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Water that has reached its level does not flow.
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We all like lamb; each has a different way of cooking it.
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We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to
a halt.
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We can study until old age and still not finish.
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We forget even incense in easy times; come hard times, we embrace
the Buddha's feet.
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Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread.
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Weaving a net is better than praying for fish at the edge of the
water.
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Wedlock is a padlock.
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What is whispered in your ear is often heard a hundred miles off.
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What you cannot avoid, welcome.
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When a large vessel has opened a way it is easy for a small one
to follow.
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.
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When the cat is gone, the mice come out to stretch.
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When the mantis hunts the locust, he forgets the shrike that's
hunting him.
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When the tree dies, the grass underneath withers.
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When the tree falls, the shadow flies.
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When the tree waves, wind is stirring.
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When you bow, bow low.
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When you fall into a pit, you either die or get out.
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When you have only two dollars left in the world, buy a loaf of
bread with one, and a rose with the other.
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of
bread with one, and a lily with the other.
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When you say one thing, the clever person understands three.
Source: (Chinese)
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When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both
feet.
Source: (Chinese)
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When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to
pull the reins.
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Whenever the water rises, the boat will rise too.
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Where a chest lieth open, a righteous man may sin.
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Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of
his own correctness will learn many things.
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Who rides a tiger cannot dismount.
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Who teaches me for a day is my father for a lifetime.
Source: (Chinese)
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With money one may command devils; without it, one cannot even
summon a man.
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With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
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Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook.
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Yellow gold is plentiful compared to white-haired friends.
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You burn incense before the god, and then topple him.
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You buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones.
Source: (Chinese)
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You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can easily offend
one in an hour.
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You can't catch a cub without going into the tiger's den.
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You can't clap with one hand only.
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You can't expect both ends of a sugar cane to be as sweet.
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You can't fare well, but you must cry roast meat.
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You can't fill your belly painting pictures of bread.
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You cannot draw white cloth from a dying vat.
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You cannot hook trout? Try digging clams.
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You cannot lose what you never had.
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You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your
head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
Source: (Chinese)
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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the
back.
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You must have crossed the river before you may tell the crocodile
he has bad breath.
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You must scale the mountains if you would view the plain.
Source: (Chinese)
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You think you've lost your horse? Who knows, he may bring a
whole herd back to you someday.
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You want no one to know it? Then don't do it.
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