Advice, Chinese Proverb

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。[liúdéqīngshānzài, búpàméicháishāo]

- 中國俗談

You don't have to worry about firewood in forest.

- Chinese Proverb

Where there is life, there is hope.

Advice, Chinese Proverb

入乡随俗 [rùxiāngsuísú]

- 中國俗談

When you are in a village，do as the village does.

- Chinese Proverb

When you are in Rome，do as the Romans do.

Advice, Chinese Proverb

先到先得 [xiāndàoxiāndé]

- 中國俗談

The ear1y bird catches the worm.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Chinese Proverb

逆来顺受 [nìláishùnshòu]

- 中國俗談

Take things as they come.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Chinese Proverb

隐恶扬善 [yǐn'èyángshàn]

- 中國俗談

隐恶扬善（隱惡揚善）yǐn è yáng shàn

Conceal the faults of others and praise their good points.

- Chinese Proverb

References

Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing.

- Western Proverb

Advice, Chinese Proverb

人孰无过 [rénshúwúguò]

- 中国俗談

【出處】

《左傳·宣公二年》：“人誰無過，過而能改，善莫大焉。”

Every man has his fault.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Chinese Proverb

良药苦口 [liángyàokǔkǒu]

- 中國俗談

Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.

- Chinese Proverb

good medicine tastes bitter; bitter pills may have wholesome effects—good advice is hard to take; the remedy is tough but salutary

Advice, Chinese Proverb

小洞不补，大洞吃苦。

- 中國俗談

小 xiǎo | 洞 dòng | 不 bù | 补 bǔ | 大 dà | 洞 dòng | 吃 chī | 苦 kǔ |

A small hole not mended in time will become a big hole much more difficult to mend.

- Chinese Proverb

Meaning: This proverb tells us that if a trivial problem is not solved in time, it will become a serious and knotty one.

English equivalent: A stitch, in time, saves nine.

Learning, Chinese Proverb

不聞不若聞之，聞之不若見之，見之不若知之，知之不若行之；學至於行之而止矣。

- 中國俗談

Simplified: 不闻不若闻之，闻之不若见之，见之不若知之，知之不若行之；学至于行之而止矣。

不 bù | 聞 wén | 不 bù | 若 ruò | 聞 wén | 之 zhī | 聞 wén | 之 zhī | 不 bù | 若 ruò | 見 jiàn | 之 zhī | 見 jiàn | 之 zhī | 不 bù | 若 ruò | 知 zhī | 之 zhī | 知 zhī | 之 zhī | 不 bù | 若 ruò | 行 xíng | 之 zhī | 學 xué | 至 zhì | 於 yú | 行 xíng | 之 zhī | 而 ér | 止 zhǐ | 矣 yǐ |

Not hearing is not as good as hearing, hearing is not as good as seeing, seeing is not as good as mentally knowing, mentally knowing is not as good as acting; true learning continues up to the point that action comes forth

- Chinese Proverb

Common: I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.

Moral: You can only understand something by trying it yourself.

Revised: Tell me and I [will] forget. Show me and I [will] remember. Involve me and I [will] understand.

Also: You can't understand until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes.

From Xun Zi (荀子 8.儒效 23）.

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Advice, Chinese Proverb

種豆得豆。

- 中國俗談

种豆得豆 [zhòngdòudédòu]

Reap the fruits of one's actions.

- Chinese Proverb

Plant sow beans and get beans.

References

种瓜得瓜 种豆得豆 [zhòngguādéguā zhòngdòudédòu] Plant melons and get melons, sow beans and get beans. |

Advice, Chinese Proverb

種瓜得瓜。

- 中國俗談

种瓜得瓜 [zhòngguādéguā]

Reap as one has sown.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Chinese Proverb

捷足先登 [jiézúxiāndēng]

- 中國俗談

First come, first served.

- Chinese Proverb

History, Li Keqiang

By looking into a mirror, one can make sure that he is dressed properly. Only by facing history squarely, can one creat a future.

- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (李克强), the Potsdam Conference n the state of Brandenburg, Germany (May 2013)

Advice, Chinese Saying

By looking into a mirror, one can make sure that he is dressed properly.

- the ancient Chinese Saying

Advice, Chinese Proverb

清楚自己的无知是知识最好的部分。

- 中國俗談

To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Chinese Proverb

不要害怕成长地太慢，唯一可怕的是原地不动。

- 中國俗談

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Chinese Proverb

想让别人看到自己的优点，就得先承认他人的长处。

- 中國俗談

If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Chinese Proverb

Not been on the Great Wall, not a great man.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Chinese Proverb

吠犬不咬人。

- 中國俗談

A barking dog doesn't bite!

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Avatamsaka Sutra

自利利他，如鳥兩翼。

- 華嚴經

Likewise, helping oneself and helping others are like the two wings of a bird.

- Avataṃsaka Sūtra (華嚴經)