Chinese Proverbs
Chinese Proverbs
black blame dog gets white
The black dog gets the food; the white dog gets the blame
duck flight flock fly leads wild
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck leads the flock to fly and follow.
beginning call names wisdom
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names
carry effort man takes watch
It takes little effort to watch a man carry a load.
cold pine season
It is only when the cold season comes that we know the pine and cypress to be evergreens
anyone
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it
plain scale view
If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain
buy lily sell
If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily
becomes days talk three
After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless
behind believe spoken
If what we see is doubtful, how can we believe what is spoken behind the back