1. A good beginning is half done 良好的开端是成功的一半。

1. A good beginning is half done - A good start is half the battle.

2. A boaster and a liar are cousins-german 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

2. A braggart and a liar are first cousins. Bragging and lying are of the same origin.

3. A man is known by his friends

3. A man is known by his friends.

4. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step 千里之行始于足下。

4. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. (A journey of a thousand miles starts from under one's feet.)

5. A friend without faults will never be found 没有十全十美的朋友。

5. A friend without faults will never be found. There will never be a friend who is perfect without any faults.

6. A good drum rings as soon as it is hit, and lights up as soon as it is pulled out

6. A good drum rings as soon as it is struck, and lights up as soon as it is pulled out.

7. Perseverance is failing nieen times and succeeding the entieth 十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。

7. Perseverance is about failing nine times and succeeding on the tenth time; this is what it means to be persistent.

8. A wise head makes a close mouth 真人不露相，露相非真人。

8. A wise head makes a close mouth - The true person does not show off, and if they do, they are not the true person.

9. Sesame mud in ash， beans in rapeseed field， loach.

9. Sesame mud in the ash, beans in the rapeseed field, eel.

10. people without disaster raise trees, and those with disaster raise people

10. People without disaster plant trees, and those with disaster raise people.

11. More hasty, less speed 欲速则不达。

11. The more one desires to hurry, the less speed one will achieve. (Literally: "The more eager one is for speed, the less speed one will actually reach.")

12. Often say the mouth is smooth, often write not stupid

12. Often say the mouth is smooth, often write not foolish.

13. it's hard for one person to sing a single tune without clapping

13. It's hard for a single person to sing a tune without clapping.

14. Quick rain is easy to clear, slow rain does not open

14. Quick rain is easy to clear, slow rain does not open.

15. The foundation of the great cause of life lies not in knowing, but in being able to do

15. The foundation of the great cause of life lies not in knowing, but in being able to do.

16. If you don't teach a worm in an hour， if you grow up， you don't learn to be a lazy dragon.

16. If you don't teach a worm in an hour, if you grow up, you don't learn to be a lazy dragon.

17. If you make yourself an ass, don't plain if people ride you

17. If you act like an ass, don't complain if people ride you.

18. trigger，表示“引发”，可用 cause, result in, lead to等替代。

18. Trigger, meaning "to cause," can be replaced with synonyms such as cause, result in, or lead to.

19. If you make yourself an ass, don't plain if people ride you 人善被人欺，马善被人骑。

19. If you act like an ass, don't complain if people ride you. ("If you're good-natured, you'll be taken advantage of; if you're tractable, you'll be ridden hard.")

20. Many people are wise and wise， but many firewood have a high flame.

20. Many people are wise and wise, but many logs have a high flame.

21. If you venture nothing, you will have nothing

21. If you don't venture anything, you'll have nothing.

22. If a man loves to contend for his merits， he will say yes or no later.

22. If a man loves to contend for his merits, he will say yes or no later.

23. Save one or two grains a day and store them in warehouses for ten years.?>

23. Save one or two grains a day and store them in warehouses for ten years.

24. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept 坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。

24. A bad habit is like a fresh pie, better shared than kept.

25. A friend in need is a friend indeed 患难见真情。

25. A friend in need is a friend indeed — A true friend is evident in times of trouble.

26. It is the first step that costs troublesome 万事开头难。

26. It is the first step that costs troublesome — "It's the hardest part to get started."

27. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try 世上无难事，只要人肯试。

27. Nothing is difficult to a man who will try. - There are no difficulties in the world for a person who is willing to attempt them.

28. 百世修来同船渡，千世修来共枕眠。

28. It takes a hundred lifetimes to meet on the same boat, and a thousand lifetimes to sleep together under the same pillow.

29. All rivers run into sea 海纳百川。

29. All rivers run into the sea — Harmony in diversity.

30. To eat spicy seeds to grow spicy rice seedlings， to eat carp to walk along the Yangtze River.

30. To eat spicy seeds to grow spicy rice seedlings; to eat carp to walk along the Yangtze River.

31. 再晚也不算迟。Better late than never

31. It's never too late.

32. Actions speak louder than words 事实胜于雄辩。

32. Actions speak louder than words - Actions are more powerful than words.

33. A penny saved is a penny gained 省一文是一文。

33. A penny saved is a penny gained - Saving a penny is like gaining a penny.

34. Learning culture starts with letters; speaking of civilization starts with small things

34. Learning culture begins with letters; speaking of civilization begins with small things.

35. Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body 知识之于心灵正如健康之于身体。

35. Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. (Wisdom is to the mind as health is to the body.)

36. A good wife health is a man's best wealth 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。

36. A good wife, healthy in body, is a man's greatest wealth.

37. Every potter praises his pot

37. Every potter boasts about his pot

38. 留得五湖明月在，不怕没处下金钩。

38. As long as the bright moons over the five lakes remain, there's no fear of not having a place to cast the golden hook.

39. The expert watches the doorway， the layman watches the sidewalk.

39. The expert watches the doorway, the layman watches the sidewalk.

40. There was no lamp in the house to watch the moon rise， and no clothes to watch the heat.

40. There was no lamp in the house to watch the moon rise, and no clothes to endure the heat.

41. the dragon eye knows the pearl, the phoenix eye knows the treasure, the ox eye knows the grass

41. The dragon eye knows the pearl, the phoenix eye knows the treasure, the ox eye knows the grass.

42. Every drop makes a river

42. Every drop makes a river.

43. only carelessly suffer losses, not careful to be deceived

43. merely suffer losses carelessly, not careful enough to avoid being deceived

44. A bad promise is better than a good lawsuit 吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

44. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.

45. 在某些地方，没有钱买不到的东西，导致社会的腐化堕落。

45. In some places, there is nothing that money cannot buy, leading to the corruption and degeneration of society.

46. This year is no better than the past years, old age is not as good as youth

46. This year is no better than the past years; old age is not as good as youth.

47. Every mother's child is handsome

47. Every child of a mother is handsome.

48. All good things e to an end 天下没有不散的筵席。

48. All good things must come to an end. There is no feast that does not end.

49. Peaches， apricots and pears are five years old， and grapes change money in two years.

49. Peaches, apricots, and pears are five years old, and grapes will change money in two years.

50. A hedge beeen keeps friendship green 君子之交淡如水。

50. A hedge between keeps friendship green — The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water.

51. All things will e round to him who will but wait 只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。

51. All things will come around to him who will but wait. As long as one is willing to wait, everything will come in due course.

52. Frugality is an estate alone 节俭本身就是一宗财产。

52. Frugality is an estate alone – Thrift itself is an estate.

53. People respect， dogs bite ugly.

53. People respect, dogs bite ugly. This phrase is a proverbial expression in English, and it translates to: 53. People respect, but dogs bite the ugly. It suggests that while people may be polite or respectful, animals can sometimes act unpredictably, even towards those who are not necessarily attractive or pleasing.

54. There is no friend so faithful as a good book 最忠实的朋友莫过于一本好书。

54. There is no friend as faithful as a good book. The most faithful friend is a good book.

55. If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me ice, shame on me 上当一回头，再多就可耻。

55. If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me. Once deceived, I look back; more is despicable.