yī kǒu chī bù chéng gè pàng zi

Nothing can be accomplished with one single effort.

直译: One cannot get fat from eating only one mouthful.

yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi

alternative form of 一口吃不成個胖子 /一口吃不成个胖子 (yīkǒu chī bù chéng gè pàngzi, “Nothing can be accomplished with one single effort.”)

直译: One cannot get fat from eating only one mouthful.

yī kǒu chī gè pàng zi

alternative form of 一口吃成個胖子 /一口吃成个胖子 (yīkǒu chī chéng gè pàngzi, “to get what one wants instantly; to be impatient for success; to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible”)

直译: to be fat from eating only one mouthful

yī kǒu chī chéng gè pàng zi

to get what one wants instantly; to be impatient for success; to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible

直译: to become fat from eating only one mouthful

yī shān hái yǒu yī shān gāo

There is always someone or something that is better. / Do not be smug about your achievements.

直译: for every high mountain there is an even higher mountain

yī yàng mǐ yǎng bǎi yàng rén

Everybody thinks and acts a little differently even when we are in the same environment

直译: One kind of rice provides for one hundred kinds of people.

wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ

take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves; many a mickle makes a muckle

wàn shì qǐ tóu nán

getting started is always the hardest part

sān shí nián hé dōng hé xī⚠ 拼音待校

prosperity and decline never last; everything in life is cyclical; life has its ups and downs

直译: Thirty years on the east side of the river, thirty years on the west side of the river.

sān suì dìng bā shí

the character of a person is already formed at a young age

直译: Three years old determines eighty

sān sī ér hòu xíng

💡 Ажил хийхээсээ өмнө сайтар бодож, дараа нь хий.

直译: think three (several) times then act

出处: From the Analects, Book 5 (《論語·公冶長》)

sān lǐ bù tóng diào shí lǐ bù tóng yīn

Describes the linguistic diversity of Fujian province.

shàng shān róng yì xià shān nán

💡 Эхлэх, өгсөх амархан ч буух, төгсгөх нь хэцүү байдаг.

bù pà yī wàn jiù pà wàn yī

💡 Санаанд оромгүй нэг тохиолдолд бэлэн байж, урьдчилан сэргийл.

bù pà màn zhǐ pà zhàn

it's better to move ahead slowly than just to mark time; any movement is better than none; slow and steady wins the race

bù pà màn jiù pà zhàn

it's better to move ahead slowly than just to mark time; any movement is better than none; slow and steady wins the race

bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí

Friends are often made after a fight; from an exchange of blows friendship grows; no acquaintance is made without a fight; no discord, no concord; out of blows friendship grows.

bù dǎ bù xiāng shí

Friends are often made after a fight; from an exchange of blows friendship grows; no acquaintance is made without a fight; no discord, no concord; out of blows friendship grows.

xí guàn chéng zì rán

💡 Дасаад ирвэл юу ч өөрийн эрхгүй, аяндаа болдог.

rén duō hǎo bàn shì

many hands make light work; a task is easier to accomplish when many people work together

rén shēng rú xì xì rú rén shēng

all the world's a stage

直译: life is like a play, [and] a play is like life

rén suàn bù rú tiān suàn

the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry; no matter how much one plans things out, life always intervenes; man proposes, God disposes; God's plans supersede our own

rén zǒu chá liáng

When a man loses his power, he loses the praise, respect or flattering as well. / the superficiality of human relationships

直译: the tea cools down as soon as the person is gone

huì kū de hái zi yǒu nǎi chī

the squeaky wheel gets the grease

fēn jiǔ bì hé hé jiǔ bì fēn

That which is long divided must unify; that which is long unified must divide.; worldly affairs are constantly changing

出处: From Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter One (first line after the opening poem).

dào shén me shān shàng chàng shén me gē

when in Rome, do as the Romans do; to adapt oneself to an occasion

shí nián hé dōng shí nián hé xī

prosperity and decline never last; everything in life is cyclical; life has its ups and downs

直译: Ten years on the east side of the river, ten years on the west side of the river.

zhǐ yào mù dì zhèng dàng kě yǐ bù zé shǒu duàn

The end justifies the means; all's fair in love and war.

zài jiā qiān rì hǎo chū mén yī shí nán

It is good to stay at home, but there are many difficulties outside.

dà shì huà xiǎo xiǎo shì huà liǎo

Turn big problems into small ones, and small ones into no problems at all.

tiān bù cóng rén yuàn

Heaven does not abide by the wishes of people.

tiān zhù zì zhù

heaven helps those who help themselves

tiān zhù zì zhù zhě

heaven helps those who help themselves

hǎo hǎo xué xí tiān tiān xiàng shàng

study hard and you will improve day by day

出处: A 1951 dedication by Mao Zedong.

hǎo xīn méi hǎo bào

no good deed goes unpunished; those who help often end up being resented by those whom they help

直译: good-heartedness has no recompense

hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo

a smart person does not dwell on past actions; a true man never backtracks

直译: a good horse does not look back to eat grass

xīn jìng zì rán liáng

When the mind is still, you will be calm, cool and collected.

dǎ zhě ài yě

one who spanks does it out of love

rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn

time reveals a person's heart; time will tell a true friend from a false one