1. Dog does not eat dog同类不相残；同室不操戈

1. A dog does not eat its own kind; members of the same household do not fight each other.

2. It rains cats and dogs 倾盆大雨

2. It rains cats and dogs - Pouring rain

3. Let sleeping dogs lie 勿惹事生非。

3. Let sleeping dogs lie – Do not stir up trouble.

4. barkingdogs seldom bite会叫的狗通常不咬人

4. Dogs that bark seldom bite is a saying that implies barking dogs usually do not bite people.

5. When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage 黄鼠狼和猫结亲，不是好事情。）

5. When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill omen.

6. You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(猎狗) 不能既和野兔一起跑又和猎狗一起追。（人不应两面讨好。）

6. You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds; one should not court favor from both sides.

7. Barking dogs seldom bite吠犬不咬人（意指：对于高声发出恐吓，或惯于大声吼叫的人，勿须当真）。

7. A barking dog rarely bites. (This means: Do not take seriously those who make loud threats or are accustomed to shouting loudly.)

8. Go to the sea, if you would fish well 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

8. Go to the sea, if you would fish well — If you don't enter the tiger's cave, how can you expect to catch a tiger cub?

9. 蜘蛛预报天气法。

9. The Weather Forecasting Method Using Spiders.

10. 一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥。

10. A single mouse dropping spoils the pot of congee.

11. A horse may stumble on four feet 马有四条腿，亦有失蹄时。

11. A horse may stumble on four legs; there are times when even a horse may lose its balance.

12. He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad 欲加之罪，何患无词

12. He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. Translation: He who wants to accuse his dog of a crime will first claim that it is mad.

13. 早蚯迎太阳，晚蚯落一场。

13. Early earthworms greet the sun, late earthworms fall in a storm.

14. 猫披老虎皮Cat wearing tiger-skin——抖威风shaking down to size

14. Cat wearing tiger-skin——showing off its might—shaking down to size

15. As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb偷羊偷羔都是绞（死）；偷大偷小统是贼（意指：一不做，二不休）。

15. We might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb; stealing big or small, it's all theft (meaning: you might as well do it all at once).

16. 山中无老虎,猴子称大王（cat译为“老虎”,mice译为“猴子”）

16. Where there are no tigers in the mountains, the monkeys claim to be the big king (where 'cat' is translated as 'tiger' and 'mice' as 'monkeys').

17. Every dog is a lion at home 狗在家门口就成了狮子。

17. Every dog is a lion at home - A dog becomes a lion at the threshold of its own home.

18. All are not thieves that dogs bark at 狗见了叫的不一定都是贼。（不要以貌取人。）

18. Not all those who bark at dogs are thieves; those that dogs bark at are not necessarily thieves. (Do not judge people by their appearance.)

19. Don’t be a dog (lying) in the manger 莫学狗占马槽不吃草。（不要占着茅坑不拉屎。）

19. Don't act like a dog lying in the manger. (Don't take up space without contributing anything useful.)

20. The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream 帽偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。（掩耳盗铃）

20. The cat closes its eyes when stealing cream. The cat always closes its eyes while stealing cream, as if to hide its actions, a metaphor for the idiomatic Chinese expression "beat one's own drum in a blind alley," meaning to do something in a foolish or ineffective way.

21. If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow 榜样的力量是无穷的。

21. If one sheep leaps over the ditch, the rest will follow in line. The power of a role model is boundless.

22. Barking dogs don’t (seldom) bite 爱叫的狗很少咬人。

22. Dogs that bark rarely bite.

23. Swallows fly low and rain falls.

23. Swallows fly low and rain falls.

24. Care kill a cat 忧虑愁死猫。

24. Worry can kill a cat.

25. It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait 智者不上两次档。

25. It is a foolish fish that is caught twice with the same bait. A wise person does not fall into the same trap twice.

26. Earthworms seal caves and there is heavy rain.

26. Earthworms seal caves and there is heavy rain.

27. If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

27. If you don't enter a tiger's den, you can't get his cubs: "If you don't enter the tiger's lair, how can you get the tiger's cub?"

28. Don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold 不能请羊管菜园，不能请狼管羊圈。

28. Don't trust a goat with the kitchen garden, nor a wolf with the sheepfold.

29. A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with 欲加之罪，何患无词

29. A stick is quickly found to beat a dog with the excuse of "adding charges that were not originally there, what's to worry about not having enough words?"

30. 燕子低飞要落雨。

30. Swallows flying low indicate that rain is coming.

31. Don’t put the cart before the horse 不要将大车套在马前面。（处理问题应按先后次序，不要本末倒置。）

31. Don't put the cart before the horse. (When dealing with problems, follow the sequence of events and do not reverse the order of importance.)

32. Fine feathers make fine birds 人要衣装，马要鞍。

32. Fine feathers make fine birds - A person needs clothes, a horse needs a saddle.

33. It rains if the chicken does not return to its cage.

33. It rains if the chicken does not return to its coop.

34. Man is a wolf to man 人对人是狼。（人心狠，人吃人）

34. "Man is a wolf to man." (This proverb means that people can be cruel and even devour each other, emphasizing the competitiveness and self-interest in human interactions.)

35. Never offer to teach fish to swim 不要班门弄斧。

35. Never offer to teach fish to swim. Don't show off by trying to teach what you are not an expert in.

36. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy 懒羊嫌毛重。

36. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.

