1. Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye选妻，最好用耳莫用眼。

1. Choose a wife, better by your ear than by your eye.

2. 有斧砍得树倒，有理说的不倒。

2. A tree can be felled with an axe, but a tree with a sound argument cannot be felled.

3. 不挑担子不知重，不走长路不知远。

3. If you don't carry a load, you won't know how heavy it is; if you don't walk a long road, you won't know how far it is.

4. Only when we are in charge of the family can we know the value of firewood and rice， and only when we raise our children can we know the kindness of our parents.

4. It is only when we are responsible for the family that we understand the value of firewood and rice, and only when we raise our own children can we appreciate the kindness of our parents.

5. 书本不常翻，犹如一块砖。

5. Books that are seldom turned over are like a brick.

6. Failure is the mother of success

6. Failure is the mother of success.

7. 明人不做暗事，真人不说假话。

7. A decent person does not do underhanded things, and a real person does not tell lies.

8. 11好的开端是成功的一半Well begun is half done

8. A good beginning is half the battle.

9. A friend in need is a friend indeed

9. A friend in need is a true friend.

10. Ten money to spend， one money to save.

10. Ten money to spend, one money to save.

11. True can't be false， false can't be true.

11. True cannot be false, false cannot be true.

12. 29人不可貌相,海水不可斗量Judge not a book by its cover(Never judge from appearances)

12. Do not judge a person by their appearance, nor measure the sea by the spoon (Never judge from appearances).

13. There is no pig eating pig in the slot.

13. There is no pig eating a pig in the slot.

14. 86Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion宁为鸡头,不为凤尾

14. 86 Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. (Better to be the leader of a lesser group than the follower of a greater one.)

15. 有则改之，无则加勉。

15. If there is something to be corrected, then correct it; if not, strive to improve.

16. 拳不离手，曲不离口。

16. The fist never leaves the hand, the tune never leaves the mouth.

17. 2百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing

17. 2 Hundred times heard is not as good as one seeing. Seeing is believing.

18. 47强强联手 win-win co-operation

18. Strong partnership between the top 47 - win-win co-operation

19. 时雨时晴，几天几夜不停。

19. It rained and cleared up intermittently, lasting for days and nights without pause.

20. Close to mountains， close to water， close to fish.

20. Close to the mountains, close to the water, close to the fish.

21. If there is one， it will be changed; if there is none， it will be encouraged.

21. If there is one, it will be changed; if there is none, it will be encouraged.

22. 鱼生火，肉生痰，青菜豆腐保平安。

22. Fish generates fire, meat generates phlegm, green vegetables and tofu ensure peace and safety.

23. 63Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise早睡早起身体好

23. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. (A sound sleep and an early start make a person healthy, wealthy, and wise.)

24. Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day看人看年少，看天看破晓。

24. Childhood reveals the man, just as morning reveals the day. Translation: "To see a man, look at his youth; to see the world, look at dawn."

25. Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.

25. Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.

26. A thousand friends and one enemy.

26. A thousand friends and one enemy.

27. By doing we learn经一事，长一智。

27. By doing, we learn: Experience one thing, gain one wisdom.

28. No burden， no weight， no long road， no distance.

28. No burden, no weight, no long road, no distance.

29. 17滴水穿石Little stone fell great oaks

29. The Dripping Water Wears Away the Stone Little stones fell, great oaks.

30. 12酒好不怕巷子深Good wine needs no bush

30. 12. Good wine needs no bush - A good product is known by itself.

31. 读书而不思考，等于吃饭而不消化。

31. Reading without thinking is as if eating without digesting.

32. 40抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities

32. Take the preemptive opportunities

33. Can the leopard change his spots 江山易改，本性难移。

33. Can the leopard change his spots? "The mountains and rivers can be changed, but a person's nature is difficult to alter."

34. 人凭志气，虎凭威势。

34. People rely on their ambition, tigers rely on their might.

35. Business neglected is business lost玩忽事业等于丢失事业。

35. Neglecting business is the same as losing business.

36. If you are not afraid of failing to learn， you are afraid of sincerity.

36. If you are not afraid of failing to learn, you are afraid of sincerity.

37. 93All thing are difficult before they are easy万事开头难

37. 93 Everything is difficult before it becomes easy. The beginning is hard.

