Chinese Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
602 Chinese Proverbs
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“Don't cross the bridge until you come to it.”
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“Don't stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a
net.”
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“Don't waste good iron for nails or good men for soldiers.”
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“Don't waste too many stones on one bird.”
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“Donkey's lips don't fit onto a horse's mouth.”
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“Dream different dreams while on the same bed.”
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“Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage.”
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“Easier to bend the body than the will.”
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“Easier to rule a nation than a son.”
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“Easy to believe in heaven's law, but so hard to keep.”
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“Easy to enroll a thousand soldiers. But, ah, one general!.”
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“Easy to keep the castle that was never besieged.”
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“Easy to know men's faces, not their hearts.”
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“Easy to run downhill, much puffing to run up.”
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“Empty the clear path to heaven, crowded the dark road to hell.”
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“Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.”
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“Enough shovels of earth make a mountain, enough pails of water a
river.”
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“Enough's as good as a feast.”
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“Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.”
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“Every day cannot be a feast of lanterns.”
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“Everyone pushes a falling fence.”
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“Everyone rakes the fire under his own pot.”
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“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.”
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“Everyone speaks well of the bridge which carries him over.”
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“Everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his
coverlet.”
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