲤鱼，不如桌上小鲫鱼。

4. There are big carps swimming in the lake, but they are not as good as the small crucian carp on the table.

5. 聪明在于学习，天才在于积累。

5. Wisdom lies in learning, genius in accumulation.

6. 男大当婚，女大当嫁。

6. A man of age should marry, and a woman of age should be married.

7. 我宁愿以诚挚获得一百名敌人的攻击，也不愿以伪善获得十个朋友的赞扬。

7. I would rather face the attacks of a hundred sincere enemies than win the praise of ten hypocritical friends.

8. 友谊是两颗心真诚相待，而不是一颗心对另一颗心的敲打。

8. Friendship is the sincere treatment of two hearts, not the beating of one heart on another.

9. 不怕学问浅，就怕志气短。

9. It's not the depth of knowledge that matters, but the lack of ambition.

10. 浪费别人的时间等于是谋财害命，浪费自己的时间等于是慢性自杀。

10. Wasting others' time is equivalent to taking away their lives, while wasting one's own time is akin to committing slow suicide.

11. 儿大分家，树大分杈。

11. When the child grows up, the family splits apart; when the tree grows tall, its branches spread wide.

12. 宁可做过，不可错过。

12. It's better to have tried and failed than to have never tried at all.

13. 宝剑不磨要生锈；人不学习要落后。

13. A sword left unpolished will rust; a person left unlearned will fall behind.

14. 骄傲自满是我们的一座可怕的陷阱；而且，这个陷阱是我们自己亲手挖掘的。

14. Pride and complacency are a terrifying trap for us; worse still, this trap is one that we ourselves have dug.

15. 长江不拒细流，泰山不择土石。

15. The Yangtze River does not reject the tiny streams, and Mount Tai does not discriminate against the soil and rocks.

16. 不是某人使我烦恼，而是我拿某人的言行来烦恼自己。

16. It's not someone else that troubles me, but rather I trouble myself with someone else's words and actions.

17. 病急乱投医，逢庙就烧香。

17. In a hurry to find a cure, they resort to any means, lighting incense at every temple they come across.

18. 河有两岸，事有两面。

18. A river has two banks, and affairs have two sides.

19. 井掏三遍吃甜水，人走三省见识广。

19. Three cleanings of the well bring sweet water, walking through three provinces broadens one's knowledge.

20. 使一个人的有限的生命，更加有效，也即等于延长了人的生命。

20. To make a person's limited life more effective, which is equivalent to extending the person's life.

21. 龙无云不行，鱼无水不生。

21. A dragon cannot move without clouds, and a fish cannot live without water.

22. 积少成多，积恶成祸。

22. Accumulate a little to become much, accumulate evil to become祸.

23. 开水不响，响水不开。

23. Boiling water is silent, and water that makes noise is not boiling.

24. 路是脚踏出来的，历史是人写出来的，人的每一步行动都在书写自己的历史。

24. Roads are tread by feet, and history is written by people; every step a person takes contributes to writing their own history.

25. 美酒洗去了人间的悲伤，歌声带走了人间的不幸。

25. The fine wine washes away the sorrow of the world, and the songs carry away the misfortunes of humanity.

26. 不怕慢，就怕站，一紧一慢差一半。

26. The fear is not of being slow, but of standing still; a difference of one step slow or fast makes half the distance.

27. 人只有献身于社会，才能找出那短暂而有风险的生命的意义。

27. Only by dedicating oneself to society can one find the meaning of that brief and risky life.

28. 同病相怜，同忧相救。

28. Those with the same illness comfort each other, and those with the same worries help each other.

29. 学然后知不足，教然后知困，知不足，然后能自反也；知困，然后能自强也。

29. Through learning, one comes to realize their own shortcomings; through teaching, one comes to realize their own difficulties. Knowing one's shortcomings allows for self-reflection; knowing one's difficulties fosters self-improvement.

30. 不能用温情征服对方的人，用殴打也征服不了对方。

30. A person who cannot conquer others with affection cannot conquer them with beating either.

31. 蜜多不甜，油多不香。

31. Too much honey doesn't make it sweet, and too much oil doesn't make it fragrant.

32. 出汗不迎风，走路不凹胸。

32. Do not expose oneself to the wind while sweating, and do not hunch while walking.

33. 鼓不打不响，钟不敲不鸣。

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

34. 良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。

34. Bitter medicine is good for the illness, and loyal advice is beneficial despite being hard to hear.

35. 大处着眼，小处着手。

35. Look at the big picture while dealing with the details.

36. 入于污泥而不染、不受资产阶级糖衣炮弹的侵蚀，是最难能可贵的革命品质。

36. Remaining unsoiled in the mire and不受the侵蚀 of the bourgeoisie's sugar-coated bullets is the most difficult and valuable revolutionary quality.

37. 火烧一大片，水流一条线。

37. Fire burns in a vast area, water flows in a straight line.

38. 当家才知柴米贵，养儿方知父母恩。

38. Only when you are in charge do you know the value of firewood and rice; only when you have raised a child do you understand your parents' love.

39. 槽里无食猪拱猪，分脏不均狗咬狗。

39. When there's no food in the trough, pigs butt heads; when the内脏 are divided unevenly, dogs bite dogs.

40. 明枪好躲，暗箭难防。

40. It's easy to dodge a direct attack, but hard to guard against a concealed one.

41. 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝。

41. A sickness comes upon one like a mountain collapsing, and goes away like a silk thread being pulled.

42. 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后。

42. If a knife is not sharpened, it will rust; if a person does not learn, they will fall behind.

43. 给自己唱赞歌的人，听众只有一个。

43. The one who sings praises to oneself has only one audience.