Chinese Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
602 Chinese Proverbs
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“Dead songbirds make a sad meal.”
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“Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.”
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“Deer-hunter, waste not your arrow on the hare.”
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“Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.”
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“Defer not till to-morrow what may be done to-day.”
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“Despise learning and make everyone pay for your ignorance.”
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“Despise not a small wound or a poor kinsman.”
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“Deviate an inch, lose a thousand miles.”
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“Devil take the hindmost.”
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“Dig a well before you are thirsty.”
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“Do not add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.”
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“Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not all you
hear; and tell not all you know.”
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“Do not allow the sheep to die for a halfpenny of tar.”
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“Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like
him yourself.”
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“Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not
vainly regret what is already past.”
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“Do not employ handsome servants.”
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“Do not have each foot on a different boat.”
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“Do not insult the crocodile until you've crossed the river.”
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“Do not tear down the east wall to repair the west.”
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“Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.”
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“Dogs do not dislike poor families.”
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“Dogs have so many friends because they wag their tails, not their
tongues.”
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“Don't build a new ship out of old wood.”
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“Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like.”
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“Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.”
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