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你好, Chinese learners,

Here is a list of interesting Chinese proverbs and Chinese expressions.

Feel free to edit this page and add more proverbs.

Chinese Pinyin Translation
天下無不散之筵席/天下无不散之筵席 Tiānxià wú bú sàn zhī yánxí There is no endless banquet under the sun.
各花入各眼 Gè huā rù gè yǎn Different flowers look good to different people
以毒攻毒 Yǐdúgōngdú We fight poison with poison
花開堪折直需折/花开堪折直需折 Huā kāi kān zhé zhí xū zhé You have to pick the flower when it is ready to be picked.
歲月不留人/岁月不留人 Suìyuè bù liú rén Age and time are waiting for no one.
虎父虎子 Hǔ fù hǔ zi The tiger father breeds a tiger son.
人算不如天算 Rén suàn bùrú tiān suàn The projects of man are inferior to those of heaven.
好事多磨 Hǎoshìduōmó A happy event does not happen without many frictions
盗亦有道 Dào yì yǒu dào (Even) thieves have "their code of behavior" (Tao)
大丈夫能屈能伸 Daijōbu nō Kutsu Yoshinobu A tall man can bend and stretch.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子 Bù rù hǔxué, yān dé hǔ zi If you do not enter the tiger cave, how are you going to get her cub?
又要馬兒跑,又要馬兒不吃草/又要马儿跑,又要马儿不吃草 Yòu yào mǎ er pǎo, yòu yào mǎ er bu chī cǎo/yòu yào mǎ er pǎo, yòu yào mǎ er bu chī cǎo You want a horse run but you also want him not to eat grass.
無風不起浪/无风不起浪 Wúfēngbùqǐlàng There is no wave without wind.
入鄉隨俗/入乡随俗 Rùxiāngsuísú Follow the local custom when you go abroad.
物以類聚/物以类聚 物以類聚/物以类聚 Things of the same characteristics come together.
醉翁之意不在酒 Zuì wēng zhī yì bùzài jiǔ The drunkard's desire is not in the wine.
驕兵必敗/骄兵必败 Jiāo bīng bìbài The arrogant army will certainly lose the battle.
一箭雙雕/一箭双雕 Yījiànshuāngdiāo Shoot two birds with one arrow.
一刻被蚊咬終日怕蚊叮/一刻被蚊咬终日怕蚊叮 Who gets bitten by a mosquito, worries mosquitoes all day long.
欲速則不逹/欲速则不达 If you are in a hurry you will never succeed.
趁热打鐵/趁热打铁 You have to beat the iron when it's still hot.
狡兔三窟/狡兔三窟 The cunning rabbit has three different entrances for his lair
老婆是別人的靚/老婆是别人的靓 Your neighbor's wife looks nicer to yours.
女人心海底針/女人心海底针 The heart of a woman is like a needle at the bottom of the ocean.
以攻為守/以攻为守 Use the attack as a defense tactic.
英雄所見略同/英雄所见略同 The views of the heroes are roughly identical.
以身作則/以身作则 Be yourself a model.
婚姻是恋愛的墳墓/婚姻是恋爱的坟墓 Marriage is the tomb of romance.
將軍難免陣上亡/将军难免阵上亡 It is not uncommon for a general to die in battle.

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