1、宁吃半餐，不吃断餐。

Eat half a meal rather than break it.

2、蜜多不甜，油多不香。

Honey is not sweet, oil is not fragrant.

3、水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

Water can carry a boat and overturn it.

4、买锣要打，买伞要撑。

Gong to fight, umbrella to support.

5、滴水成河，粒米成箩。

Drops of water make rivers and grains make barrels.

6、饭后百步走，活到九十九。

Walk a hundred steps after dinner and live to ninety-nine.

7、近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

Near Zhu is red, near Mo is black.

8、良言一句三冬暖，恶语伤人六月寒。

Good words are warm in winter, bad words hurt in June.

9、行船趁顺风，打铁趁火红。

Shipping takes advantage of the wind and iron takes advantage of the fire.

10、失之毫厘，谬以千里。

A thousand miles is wrong if you lose a millimeter.

11、若要人不知，除非己莫为。

If you don't know, you can't do it yourself.

12、逢恶不怕，逢善不欺。

No fear of evil, no deception of good.

13、自在不成人，成人不自在。

In adulthood, adults are not comfortable.

14、一争两丑，一让两有。

Fight for two ugliness, let two have one.

15、一顿省一口，一年省一斗。

A meal saves a mouthful and a bushel a year.

16、到什么山上砍什么柴，到什么火候使什么锤。

What wood to cut on what mountain, what fire to make what hammer.

17、兼听则明，偏听则暗。

Listening at the same time is bright, but listening at the same time is dark.

18、说书的嘴快，演戏的腿快。

Speaking fast, acting fast.

19、要知山中事，须问打柴人。

If you want to know what's going on in the mountains, you have to ask the firewood collector.

20、虎吃人易躲，人吃人难防。

Tigers eat people easily, but people eat people hard to prevent.

21、人老眼昏，鹰老爪钝。

Old people are dizzy, eagles have blunt claws.

22、有一利必有一弊。

There are advantages and disadvantages.

23、欲速则不达。

More haste, less speed.

24、冷粥冷饭好吃，冷言冷语难受。

Cold porridge and cold meal are delicious and cold words are uncomfortable.

25、要捕鱼，先织网；要搭桥，先打桩。

To catch fish, first weave a net; to build a bridge, first pile.

26、人敬有的，狗咬丑的。

People respect, dogs bite ugly.

27、水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒。

When water is clean, there are no fish, but when people are aware, there are no fools.

28、一叶遮目，不见泰山。

One leaf shades the eyes, but Mount Tai is not visible.

29、欺人是祸，饶人是福。

It is a curse to deceive, but a blessing to forgive.

30、日里闲游，夜里熬油。

I wander in the day and boil oil at night.

31、有志不在年高，无志空长百岁。

The ambition is not to be old, but to be a hundred years old.

32、争着不够吃，让着吃不了。

Fight for not enough to eat, let not eat.

33、日里不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊。

Do not feel guilty in the day, knock at the door in the middle of the night.

34、会说的说一句，不会说的说十句。

Say one thing, not ten.

35、朋友千个少，冤家一个多。

A thousand friends and one enemy.

36、有柴有米是夫妻，无柴无米各东西。

There are firewood and rice, husband and wife, no firewood and no rice.

37、粗茶淡饭能养人，破衣破裤能遮寒。

Coarse tea and light rice can support people, ragged clothes and pants can cover the cold.

38、言者无罪，闻者足戒。

The speaker is innocent, the hearer is admonished.

39、人怕伤心，树怕剥皮。

People are afraid of sadness, and trees are afraid of peeling.

40、种早不荒，起早不忙。

Sowing early is not a waste, getting up early is not busy.

41、打鱼靠网，打狼靠棒。

Fishing depends on the net and wolf on the stick.

42、宠狗上灶，宠子不孝。

When a pet dog comes to the kitchen, a pet is not filial.

43、草遮不住鹰眼，水遮不住鱼眼。

The grass can't hide the eagle's eye, the water can't hide the fish's eye.

44、闲人叫冷，忙人叫热。

The idle call cold, the busy call hot.

45、眼是孬汉，手是好汉。

Eyes are good men, hands are good men.

46、贪小失大，惜指失掌。

Greed is small, but loss is great.

47、点灯爱油，耕田爱牛。

Lighting loves oil, farming loves cattle.

48、有车就有辙，有树就有影。

Whenever there is a rut, there are trees and shadows.

49、久住坡，不嫌陡。

If you live on a slope for a long time, it's not too steep.

50、官不贪财，狗不吃屎。

Officials are not greedy for money, dogs are not fed with shit.

51、三人同行，必有我师。

If three people go together, there must be my teacher.

52、有病早治，无病早防。

Early treatment of disease, early prevention of disease-free.

53、见强不怕，遇弱不欺。

Do not be afraid of the strong, do not deceive the weak.

54、河长多滩，路长多弯。

There are many beaches in the river and many bends in the road.

55、有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行。

Reasonable walk all over the world, unreasonable step is difficult.

56、人不在大小，马不在高低。

People are not big, horses are not high or low.

57、边学边问，才有学问。

Learning is what we learn.

58、自己的东西是宝，别人的东西是草。

One's own thing is treasure, another's thing is grass.

59、鞭打的快马，事找的忙人。

Whipping a fast horse is a busy man.

60、要知山中事，乡间问老农。

To know what's going on in the mountains, ask the old peasants in the countryside.

61、火大无湿柴，功到事不难。

Great fire without damp wood makes it easy to achieve success.

62、山外有山，天外有天。

There are mountains outside, and there are days outside.

63、瓜无滚圆，人无十全。

No melon is round, no man is perfect.

64、懒汉下地事多，懒驴上套屎多。

A lazy man goes to the ground more often than a lazy ass puts on shit.

65、刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后。

Knives must rust without grinding, and people should not lag behind.

66、放虎归山，必有后患。

Returning tigers to the mountains is bound to have future problems.

67、不担三分险，难练一身胆。

It is difficult to practise courage without taking three risks.

68、土中生白玉，地内出黄金。

White jade grows in the earth, and gold comes out in the earth.

69、学好三年，学坏三天。

Learn well for three years, learn badly for three days.

70、人勤地长苗，人懒地长草。

People grow seedlings diligently, but people grow grass lazily.

71、病人心多，忙人事多。

Patient's heart is many, busy person is many.

72、无油无盐，吃死不甜。

No oil, no salt, no sweetness.

73、一年之计在于春，一生之计在于勤。

A year's plan lies in spring, and a lifetime's plan lies in diligence.

74、小伤风三日，大伤风七天。

A minor cold lasts three days and a severe one lasts seven days.

75、要吃辣子栽辣秧，要吃鲤鱼走长江。

To eat spicy seeds to plant spicy rice seedlings, to eat carp to walk along the Yangtze River.

76、千方易得，一效难求。

One effect is hard to find.

77、看自己，一朵花；看别人，豆腐渣。

Look at yourself, a flower; look at others, tofu dregs.

78、有多大本钱，做多大生意。

How much is the cost and how much is the business?

79、只要肯劳动，一世不会穷。

As long as you are willing to work, you will never be poor.

80、好客的朋友多，好说的废话多。

There are many hospitable friends and lots of nonsense.

81、买卖不懂行，瞎子撞南墙。

Business does not work, blind people hit the South wall.

82、莫吃过头饭，莫说过头话。

Don't eat too much, don't talk too much.