1. 105Courtesy on one side only lasts not long 来而不往非礼也。

1. A favor on one side only lasts not long; reciprocation is expected in return.

2. 128Eat to live, but not live to eat 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。

2. Eat to live, but don't live to eat. People eat to stay alive, but it's not the purpose of life to eat.

3. 129Empty vessels make the greatest sound 实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶药

3. Empty jars make the loudest noise: The soundless millstone is louder than the noisy jar, and half-filled jar is half-effective in medicine.

4. 蜜蜂晚出早归巢，天气有变雨将到。

4. Bees go out late and return early to the hive, indicating that the weather is changing and rain is about to fall.

5. 春天刮风多，秋天下雨多。

5. There are many windy days in spring and many rainy days in autumn.

6. 35A hedge between keeps friendship green 君子之交淡如水。

6. 35A hedge between keeps friendship green — The friendship between gentlemen is as pure and simple as water.

7. 209He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first自嘲者不会让人见笑。

7. 209 He who laughs at himself first will not be laughed at by others.

8. 98Choose an author as you choose a friend 择书如择友。

8. Choose a book as you choose a friend.

9. 227If you run after two hares, you will catch neither

9. 227 If you chase two hares, you will catch neither.

10. 195Happiness takes no account of time 欢乐不觉时光过。

10. Happiness pays no heed to time.

11. Clouds from the northeast， there must be wind and rain.

11. Clouds from the northeast; there must be wind and rain.

12. 69A single flower does not make a spring

12. A single flower does not make a spring.

13. 大雪下成堆，小麦装满屋。

13. Heavy snow falls in heaps, wheat fills the house.

14. 152Fact speak louder than words 事实胜于雄辩。

14. 152 Facts speak louder than words. (Translation: The truth is more powerful than words.)

15. 81Beauty lies in the love's eyes 情人眼里出西施。

15. Beauty lies in the love's eyes — Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

16. 181Good health is over wealth 健康是最大的财富。

16. 181 Good health is more valuable than wealth.

17. 水缸出汗蛤蟆叫，不久将有大雨到。

17. The water jar sweats, and the toads croak; a heavy rain is coming soon.

18. The fog is no more than three and the mist is no more than five.

18. The fog is no more than three kilometers thick and the mist is no more than five kilometers thick.

19. 135Every day is not Sunday 好景不常在。

19. 135 Every day is not Sunday; good times do not last forever.

20. 235It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open

20. 235 It is easy to open a shop, but hard to keep it always open.

21. 124Each bird love to hear himself sing 孤芳自赏。

21. 124 Each bird loves to hear himself sing, wallowing in self-admiration.

22. The thunder went round and round， and the rain was not long.

22. The thunder roared around and around, and the rain did not last long.

23. 六月不热，稻子不结。

23. If June is not hot, the rice will not grow.

24. 228If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too

24. 228 If you sell the cow, you also sell her milk.

25. 无风起横浪，三天台风降。

25. Without wind, there are waves; in three days, a typhoon will arrive.

26. 这句话强调了不同季节的雨水对于农民生产的重要性，而春天的雨水对作物的生长尤为关键。

26. This sentence emphasizes the importance of seasonal rains for farmers' production, with spring rains being particularly crucial for the growth of crops.

27. 31A good husband makes a good wife 夫善则妻贤。

27. A good husband makes a good wife: If the husband is good, then the wife will be virtuous.

28. 240It is the unforeseen that always happens

28. 240 It is the unforeseen that always happens.

29. 这句话表达了自然界四季变化的自然规律，也展示了人们对于四季的深入感悟。

29. This sentence expresses the natural law of the four seasons in nature and also demonstrates people's profound understanding of the seasons.

30. 192Guilty consciences make men cowards 做贼心虚。

30. Guilty consciences make men cowards. (Literally: "Guilty consciences turn men into cowards.")

31. If fog is heavy for three days， it will rain heavily.

31. If the fog is heavy for three days, it will rain heavily.

32. 高粱熟，收稻谷。

32. Sorghum is ripe, harvest the rice.

33. 河里鱼打花，天天有雨下。

33. The fish in the river are playing with the flowers, it rains every day.

34. 53A man cannot spin and reel at the same time

34. 53 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.

35. 118Don't make a mountain out of a molehill 不要小题大做。

35. 118 Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. Don't make a big deal out of a small matter.