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
attain depends greatest himself
He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.
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
defends steal thorn
A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
duck flight flock fly leads wild
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck leads the flock to fly and follow.
disturbed rather understanding
Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed rather at not being understanding
cold pine season
It is only when the cold season comes that we know the pine and cypress to be evergreens
knowing
It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing
plain scale view
If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain
soldier
The soldier who retreated 50 paces jeered at the one who retreated 100 paces
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