1、不下百粒籽，难打千斤粮。
No more than a hundred grains make it difficult to beat a kilogram of grain.
2、鼓不打不响，钟不敲不鸣。
Drums do not ring, bells do not ring.
3、钢在火里炼，刀在石上磨。
Steel is made in fire and knives are ground on stone.
4、不磨不炼，不成好汗。
No temper, no sweat.
5、马好不在叫，人美不在貌。
Ma Jiao is not shouting, but beauty is not in appearance.
6、尺有所短，寸有所长。
The ruler is short and the inch is long.
7、舌头是肉长的，事实是铁打的。
The tongue is long and fleshy, but the fact is that it is beaten with iron.
8、积累知识，胜过积蓄金银。
To accumulate knowledge is better than to accumulate gold and silver.
9、见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话。
See people talk and ghosts talk.
10、人有人情，戏有戏味。
Humanity is human and drama is funny.
11、大意失荆州，骄傲失街亭。
If you lose Jingzhou carelessly, you lose the Street Pavilion proudly.
12、吃饭不嚼不知味，读书不想不知意。
Eat without chewing, read without knowing.
13、树多成林不怕风，线多搓绳挑千斤。
Trees grow in forests and are not afraid of the wind.
14、水不平要流，理不平要说。
If water does not flow, it is not reasonable to say so.
15、小燕来，好种田；大雁来，好过年。
Xiaoyan is a good farmer, while geese are a good celebrator.
16、学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。
Learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning is perilous.
17、会选的选儿郎，不会选的选家当。
The chooser who will choose, the chooser who will not choose.
18、吃不言，睡不语。
No words to eat, no words to sleep.
19、邻舍好，无价宝。
Good neighbors are invaluable.
20、好花开不败，好事说不坏。
Good flowers never fail, good things never fail.
21、不图便宜不上当，贪图便宜吃大亏。
If you don't want to be cheaper, you will lose a lot if you want to be cheaper.
22、说话看势头，办事看风头。
Speak to see the momentum, act to see the limelight.
23、取人之长，补己之短。
Take advantage of one's strengths and make up for one's weaknesses.
24、好铁要经三回炉，好书要经百回读。
Good iron goes through three hearths and good books go through a hundred.
25、家有一老，犹如一宝。
An old family is like a treasure.
26、有情饮水饱，无情吃饭饥。
Feeling full of water, eating hungry relentlessly.
27、心不可不用，地不可不种。
The heart must not be used, the ground must not be planted.
28、人争气，火争焰，佛争一炷香。
People fight for gas, fire fight for flame, Buddha fight for incense.
29、只给君子看门，不给小人当家。
Only for gentlemen, not for villains.
30、不向前走，不知路远。
If you don't go forward, you don't know how far it is.
31、饱带饥粮，晴带雨伞。
Full of hunger, sunny with umbrella.
32、立如松，坐如钟，卧如弓，行如风。
Stand like a pine, sit like a bell, lie like a bow, walk like the wind.
33、单丝不成线，独木不成林。
A single silk does not make a thread, a single tree does not make a forest.
34、贪婪鬼没个饱，吝啬鬼不知富。
A greedy devil is not full, but a miser is not rich.
35、打铁看火候，庄稼赶时候。
Strike iron to see the temperature, crops rush.
36、天下无难事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult in the world, just for those who are willing to do it.
37、不听老人言，吃亏在眼前。
Suffer will at present if you do not listen to the old man's advice,
38、会交的交三辈，不会交的交一辈。
Three generations will be handed in, but not one generation.
39、人怕没志，树怕没皮。
People are afraid of losing their ambition and trees are afraid of losing their bark.
40、河水不再倒流，人老不再黑头。
The river is no longer flowing backwards, and the old man is no longer black-headed.
41、树老根子深，人老骨头硬。
The old roots of trees are deep, but the old bones of men are hard.
42、学在苦中求，艺在勤中练。
Learn in pain, and practice in diligence.
43、水大不能漫船，职大不能欺亲。
Water is too big to sail, and duty is too big to bully relatives.
44、众人里面有圣贤，土石里面有金银。
There are saints in the crowd, and gold and silver in the earth and stone.
45、知识浅薄，轻狂自信。
Knowledge is shallow and self-confident.
46、秀才饿死不卖书，壮士穷途不卖剑。
Scholars die of hunger and do not sell books, but warriors do not sell swords.
47、天无一月雨，人无一世穷。
There is no rain in January, and no man is poor forever.
48、百日连阴雨，总有一朝晴。
It's rainy for a hundred days, and there's always a sunny day.
49、勤劳是个宝，一生离不了。
Diligence is a treasure that can never be separated from one's life.
50、粮食补身体，书籍丰富智慧。
Food supplements the body and books enrich wisdom.
51、长江不拒细流，泰山不择土石。
The Yangtze River does not refuse to flow, and Mount Tai does not choose earth and stone.
52、宁死不背理，宁贫不堕志。
It is better to die than to disobey, and it is better to be poor than to be corrupt.
53、吃米带点糠，老小都安康。
Eat rice with some bran, all the young and old are healthy.
54、只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
As long as the work is deep, the pestle is ground into a needle.
55、穷家难舍，熟地难离。
Poor families are inseparable from familiarity.
56、学而不思是贻，思而不学则惘。
Learning without thinking is a mystery, but thinking without learning is a frustration.
57、好鼓一打就响，好灯一拨就亮。
A good drum rings as soon as it hits, and a good lamp turns on as soon as it hits.
58、车有车道，马有马路。
Cars have lanes and horses have roads.
59、十成收粮，九成靠秧。
Ten percent of grain is harvested and ninety percent depends on seedlings.
60、脸皮遮拦，肚里帮尖。
Face covered, stomach tip.
61、基础打不牢，学问攀不高。
Unable to lay a solid foundation, not high in learning.
62、愁人苦夜长，志士惜日短。
Sorrowful people spend long nights, but ambitious people cherish short days.
63、生姜还是老的辣，花椒还是红的麻。
Ginger is still hot, pepper is red hemp.
64、勤人睡成懒人，懒人睡成病人。
Hard sleepers become lazy, lazy sleepers become sick.
65、莫等闲，白了少年头，空悲切。
Don't wait idle, white young head, empty sad.
66、土地贵在耕种，知识贵在运用。
Land is precious in cultivation, knowledge is precious in application.
67、不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you don't go to the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's son.
68、见多识广，遇事不慌。
Wide knowledge, no panic.
69、知不足者好学，耻下问者自满。
He who knows not enough is fond of learning, and he who asks shame is complacent.