38. Cheat's never proper欺骗决非正当事。

38. Cheating is never proper.

39. Horses look at their teeth and people look at their words and deeds.

39. Horses look at their teeth, and people look at their words and deeds.

40. 秋雨过后天寒，天冷人们穿棉。

40. After the autumn rain, the weather turns cold, and people wear cotton clothes when it's chilly.

41. 67Never put off until tomorrow what may be done today今日事今日毕

41. 67 Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today. Do today's work today.

42. 人无远虑，必有近忧。

42. If a person does not plan for the distant future, they will inevitably have worries in the near term.

43. If an axe chops down a tree， it is reasonable not to fall.

43. If an axe chops down a tree, it is reasonable for it not to fall.

44. 39破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat;burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

44. 39 Cut off all means of retreat; burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end.

45. Force is strong， courage is frightening.

45. Force is strong, courage is awe-inspiring.

46. 71A rolling stone gathers no moss滚石不聚苔,转行不聚财

46. "A rolling stone gathers no moss" - A stone that rolls does not accumulate moss; changing careers does not accumulate wealth.

47. Long sunny magpie noisy rain， long rainy magpie noisy sunny.?>

47. Long sunny, magpie noisy rain; long rainy, magpie noisy sunny.

48. One person speaks with all reason， two people speak with high or low.

48. One person speaks with all reason; two people speak with high or low.

49. 68Something attempted, something done

49. 68 Something attempted, something done

50. Man by his will， tiger by his power.

50. Man by his will, tiger by his power.

51. 13国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

51. 13国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace Translation: 51. The country prospers and the people live in peace.

52. Old ginger tastes hot and spicy， and old people have more experience.

52. Old ginger tastes hot and spicy; the older the person, the more experience they have.

53. 9拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

53. 9Rob Peter to pay Paul (borrow from one to pay another, or patch up one hole by taking from another)

54. 5世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty

54. 5 In the world, only poverty can be obtained without effort. Nothing is to be gained without pain but poverty.

55. 久晴鹊噪雨，久雨鹊噪晴。

55. When it has been sunny for a long time, magpies chirp for rain; when it has been rainy for a long time, magpies chirp for sunshine.

56. Don't sleep in the quilt， I don't know how wide the quilt is.

56. Don't sleep under the quilt; I don't know how wide the quilt is.

57. Choose an author as you choose a friend择书如择友。

57. Choose an author as you choose a friend — select a book as you would select a friend.

58. 36拿手好戏 masterpiece

58. 36 Masterpiece

59. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit

59. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

60. 42不入虎穴,焉得虎子Noting venture, noting gain

60. "If you don't enter the tiger's lair, how can you get the tiger's cub?" - No risk, no reward.

61. 85The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up水能载舟,亦能覆舟

61. 85 The water that supports the boat is the same water that can capsize it. (Water can support a boat, but also can sink it.)

62. Children are what the mothers are耳濡目染，身教言传。

62. Children imitate what their mothers are, both through their words and actions.

63. 三亩棉花三亩稻，晴挨好，雨挨好。

63. Three mu of cotton, three mu of rice, good under sunny skies, good under rainy skies.

64. 交人交心，浇花浇根。

64. Make friends with others by sharing your heart; water flowers by nourishing their roots.

65. 88Diamond cuts diamond强中更有强中手

65. "Diamond cuts diamond, the stronger the stronger one" — stronger still is the stronger hand.

66. It's better to choose friends than to make friends.

66. It's better to choose friends than to make friends.

67. Time is like life， a moment is worth a thousand dollars.

67. Time is like life, a moment is worth a thousand dollars.

68. Call no man happy until he dies盖棺才能定论。

68. Do not call anyone happy until he dies. The true measure of a person's life is not determined until after death.

69. By falling we learn to go safely吃一堑，长一智。

69. By falling, we learn to go safely: A fall teaches us wisdom.

70. 7不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

70. 7. Do not spare any effort; go all out; do one's best.

71. 4满招损,谦受益Pride hurts, modesty benefits

71. 4 Fullness invites loss, modesty brings benefit.

72. Lv Bu in man， red rabbit in horse.

72. Man of Lv Bu, horse with red rabbit.

73. 有志不在年高，无志空长百岁。

73. It's not the age that matters, but the will; without a will, a hundred years is but a waste.

74. The sun is shining now， and we don't see each other for three days.

74. The sun is shining now, and we haven't seen each other for three days.