1. 鱼儿离水活不了，庄稼缺水长不好。春风不吹地不开，田里无水秧难栽。

1. Fish cannot survive out of water, and crops cannot grow well without water. Without the spring breeze, the land will not bloom, and without water in the fields, it is hard to plant seedlings.

2. 山高有攀头，路远有奔头。

2. There's a way to climb a high mountain, and there's a destination to rush towards for a long road.

3. 南风若过三，不下就阴天。

3. If the south wind blows for three days, it won't rain but it will be overcast.

4. 多个朋友多条路，多个冤家多堵墙。

4. More friends, more paths; more enemies, more walls.

5. 有理说实话，没理说蛮话。

5. Tell the truth when you have reason, and speak boldly when you don't.

6. 万人操弓，共射一招，招无不中。《吕氏春秋》

6. Ten thousand people draw bows and shoot at the same target, and every shot hits the mark. -- From "The Spring and Autumn Annals of the Lüshi"

7. 秤砣虽小，能压千斤。

7. Although small, the weight can bear a thousand jin.

8. 花儿凋谢不再开，光阴一去不再来。

8. Flowers wither and will not bloom again, time passes and will not return.

9. 久住坡，不嫌陡。

9. Living on the Long Stay Slope, one does not mind its steepness.

10. 菜没盐无味，话没理无力。

10. Vegetables without salt have no taste, and words without reason have no power.

11. 有多大的脚，穿多大的鞋。

11. As big as the foot, so big as the shoe.

12. 人多出韩信，智多出孔明。

12. More people than Han Xin, more wisdom than Kongming.

13. 深耕密植不上粪，枉费力气瞎胡混。量体裁衣，看禾施肥。

13. Without fertilizing in dense planting, all the effort is in vain and you're just fooling around. Tailor your clothes, and fertilize according to the crop.

14. 外举不避仇，内举不避亲。

14. In promoting candidates, one does not avoid enemies; in appointing, one does not avoid relatives.

15. 有理不可丢，无理不可争。

15. Reason cannot be discarded, and unreason cannot be argued.

16. 枣花多主旱，梨花多主涝。

16. Jujube flowers usually indicate drought, while pear flowers usually indicate flooding.

17. 有山必有路，有水必有渡。

17. Where there are mountains, there must be roads; where there is water, there must be a ferry.

18. 灯不拨不亮，理不辩不明。

18. If you don't turn on the light, you can't see; if you don't argue, you can't clarify the truth.

19. 长虫过道，下雨之兆，蛤蟆哇哇叫，大雨就要到。

19. A long worm crossing the path, a sign of rain. The toads croak loudly, a heavy rain is about to come.

20. 有福同享，有难同当。

20. Share the blessings and bear the hardships together.

21. 追赶时间的人，生活就会宠爱他；放弃时间的人，生活就会冷落他。

21. Those who chase time will be favored by life; those who give up time will be neglected by life.

22. 见人不施礼，枉跑四十里；见人施一礼，少走十里地。

22. Not offering a greeting to a person and you will have to walk forty miles in vain; offering one greeting to a person and you will only have to walk ten miles less.

