Famous Proverbs
1855 Proverbs about Chinese / Page 172
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Hidden dragons, crouching tigers.1712.
Hit a stone with an egg.1713.
Honing your hatchet will not delay your effort of wood cutting.1714.
A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries.1715.
If the lips are gone, the teeth will grow cold.1716.
If you do not study hard when young you'll end up bewailing your failures as you grow up.1717.
If you have never done anything wrong, you should not be worrying about devils to knock at your door.1718.
An image of a bamboo has already been formed in mind before it is committed to the painting canvas.1719.
In face of evil, one would rather be a jade broken than a brick intact.1720.
An inch of time is an inch of gold, but an inch of time cannot be purchased for an inch of gold.