1. Judge not from appearances

1. Do not judge by appearances

2. 戒酒戒头一盅，戒烟戒头一口。

2. Abstain from alcohol by not having a single cup, and quit smoking by taking just one puff.

3. A thousand friends and one enemy.

3. A thousand friends and one enemy.

4. Learn to walk before you run

4. Learn to walk before you can run.

5. A lazy man uses a long thread and a clumsy man a curved needle.

5. A lazy man uses a long thread, and a clumsy man uses a curved needle.

6. Heaven never helps the man who will not act

6. Heaven never helps a man who will not act.

7. Lies have short legs

7. Lies have short legs.

8. If you want knowledge, you must toil for it

8. If you wish to acquire knowledge, you must labor for it.

9. Not afraid to wear late， afraid to take off early.

9. Not afraid to wear late, afraid to take off early.

10. 炸雷雨小，闷雷雨大。

10. Thunderstorms with explosions are small, and thunderstorms with muffled thunder are large.

11. 百尺竿头，更进一步。

11. A hundred feet up the pole, there is still another step to go.

12. He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first

12. He is not laughed at who laughs at himself first.

13. Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse

13. Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.

14. Life is half spent before we know what it is

14. Life is half-lived before we know what it is.

15. 打空拳费力，说空话劳神。

15. It takes effort to strike empty punches, and it takes mental exertion to speak empty words.

16. Nature is the true law

16. Nature is the true law

17. It is difficult to practise courage without taking three risks.

17. It is difficult to practice courage without taking three risks.

18. Many hands make light work

18. Many hands make light work.

19. 常在有时思无时，莫到无时想有时。

19. Often think of nothing when there is something, don't wait until there's nothing to think of to wish for something.

20. People rush to relatives， birds rush to forests.

20. People rush to relatives; birds rush to forests.

21. Make hay while the sun shines

21. Make hay while the sun shines. This English phrase is a proverb that means to take advantage of favorable conditions while they last. It's akin to saying "Seize the moment" or "Don't let the good times pass you by."

22. Health is happiness

22. Health is the source of happiness.

23. Never fish in trouble water

23. Never fish in troubled waters

24. 耳不听不烦，眼不见不馋。

24. If you don't listen, you won't be bothered; if you don't see, you won't be envious.

25. Never too old to learn, never too late to turn

25. Never too old to learn, never too late to turn back

26. 病好不谢医，下次无人医。

26. If an illness is cured and the patient does not thank the doctor, no one will be willing to treat them next time.

27. Like teacher, like pupil

27. Like teacher, like pupil

28. No sweet without sweat

28. No sweetness without toil

29. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

29. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

30. No man is born wise or learned

30. No man is born wise or learned.

31. It is better to die when life is a disgrace

31. It is better to die when life is a disgrace.

32. 东隅已逝，桑隅非晚。

32. The eastern corner has passed, the mulberry corner is not late.

33. None are so blind as those who won't see

33. None are so blind as those who will not see.

34. Know the other and win every battle.

34. Know the other and win every battle.

35. Time is like life. A quarter is worth a thousand dollars.

35. Time is like life. A quarter is worth a thousand dollars.

36. No rose without a thorn

36. No rose without a thorn

37. 千里之行，始于足下。

37. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

38. 泥鳅跳，雨来到。

38. The eel jumps, rain is coming.

39. It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open

39. It is easy to open a shop, but hard to keep it always open.

40. When water stops for a hundred days， worms will grow and people will get sick for a hundred days.

40. When water ceases for a hundred days, worms will thrive and people will fall ill for a hundred days.

41. Like author, like book

41. Like author, like book.

42. The tongue is long and fleshy， but the fact is that it is beaten with iron.

42. The tongue is long and fleshy, but the fact is that it is beaten with iron.

43. One hundred feet pole head， go further.

43. One hundred feet pole head, proceed further.

44. 身不怕动，脑不怕用。

44. The body does not fear movement, and the mind does not fear use.

45. No man is content

45. No man is content.

46. If you are not afraid of shallow learning， you are afraid of short ambition.

46. If you are not afraid of superficial learning, you are afraid of limited ambition.

47. There is no good in keeping good things from others.

47. There is no good in keeping good things from others.

48. 话不要说死，路不要走绝。

48. Don't close your mouth, don't take an absolute path.

49. If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me

49. If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.