Chinese Proverbs
Chinese Proverbs
brink horse late pull reins
When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins
amidst chickens flock standing
A crane standing amidst a flock of chickens
hollow mind mountain open returns sounds vacant
A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns all sounds
common hall sweep
There is no one to sweep a common hall
forget root tree
To forget one's ancestor's is to be a brook without a source, a tree without root