23. 有雨天边亮，无雨顶上光。

23. When it rains, the horizon shines; when it doesn't rain, the top is bright.

24. 宁喝朋友的白水，不吃敌人的蜂蜜。

24. It's better to drink plain water from a friend than eat honey from an enemy.

25. 蜜蜂采花忙，短期有雨降。

25. Bees are busy collecting nectar, and rain is expected in the short term.

26. 蜻蜓飞得低，出门带 笠。

26. The dragonfly flies low, bring an umbrella when you go out.

27. 吃要吃有味的，说要说有理的。

27. Eat to enjoy the flavors, speak to be reasonable.

28. 宠狗上灶，宠子不孝。

28. If a dog is pampered to the point of climbing onto the stove, the son will be ungrateful.

29. 山高流水长，志大精神旺。

29. The mountain is high and the stream is long, the ambition is great and the spirit is vigorous.

30. 不图便宜不上当，贪图便宜吃大亏。

30. Don't seek cheap deals and fall for scams; overindulging in seeking cheap deals can lead to big losses.

31. 共同的事业，共同的斗争，可以使人们产生忍受一切的力量。奥斯特 洛夫斯基

31. A common cause, a common struggle, can bring forth the strength to endure anything. - A. Ostrovsky

32. 河里浮青苔，毕有大雨来。

32. There's green algae floating in the river, a heavy rain is surely coming.

33. 早蚯闻蝉叫，晚蚯迎雨场。

33. Early worms hear the cicadas sing, late worms welcome the rain.

34. 根据二十四节气来判断天气及播种、收割、收获的农谚：

34. An agricultural proverb that uses the 24 solar terms to determine the weather and the timing for sowing, harvesting, and reaping:

35. 三月田中水，贵如篓里油；田埂要扎紧，不让一滴流。开渠打坝，旱涝不怕。

35. March, the water in the field is as precious as oil in a jar; the ridges must be tightly packed to prevent even a drop from flowing away. Open canals and build dams, and you need not fear drought or flood.

36. 口说不如身到，耳闻不如目睹。

36. It's better to go and see than to hear about it, and to see is better than to hear about it.

37. 喊人不蚀本，舌头打个滚。

37. It's not a loss to shout at someone; it's just a twist of the tongue.

38. 湖里游着大鲤鱼，不如桌上小鲫鱼。

38. The big carp swimming in the lake is not as good as the small crucian carp on the table.

39. 若要庄稼好，施肥要足还要巧。苗黄灌粪水，苗黑撒草灰。

39. To ensure a good crop, one must fertilize adequately and wisely. For yellow seedlings, apply manure water; for dark seedlings, sprinkle with grass ash.

40. 机不可失，时不再来。

40. The opportunity does not come twice.

41. 念书不用功，等于白搭工。

41. Not studying diligently is as futile as doing work for nothing.

42. 雷公先唱歌，有雨也不多。

42. Thunder god sings first, even if it rains, it won't be much.

43. 立夏前后天干燥，火龙往往少不了（火龙指红蜘蛛）。

43. Around the time of the Start of Summer, the weather tends to be dry, and the Red Spider (a.k.a. "Fire Dragon") is often unavoidable.

44. 煮饭要放米，讲话要讲理。

44. When cooking rice, you need to add rice; when speaking, you need to speak reason.

45. 先雷后刮风，有雨也不凶。

45. Thunder before wind, no harm in the rain.

46. 一人一双手，做事没帮手，十人十双手，拖着泰山走。

46. One person, one pair of hands, doing things without an assistant; ten people, ten pairs of hands, can drag Mount Tai away.

47. 吃饭吃米，说话说理。

47. Eat rice when eating, speak reason when talking.

48. 东风不过晌，过晌翁翁响。

48. The east wind does not pass in the morning, and the old man's sound echoes after noon.

49. 麦拔节，蛾子来，麦怀胎，虫出来（指粘虫）。

49. When the wheat is in jointing stage, moths come; when the wheat is pregnant, pests appear (referring to the armyworm).

50. 菜能吃，糠能吃，气不能吃;吃能让，穿能让，理不能让。

50. Vegetables can be eaten, chaff can be eaten, air cannot be eaten; what one can eat, one can allow; what one can wear, one can allow; what one cannot tolerate, that one cannot allow.

51. 处暑种高山，白露种平川，秋分种门外，寒露种河湾。

51. Plant in the highlands during the period of the End of Heat, in the plains during the White Dew, outside the gates during the Autumn Equinox, and at the river bend during the Cold Dew.

