1. 明人不做暗事

1. A gentleman does not do underhand things.

2. 不知天高地厚

2. Unaware of one's own limitations and overestimating one's abilities.

3. 堆金不如积谷

3. It's better to store grain than to accumulate gold.

4. 朝廷不差饿兵

4. The court does not send starving soldiers.

5. 一而再再而三

5. Time and again, over and over again

6. 棺材卖给要家

6. Caskets sold to families seeking them

7. 得着风便扯蓬

7. Catch the wind and pull the sail.

8. 不足为外人道

8. Not worth mentioning to outsiders.

9. 天无绝人之路

9. There is no road that God has blocked for people.

10. 君子不羞当面

10. A gentleman does not feel ashamed in front of others.

11. 上不紧下不忙

11. Not in a hurry above, not in a hurry below.

12. 积极心态能使一个懦夫成为英雄，从心志柔弱变为意志坚强。

12. A positive mindset can turn a coward into a hero, transforming someone of weak resolve into a person of strong will.

13. 生米做成熟饭

13. Raw rice is cooked into cooked rice.

14. 在人的本性中，有一种倾向：我们把自己想象成什么样子，就真的会成为什么样子。

14. In the nature of humans, there is a tendency: we will truly become what we imagine ourselves to be.

15. ◆不下水，一辈子不会游泳；不扬帆，一辈子不会撑船。

15.◆ If you never dive into the water, you'll never learn to swim; if you never hoist the sail, you'll never learn to row a boat.

16. 三寸不烂之舌

16. The gift of the gab

17. 顾左右而言他

17. To shift the subject.

18. 事实胜于雄辩

18. Facts speak louder than words.

19. 死无葬身之地

19. A place without a resting place for the deceased.

20. 既来之则安之

20. If it comes, let it be.

21. 丁是丁卯是卯

21. Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao.

22. ◆认理不认人，帮理不帮亲。水大漫不过船，手大遮不住天。

22.◆ Recognize right and wrong rather than people; help right rather than kin. Water can't overflow a boat, and a big hand can't cover the sky.

23. 海水不可斗量

23. The sea cannot be measured with a measure.

24. 一步一个脚印

24. Step by step.

25. 五十步笑百步

25. To mock a person who has taken fifty steps for a hundred.

26. ◆男人无志，钝铁无钢，女人无志，乱草无秧。

26.◆ A man without ambition is like dull iron without steel, and a woman without ambition is like wild grass without seedlings.

27. 迅雷不及掩耳

27. Lightning strikes faster than the blink of an eye.

28. 夏虫不可语冰

28. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect.

29. ◆见人不施礼，枉跑四十里；见人施一礼，少走十里地。

29. ◆Not greeting a person, it's a waste of running forty miles; greeting a person with a bow, it's a reduction of walking ten miles.

30. (缅甸谚语) 书籍备而不读如废纸。

30. (Burmese Proverb) Books unread are as good as waste paper.

31. 万变不离其综

31. The essence remains unchanged amidst all changes.

32. 鸡蛋里找骨头

32. Looking for a bone in an egg.

33. 凡不是就着泪水吃过面包的人是不懂得人生之味的人。

33. He who has not eaten bread through tears does not understand the taste of life.

34. 吃一堑长一智

34. One fall, one lesson.

35. 色是刮骨刚刀

35. Color is a sharp blade that cuts through bone.

36. 既生瑜何生亮

36. If there was a Yu, why was there also a Liang?

37. 有志者事竟成

37. "Where there is a will, there is a way."

38. 过五关斩六将

38. Cross five passes and defeat six generals.

39. 拒人千里之外

39. To reject someone from a distance of a thousand miles.

40. 惶惶不可终日

40. Unable to settle down, restlessly throughout the day

41. 过屠门而大嚼

41. To crave for meat while passing the market and to indulge in a feast.

42. 酒是穿肠毒药

42. Wine is a poison that runs through the intestines.

43. 心有余力不足

43. Have the will but lack the strength.

44. 高不成低不就

44. Not good enough to be high, not low enough to be low.

45. 化腐朽为神奇

45. Turn decay into wonder

46. 无所不用其极

46. To go to any lengths / to use all means available

47. 手无缚鸡之力

47. Not strong enough to tie a chicken's feet.

48. 当面鼓对面锣

48. Face to face, drum to drum (idiomatic expression meaning to confront someone directly or to deal with a problem head-on)

49. 男女授受不亲

49. Men and women should not be too intimate in their interactions.

50. ◆水往X L，人争上游。

50.◆ Water flows to X liters, people strive for advancement.

51. 有志不在年高

51. Ambition is not determined by age.

52. 吉人自有天相

52. A good person will naturally be protected by the heavens.

53. ◆一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。

53. ▲ One monk carries water to drink, two monks carry water together to drink, and three monks have no water to drink.

54. 一切节省,归根到底都归结为时间的节省。——马克思

54. All savings, in the final analysis, boil down to the saving of time. — Marx

55. 哀大莫如心死

55. There is nothing more tragic than the death of the heart.

56. 如坠五里雾中

56. Like being in a five-mile fog

57. 父母在不远游

57. Do not travel far from home while your parents are still living.

58. 远水不救近火

58. Out of sight, out of mind.

59. ◆光说不练假把式，光练不说真把式，连说带练全把式。

59.◆ All talk and no action is a fake trick; all action and no talk is a real trick; both talking and practicing is a complete trick.

60. 此一时彼一时

60. Different times call for different measures.