-
目
录
一
人
得
道
< br>?
鸡
犬
升
天
When one man
finds the Tao, even his chickens and dogs ascend
to heaven with him
一
日
不
见
?
如
隔
三
秋
Missing you one day is like
being separated for three autumns
人
之
将
死
?
其
言
也
< br>善
The words
of a dying man are good words
< br>人
生
七
十
古
来
稀
It is rare for a man to live to 70
八
仙
过
海
?
各
显
神
通
When the Eight Immortals cross the sea,
each shows his or her own ability
士
为
知
己
者
死
A gentleman will die for his confidant
士
别
三
日
?
当
刮
目
相
看
After three days, view a
gentleman with new eyes
大
意
失
荆
州
Because of
negligence, Jingzhou is lost
万
事
具
备
?
只
欠
东
风<
/p>
Everything is
ready, and all that we need is an east wind
才
说
曹
操
?
曹
操
就
到
Just after you mention Cao Cao, he
shows up
千
丈
之
堤
?
溃
于
蚁
穴
A thousand
–
mile dyke can
collapse due to an ant
- hole
千
里
送
鹅
毛
?
礼
轻
情
意
重
A goose feather sent
from thousands of miles awa
y is a
present little in size but rich
in
meaning
千
钱
买
邻
?
八
< br>百
买
舍
A thousand gold pieces buy
a neighbor, 800 buy a home
小
时
了
了
?<
/p>
大
来
必
佳
If you are bright
when you are young, you may not necessarily amount
to something
when you grow up
天
高
皇
帝
远
Heaven is high and the emperor is
faraway
无
功
不
受
禄
One should not receive a
reward for doing nothing
太<
/p>
公
钓
鱼
?
愿
者
上
钩
Lord Jiang casts the
line for the fish which wants to be caught
五
十
步
笑
百
步
Fifty steps laugh at 100
steps
不
为
< br>五
斗
米
折
腰
Refuse to bow
down for 50liters of rice
不
敢
越
雷
池
一
步
No one step should be taken beyond
Leichi Lake
比
上
不
足
?
比
下
有
余
Not up to those above, but
above those below
以
< br>小
人
之
心
?
度
君
子
之
腹
Thinking like a petty man to judge the
intentions of a gentleman
以
貌
取
人
?
失
之
子
羽
Judging a talent
solely by his appearance is doing him an
inju
stice
未
知
鹿
死
谁
手
It
’
s still hard
to tell at whose hand the deer will die
巧
妇
难
为
无
米
之
炊
Even
the cleverest housewife
can
’
t cook a meal without
rice
四
海
之
内
皆
兄
弟
Within the
four seas all men are brothers
瓜
田
不
纳
履
?
李
下
不
整
冠
Never pull on your shoes in a melon
patch; never adjust your cap under a plum tree
宁
为
玉
碎
?
不
为
瓦
全
Rather be a shattered vessel of jade
than an unbroken piece of pottery
司
马
昭
之
心
?
路
人
< br>皆
知
Sima Zhao
’
s ill
intent is known to all
民
以
食
为
天
People
can
’
t do without enough food
百
闻
不
如
一
见
Seeing once is better than
hearing for a hundred times
百
尺
竿
头
?
更
进
一
步
Make further
progress even if you
’
ve come
a long way
有
则
改
之
?
无
则
加
勉
Correct mistakes if
you
’
ve committed them, and
guard against them if you have not
有
其
父
必
有
其
子
Like father, like son
成
也
萧
何
?
败
也
萧
何
Success or failure, Xiao He is the man
behind it
成
由
勤
俭
败
又
奢
Thrift
leads to success, luxury results in failure
死
马
当
作
活
马
医
Treating a dead
horse as if it were alive
死
诸
葛
走
生
仲
达
A dead Zhuge frightening off a living
Zhongda
过
河
拆
桥
Tearing down a bridge after crossing it
岁
寒
然
后
知
松
柏
Only in the coldest
winter do pine trees show their mettles
庆
父
不
去
?
鲁
难
未
已
As long as Qing Fu is not removed,
there is no end to the trouble of the State of Lu
杀
鸡
焉
用
牛
刀
？
Why use a
butcher
’
s knife to kill a
chicken?
尽
信
书
?
不
如
无
书
Blindly believing the whole book is
worse than having no book
远
水
救
不
了
近
火
Distant water
can
’
t put out a fire nearby
近
水
楼
台
先
得
月
A waterside
pavilion sees the moon first
近
朱
者
赤
?
近
墨
者
黑<
/p>
What is near red
becomes red; what is near black becomes black
快
刀
斩
乱
麻
Cutting entangled jute with a sharp
knife
闲
时
< br>不
烧
香
?
急
来
抱
佛
脚
Embrace
Buddha
’
s feet when in dire
need, but burn no incense when things are
normal
识
< br>时
务
者
为
俊
杰
He who knows the situation is a wise
man
君
子
之
交
淡
如
水
Friendship
between gentlemen is like water
君
子
无
戏
< br>言
No joking
froma gentleman
青
出
于
蓝
而
胜
于
蓝
Originated from indigo, blue is even
bluer
玩
火
< br>者
必
自
焚
Those playing with fire
are sure to burn themselves
苛
政
猛
于
虎
An oppressive
government is fiercer than a tiger
物
以
类
聚
?
人
以
群
分
Animals of
the same breed flock together, and so do people of
the same breath
周
瑜
打
黄
盖
—
一
个
愿
打
，
一
个
愿
挨
Zhou Yu
beats Huang Gai
—
the former wants to beat somebody and
the latter is
willing to be beaten
狗
咬
吕
洞
宾
?
不
识
好
人
心
The dog bites
l
ü
Dongbin for it
doesn
’
t understand
l
ü’
s sympathy on it
重
赏
之
下
?
必
有
勇
夫
A brave man is sure to step out if you
offer a high reward
食
之
无
味
?
< br>弃
之
可
惜
Hardly worth eating but
not bad enough to throw away
独
性
不
愧
影
?
独
寝
不<
/p>
愧
衾
Don
’
t feel
ashamed while walking alone with
one
’
s shadow or facing
one
’
s quilt
alone
at night
恻
隐
之
心
?
人
皆
有
之
Sympathy is common nature
for men
养
兵
千
日
?
用
< br>兵
一
时
Training an army for a
thousand days to be used for just one hour
前
车
已
覆
?
后
车
当
鉴
An overturned chariot ahead should
serve as warning to those behind