1. Clouds go east with a gust of wind and clouds go north with a gust of darkness.

1. Clouds move eastward with a gust of wind and clouds move northward with a gust of darkness.

2. 皮之不存，毛将焉附。

2. If the skin does not exist, where will the fur attach itself to?

3. 细雨落成河，粒米凑成箩。

3. Drizzle falls and becomes a river, a grain of rice piles up to fill a basket.

4. The rope breaks in thin places， and the ice cracks in thin places.

4. The rope breaks in thin places, and the ice cracks in thin places.

5. There's a day that can't go， there's no pass that can't go.

5. There's a day that cannot pass, there's no passage that cannot be crossed.

6. Where there is no skin， there is no hair.

6. Where there is no skin, there is no hair.

7. 薄地地瓜旱地谷，涝洼地里种秫秫。

7. Sweet potatoes and grain on thin land, sorghum in the waterlogged swamps.

8. 事莫做绝，话莫说尽。

8. Do not do things to the extreme, and do not say everything.

9. More seedlings bully grass， more grass bully seedlings.

9. The more seedlings there are, the more they bully the grass; the more grass there is, the more it bullies the seedlings.

10. 有上不去的天，没过不去的关。

10. There may be skies that cannot be reached, but there are no gates that cannot be passed.

11. 鸟美在羽毛，人美在勤劳。

11. A bird is beautiful in its feathers, a person is beautiful in their diligence.

12. 失败是成功之母。

12. Failure is the mother of success.

13. Failure is the mother of success.

13. Failure is the mother of success.

14. 老乡见老乡，两眼泪汪汪。

14. When countrymen meet, their eyes brim with tears.

15. Wheat is grown in high fields and rice in low fields.

15. Wheat is grown in high fields and rice in low fields.

16. 说书的嘴快，演戏的腿快。

16. The storyteller's mouth is quick, and the actor's legs are quick.

17. One cannot spin and weave at the same time.

17. One cannot spin and weave at the same time.

18. 没有金刚钻，甭拦瓷器活。

18. If you don't have a diamond drill, don't meddle with porcelain work.

19. Household meals are delicious， but it's difficult to cook them.

19. Household meals are delicious, but it's difficult to cook them.

20. Water falls into stone， and people's hearts and minds grow with each passing day.

20. Water carves into stone, and people's hearts and minds grow with each passing day.

21. 早上下雨当天晴，晚上下雨到天明。

21. It rains in the morning and clears up in the day, it rains all night until dawn.

22. Get up early three lights， get up late three panic.

22. Rise early with three lights, rise late with three panics.

23. They will die under water and drown in shallow water.

23. They will die under the water and drown in shallow water.

24. Nausea， seabed needle.

24. Nausea, seabed needle.

25. 宁肯给君子提鞋，不肯和小人同财。

25. It would rather serve as a shoe cleaner to a gentleman than share wealth with a boor.

26. 说真话的人，才算忠诚。

26. Only those who speak the truth are considered loyal.

27. The drums are silent and unreasonable.

27. The drums are silent and unreasonable.

28. 今朝有事今朝做，莫将忙事待明天。

28. Deal with today's affairs today, don't delay busy matters until tomorrow.

29. 一个人不能同时即纺纱又织布。

29. One cannot spin and weave at the same time.

30. 人家夸，一朵花；自己夸，人笑话。

30. When others praise you, it's like a flower; but when you praise yourself, people laugh at you.

31. 春天里的泥，秋天里的米。

31. Mud in spring, rice in autumn.

32. 良言一句三冬暖，恶语伤人六月寒。

32. A kind word can warm three winters, while an unkind word can chill a person in the middle of summer.

33. Young men do not work hard， but old men do not work hard.

33. Young men do not work hard, but old men do not work hard.

34. 失败是成功之母，高不过脚底板。

34. Failure is the mother of success, and one cannot be taller than the soles of one's feet.

35. When a fellow countryman sees a fellow countryman， his eyes are full of tears.

35. When a fellow countryman sees a fellow countryman, his eyes are full of tears.

36. 动手成功，伸手落空。

36. The effort results in success, but the outstretched hand finds nothing.

37. 会水水下死，浅水淹死人。

37. "In deep water, one drowns; in shallow water, one is drowned."