1. 枪打出头鸟，露头的椽子先朽。

1. Shot first, the bird sticks out its head; the beam that shows itself first decays first.

2. 会插不会插，瞅你两只脚。

2. Can't insert but keep staring at your two feet.

3. The wise are doing things， while the wicked are watching.

3. The wise are doing things, while the wicked are watching.

4. 有病早治，无病早防。

4. Early treatment for illness, early prevention for health.

5. Seeds are selected annually with high yields.

5. Seeds are selected annually for high yields.

6. Sunset and westerly winds keep blowing down trees.

6. Sunset and westerly winds continue to blow down trees.

7. 舀不尽的海水，挖不尽的肥源。

7. The sea that cannot be scooped out, the fertile soil that cannot be exhausted.

8. 办酒容易请客难。

8. It's easy to hold a banquet, but hard to invite guests.

9. 知了叫，割早稻。知了喊，种豆晚。

9. The cicadas sing, it's time to harvest early rice. The cicadas shout, it's late to plant beans.

10. 路遥知马力，日久见人心。

10. A long journey reveals the strength of a horse, and time reveals the true nature of a person.

11. It's easier to serve wine than to entertain guests.

11. It's easier to serve wine than to entertain guests.

12. 六月不热，稻子不结。

12. If June is not hot, the rice will not set.

13. 早起早睡，精神百倍。

13. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

14. Playing tricks on lice and burning blankets.

14. Playing tricks on lice and burning blankets.

15. 浪费时间，等于缩短生命。

15. Wasting time is equivalent to shortening life.

16. Shuttle Cloud， clear day.

16. Shuttle Cloud, clear day.

17. 鞭打的快马，事找的忙人。

17. A whip-driven horse, and a busy person seeking troubles.

18. Can you plug in or not？ Look at your feet.

18. Can you plug it in or not? Look at your feet.

19. If a man sees it as a joke， no one sees it as a theft.

19. If a man sees it as a joke, no one sees it as a theft.

20. June is not hot， but rice is hard to grow.

20. June is not hot, but it is difficult to grow rice.

21. 粪肥土，土肥苗。

21. Manure makes soil fertile, fertile soil fosters seedlings.

22. 蜂采百花酿蜂蜜，人读群书明真理。

22. Bees gather flowers from all over to make honey, and people read many books to understand the truth.

23. Bees gather flowers to make honey， and people read the truth.

23. Bees collect flowers to make honey, and people read the truth.

24. 日落云里走，雨在半夜后。

24. The sun sets walking through the clouds, and the rain comes after midnight.

25. People rush in front of people and knives swing on stones.

25. People rush in front of people and knives swing on stones.

26. Sunset clouds， rain in the middle of the night.

26. Sunset clouds, rain in the middle of the night.

27. 千中有头，万中有尾。

27. A head among ten thousand, a tail among a hundred thousand.

28. A bowl of soup before dinner is a good prescription for breathlessness.

28. A bowl of soup before dinner is a good remedy for breathlessness.

29. 不给规矩，不成方圆。

29. Without rules, there can be no order.

30. 常骂不惊，常打不怕。

30. Habitual scolding does not provoke fear, and habitual beating does not evoke fear.

31. The idle call cold， the busy call hot.

31. The idle call is cold, the busy call is hot.

32. A good polder is a sad month in May.

32. A good polder is a sad month in May.

33. Unable to scoop up the sea water， unearth the source of fertilizer.

33. Unable to scoop up the sea water, discover the source of fertilizer.

34. South flashes open the door， North flashes rain.

34. South opens the door with a flash, North brings rain with a flash.

35. There is a head in a thousand and a tail in a thousand.

35. There is a head in a thousand and a tail in a thousand. This sentence could be interpreted as a proverb or a riddle. In English, it might be translated as: 35. A head in every thousand and a tail in every thousand.

36. 日光不照门，医生便上门。

36. The sun doesn't shine through the door, the doctor comes to the door.

37. Gold is the base fertilizer， silver and silver are the top fertilizer.

37. Gold is the base fertilizer, silver and silver are the top fertilizer.

38. 寒潮过后多晴天，夜里无云地尽霜。

38. After the cold wave, there are many sunny days, and the ground is covered with frost at night.

39. 西北恶云长，冰雹在后晌。

39. The evil clouds of the northwest stretch long, hail follows in the late afternoon.

40. 日落西风住，不住刮倒树。

40. The sunset brings the westerly winds to a halt, but they do not stop the trees from toppling.

41. Mountains can't hold down springs， cattle can't kill lice.

41. Mountains can't contain springs, cattle can't kill lice.

42. 失败是成功之母。

42. Failure is the mother of success.

43. It rains no more than three days.

43. It rains no more than three days.

44. White rice tastes good， but grain fields are hard to grow.

44. White rice tastes good, but grain fields are hard to grow.