37. dog 狗,cat 猫

37. Dog - dog, Cat - cat

38. 燕子低飞狗吃草，这场大雨小不了。

38. Swallows fly low and dogs eat grass, this heavy rain won't be light.

39. The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken 只有一个洞的老鼠，很快就被抓住。

39. The mouse that has but one hole is quickly caught.

40. kill two birds with one stone

40. Solve two problems with one action.

41. Spider netting clears up.

41. The spider netting clears up.

42. When the fox preaches, take care of your geese

42. When the fox preaches, watch over your geese.

43. Silkworm old chess piece black， ready to cut barley.

43. Antique chess piece depicting a silkworm, black, ready to cut barley.

44. 蝼蛄唱歌，天气晴和。

44. The locusts sing, and the weather is fine and clear.

45. A cat has nine lives猫有九条命；吉人天相。

45. A cat has nine lives; the heavens favor the lucky person.

46. The fox preys farthest from his hole 狐狸捕食，远离洞府。（兔子不吃窝边草。）

46. The fox hunts at the greatest distance from its den. (The rabbit does not eat grass near its burrow.)

47. birds and beasts

47. Birds and beasts

48. You cannot catch old birds with chaff(粗糠) 用粗糠捉不住老鸟。（有经验的人难骗。）

48. You cannot catch old birds with chaff. (Experienced people are not easy to deceive.)

49. Chickens come into cages late and threaten rain.

49. Chickens enter the cages late and threaten rain.

50. 早晨猫吃草，天气好；晚上猫吃草，有雨到。

50. In the morning, the cat eats grass, the weather is good; at night, the cat eats grass, rain is coming.

51. Loach jumps， rain comes.

51. Loach jumps, rain comes.

52. Dog does not eat dog 同类不相残。

52. A dog does not eat its own kind; one's own kind should not harm each other.

53. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

53. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - It's better to have one bird in hand than two in the bush.

54. The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean 井底之蛙，不知大海。

54. The frog in the well knows nothing of the vast ocean.

55. Too much pudding will choke a dog 布丁太多噎死狗。

55. Too much pudding will choke a dog — Too much pudding will strangle a dog.

56. 今日公鸡早进笼，明天太阳红彤彤。

56. Today the rooster enters the coop early, tomorrow the sun is bright and red.

57. My friend's prepared a chicken and plain food And he's invit宁为鸡口,毋为牛后

57. My friend has prepared chicken and plain food, and he has invited me to partake, preferring the mouth of a chicken to the rear of a cow.

58. There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it 海里的好鱼多的是。

58. There's as much good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

59. The sparrow bathes， the rain is not small; the sparrow wipes its mouth， it will rain.

59. The sparrow bathes, the rain is not small; the sparrow wipes its beak, it will rain.

60. Dragonflies fly low with rain.

60. Dragonflies fly low with rain.

61. A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。

61. A son never thinks his mother ugly, and a dog never shuns its owner's home, however shabby it may be. Child does not disdain his mother's beauty, and dog does not avoid its master's home for its poverty.

62. Don’t ride the high horse 勿摆架子。

62. Don't ride the high horse - Don't assume an air of superiority or架子。

63. Magpies nest high， the rainwater that year.

63. Magpies nest high, gathering rainwater that year.

64. It's going to rain when ants move.

64. It will rain when ants move.

65. Silkworms make cocoons and transplant seedlings quickly.

65. Silkworms spin cocoons and transplant seedlings quickly.

66. A good horse cannot be of a bad colour 好马不会毛色差。

66. A good horse cannot be of a bad color.

67. 蜘蛛结网天放晴。

67. The spider weaves its web as the sky clears up.

68. bird 鸟

68. bird = Bird

69. 落地凤凰不如鸡。

69. A fallen phoenix is not as good as a chicken.

70. 燕子高飞晴天靠，展翅低飞雨天报。

70. Swallows fly high on sunny days, and spread their wings low on rainy days.

71. Swallow low flying snake aisle， ants move to the mountains to wear hats.

71. Swallow the low-flying snake aisle, ants move to the mountains to wear hats.

72. A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often 江山易改，本性难移。

72. A crow is never any whiter for washing herself often; as the saying goes, "It's easy to change mountains, but difficult to change one's nature."

73. Every dog has his day 人人皆有得意时。

73. Every dog has his day - Everyone has their moment of glory.

74. escape unnoticed

74. escape unnoticed

75. 泥鳅跳，风雨到。

75. Eel jumps, rain and wind arrive.

76. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth 馈赠之马，勿看牙口。

76. Don't inspect a gift horse's teeth.

77. Each bird loves to hear himself sing 孤芳自赏

77. Each bird loves to hear himself sing - Self-admiration

78. 狗洗脸，猫吃草，不到三天雨来到。

78. The dog washes its face, the cat eats grass, and it rains within three days.

79. Dead dogs bite not 死狗不咬人。

79. Dead dogs bite not — A dead dog will not bite people.

80. If water is noisy, there are no fish in it 咆哮的水中无鱼。（夸夸其谈者无真才实学。）。

80. If the water is noisy, there are no fish in it. (In a sea of blabber, there are no pearls. A talkative person lacks real talent and knowledge.)

81. 喜鹊搭窝高，当年雨水涝。

81. Magpies build nests high, and the year's rain brings floods.

82. One swallow does not make a summer 一燕不成夏。

82. One swallow does not make a summer - A single swallow does not make summer.