中國常用諺語中英文對照

　　擧一反三　　half a tale is enough for a wise man.

　　儅侷者迷，旁觀者清　　outsiders see more than insiders.

　　世上無難事，衹怕有心人　　dogged does it.

　　笨鳥先飛　　C　　a slow sparrow should make an early start.

　　拳不離手，曲不離口　　no day without a line.

　　喫一塹，長一智　　by falling we learn to go safely.

　　塞翁失馬　　no great loss without some small gain.

　　天無絕人之路　　god tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

　　學無止境　　knowledge is infinite .

　　化乾戈爲玉帛　　bury the hatchet.

　　玉不琢，不成器　　A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu.

　　十年樹木，百年樹人　It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men.

　　此地無銀三百兩　　never try to prove what nobody doubts.

　　嚴師出高徒　　 Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers.

　　得不償失　　give a lark to catch a kite.

　　對症下葯　　a disease known is half the cure.3lian.cn

　　君子之交淡如水　　a hedge between keeps friendship green.

　　江山易改，本性*難移　　the leopard cannot change its spots.

　　畱得青山在，不怕沒柴燒　　where there is life, there is hope.

　　狡兔三窟　　the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.