52. 君子报仇，十年不晚。

52. A gentleman avenges himself, it is never too late.

53. 日落射脚 ，三天内雨落。

53. The setting sun shoots its foot, and rain falls within three days.

54. 理不短，嘴不软。

54. Reason is not short, and words are not soft.

55. 绳锯木断，水滴石穿。

55. The saw cuts wood to pieces, and the dripping water carves a stone through.

56. 只给君子看门，不给小人当家。?>

56. Only let gentlemen guard the gate, not let卑鄙小人当家. ?>

57. 一个巧皮匠，没有好鞋样；两个笨皮匠，彼此有商量；三个臭皮匠，胜过诸葛亮。

57. One skilled leatherworker has no good shoe pattern; two clumsy leatherworkers can discuss with each other; three stinky leatherworkers are more than the wisdom of Zhuge Liang.

58. 朝霞不出门，晚霞行千里。

58. If there's no morning glow, the evening glow will travel a thousand miles.

59. 宁做穷人脚下土，不做财主席上珍。

59. Would rather be the soil beneath the feet of the poor than a treasure on the throne of the rich.

60. 秤能称轻重，话能量人心。

60. A scale can weigh the light and heavy, but words can reveal the heart.

61. 玉不琢，不成器；木不雕，不成材；人不学，不知理。

61. Jade, if not carved, cannot become a utensil; wood, if not carved, cannot become material; people, if not educated, cannot understand principles.

62. 光说不练假把式，光练不说真把式，连说带练全把式。

62. All talk and no action is a fake show; all action and no talk is a true show; a combination of talking and action is a complete show.

63. 蚊子咬的怪，天气要变坏。

63. Odd bites from mosquitoes, the weather's about to turn bad.

64. 人老心不老，身穷志不穷。

64. Old age does not diminish one's spirit, poverty does not diminish one's determination.

65. 常刮西北风，近日天气晴。

65. The prevailing wind is from the northwest, and the weather has been sunny recently.

66. 话多了不甜，胶多了不粘。

66. Too much talk is not sweet, too much glue is not sticky.

67. 树多成林不怕风，线多搓绳挑千斤。

67. Many trees make a forest that fears no wind, many threads twisted together can lift a thousand jin.

68. 药对方，一口汤；不对方，一水缸。

68. For the right medicine, a single bowl of soup; for the wrong medicine, a water jar.

69. 三勤一懒，想懒不得懒；三懒一勤，想勤不得勤。

69. Three industrious and one lazy, cannot be lazy; three lazy and one industrious, cannot be industrious.

70. 有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相识。

70. Those with a connection come together from afar, while those without a connection remain strangers even when face to face.

71. 老马识路数，老人通世故。

71. An old horse knows the way, an old man knows the world's ways.

72. 大人不记小人过，宰相肚里能撑船。

72. Great men forgive the faults of lesser ones, and the prime minister's belly can hold a boat.

73. 肥多不浇烧坏苗，粪大水勤长得好。底肥三年壮。

73. Too much fertilizer without irrigation burns the seedlings, and too much manure with frequent watering grows well. The base fertilizer makes the plants robust for three years.

74. 不管努力的目标是什么，不管他干什么，他单枪匹马总是没有力量的。合群永远 是一切善良思想的人的最高需要。德歌德

74. No matter what the goal of his efforts may be, no matter what he does, he is always powerless when he acts alone. Being part of a group is always the highest need of all those with good thoughts. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

75. 挂羊头，卖狗肉。

75. Sell dog meat under the guise of sheep.

76. 单个的人是软弱无力的，就像漂流的鲁滨逊一样，只有同别人在一起，他才能完 成许多事业。德叔本华

76. The individual is weak and powerless, like Robinson Crusoe adrift, and can only accomplish many things when he is with others. -叔本华

77. 阴雨亮一亮，还要下一丈。

77. If it clears up in the midst of a cloudy and rainy day, it will rain another ten feet.

78. 宁可身骨苦，不叫面皮羞。

78. It's better to endure physical hardship than to let one's dignity be shamed.

79. 弱敌不可轻，强敌不可畏。

79. Do not underestimate a weak enemy, nor fear a strong one.