667 хэллэг · HSK түвшнээр шүүнэ
国有国法，家有家规
HSK 4guó yǒu guó fǎ jiā yǒu jiā guī
A country has its laws and a family its rules; One must do things according to rules and established practice
国有难，回必乱
HSK 4guó yǒu nàn huí bì luàn
Whenever the country (China) is in peril, the Hui people revolt.
垃圾进，垃圾出
HSK 4lā jī jìn lā jī chū
garbage in, garbage out
大事化小，小事化无
HSK 4dà shì huà xiǎo xiǎo shì huà wú
Turn big problems into small ones, and small ones into no problems at all.
出处: Literally: Reduce major issues to minor ones, and minor ones to nothing.
大人不计小人过
HSK 4dà rén bù jì xiǎo rén guò
It is best to forgive and forget.
直译: A greater man does not make note of a lesser man's faults.
大树底下好乘凉
HSK 4dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng
One benefits by proximity to an influential person.
直译: under a big tree the shade is plentiful
大难不死，必有后福
HSK 4dà nàn bù sǐ bì yǒu hòu fú
Those who survive a catastrophe are bound to have good fortune later on.
天下没有白吃的午餐
HSK 4tiān xià méi yǒu bái chī de wǔ cān
there's no such thing as a free lunch
天无绝人之路
HSK 4tiān wú jué rén zhī lù
Heaven never bars one's way; there is always a way out.
天生我材必有用
HSK 4tiān shēng wǒ cái bì yǒu yòng
Everybody has something that they were born to be good at; if you search hard enough, you will find your niche in life; everyone is put on this Earth to achieve something.
出处: From Li Bai's poem 《將進酒》 /《将进酒》
夫妻本是同林鸟
HSK 4fū qī běn shì tóng lín niǎo
Even though a husband and wife were originally birds from the same forest (...when adversity strikes, they fly in separate directions).
失败是成功之母
HSK 4shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ
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失败者成功之母
HSK 4shī bài zhě chéng gōng zhī mǔ
failure is the mother of success
女人心，海底针
HSK 4nǚ rén xīn hǎi dǐ zhēn
woman's thoughts are challenging to fathom
直译: A woman's heart (is like) a needle at the bottom of the sea.
好奇害死猫
HSK 4hào qí hài sǐ māo
curiosity killed the cat
出处: Calque of English curiosity killed the cat.
好汉不提当年勇
HSK 4hǎo hàn bù tí dāng nián yǒng
a true hero does not boast about their past glories
如人饮水，冷暖自知
HSK 4rú rén yǐn shuǐ lěng nuǎn zì zhī
One must personally experience something in order to know what it's like.
直译: Only the person drinking the water knows whether it is warm or cold.
出处: From The Transmission of the Lamp (《景德傳燈錄》卷第四).
富贵险中求
HSK 4fù guì xiǎn zhōng qiú
wealth is obtained from taking risks
尽信书不如无书
HSK 4jìn xìn shū bù rú wú shū
Do not blindly believe everything written in books
直译: Believing everything in the Book of Documents is worse than without that book.
出处: From Mencius
山不转水转
HSK 4shān bù zhuàn shuǐ zhuàn
the world is small enough for people to meet again
山不转路转
HSK 4shān bù zhuǎn lù zhuǎn
There's more than one way to skin a cat; There is always a workaround.
直译: A mountain cannot turn, but a road can.
差生文具多
HSK 4chà shēng wén jù duō
A poor performer overvalues their stationery; One is unlikely to do good work if overly concerned with tools
直译: poor performers have many stationery items
平安就是福
HSK 4píng ān jiù shì fú
peace and safety is the root of happiness.
强中自有强中手
HSK 4qiáng zhōng zì yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu
one should never be complacent because there is always room to improve one's craft
强宾不压主
HSK 4qiáng bīn bù yā zhǔ
A guest should never try to put himself in a superior position to his host.
慢工出细活
HSK 4màn gōng chū xì huó
slow and meticulous work leads to fine quality; soft fire makes sweet malt; slow and steady wins the race
慢工出细货
HSK 4màn gōng chū xì huò
slow and meticulous work leads to fine quality; soft fire makes sweet malt; slow and steady wins the race
故旧不弃
HSK 4gù jiù bù qì
do not neglect old friends
无友不如己者
HSK 4wú yǒu bù rú jǐ zhě
Make friends with people that are better than oneself
出处: From the Analects, Book 1 (《論語·學而》)
无风不起浪
HSK 4wú fēng bù qǐ làng
No smoke without fire.
直译: There are no waves without wind
日有所思，夜有所梦
HSK 4rì yǒu suǒ sī yè yǒu suǒ mèng
That which one thinks about during the day, is what one dreams about at night.
是金子总会发光的
HSK 4shì jīn zi zǒng huì fā guāng de
an individual with ability will eventually be discovered; a talented person's day will come
直译: gold is bound to glitter
有其母必有其子
HSK 4yǒu qí mǔ bì yǒu qí zǐ
like mother, like child
有其父必有其子
HSK 4yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ
like father, like child
有奶便是娘
HSK 4yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
One obeys those who give him money or power.
直译: The person who feeds me with milk is my mother.
有志者事竟成
HSK 4yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng
Where there's a will, there's a way.
朋友之妻不可戏
HSK 4péng yǒu zhī qī bù kě xì⚠ 拼音待校
A man should not covet his friend's wife. / A friend's wife is not to be flirted with.
出处: From the novel Journey to the West.
机不可失，时不再来
HSK 4jī bù kě shī shí bù zài lái
Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
林子大了，什么鸟都有
HSK 4lín zi dà le shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
there are all kinds of people in a large community
直译: As a forest gets big, it will have all kinds of birds.
死马当活马医
HSK 4sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī
to keep trying everything in a desperate situation; to resort to desperate measures in desperate times
直译: to medically treat a dead horse as a living horse