跟文化相關的英文諺語
1、讀書須用心，一字值千金。
Reading is worth a thousand dollars.
2、失之毫釐，謬以千里。
A thousand miles is wrong if you lose a millimeter.
3、讓禮一寸，得禮一尺。
An inch of courtesy is a foot of courtesy.
4、寧可做過，不可錯過。
Better do it than Miss it.
5、禮多人不怪，油多不壞菜。
It's no wonder that many people are polite, and many oils don't spoil the dishes.
6、出門看天色，炒菜看火色。
Go out to see the sky, stir-fried vegetables to see the fire.
7、人看從小，馬看踢蹄。
People look at their childhood, horses look at their hoofs.
8、懶人用長線，拙人用彎針。
A lazy man uses a long thread, a clumsy man a curved needle.
9、過了芒種，不可強種。
After awn seed, do not strong seed.
10、不怕衣服有補釘，只怕心靈有污點。
Not afraid of clothes with patches, only afraid of soul stains.
11、好鼓一打就響，好燈一撥就亮。
A good drum rings as soon as it hits, and a good lamp turns on as soon as it hits.
12、留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。
Keep the green hills, not afraid of no firewood.
13、火烤胸前暖，風吹背後寒。
The fire is warm in front of the chest and the wind is cold behind it.
14、雙手是活寶，一世用不了。
Hands are a living treasure. They will never be used for a lifetime.
15、水滴石穿，坐食山空。
Drops of water and rocks pierce the sky.
16、麻雀雖小，五臟俱全。
Although sparrows are small, they have all five internal organs.
17、八成熟，十成收；十成熟，二成丟。
Eight mature, ten harvest; ten mature, twenty lose.
18、說書的嘴快，演戲的腿快。
Speaking fast, acting fast.
19、品行是一個人的內在，名譽是一個人的外貌。
Character is a person's inner, reputation is a person's appearance.
20、草若無心不發芽，人若無心不發達。
If grass does not germinate intentionally, people do not develop intentionally.
21、挨金似金，挨玉似玉。
Gold is like gold, and jade is like jade.
22、耳聽爲虛，眼見爲實。
Hearing is false, seeing is true.
23、苗多欺草，草多欺苗。
More seedlings bully grass, more grass bully seedlings.
24、孃家的飯香，婆家的飯長。
My mother's food is fragrant, but my mother's food is long.
25、豆腐多了一泡水，空話多了無人信。
Tofu has a bubble of water, empty talk more than no one believes.
26、龍無雲不行，魚無水不生。
Dragon can't live without clouds, fish can't live without water.
27、美言美語受人敬，惡言惡語傷人心。
Beautiful English is respected, while malicious words hurt people's hearts.
28、人講禮義爲先，樹講花果爲原。
Man speaks first of etiquette and righteousness, while tree speaks first of flowers and fruits.
29、大欺小，不公道；大幫小，呱呱叫。
Big bullies, small injustices; big gangs, small croaks.
30、一分價錢一分貨，十分價錢買不錯。
One price, one goods, a very good price to buy.
31、不怕年老，就怕躺倒。
If you are not afraid of old age, you are afraid to lie down.
32、不給規矩，不成方圓。
No rules, no square.
33、好酒紅人面，財帛動人心。
Good wine, red face, money and silk touching.
34、人是鐵，飯是鋼，地裏缺肥莊稼荒。
Man is iron, rice is steel, and the fields are short of fertilizer and crops.
35、勞動出智慧，實踐出真知。
Wisdom comes from work and truth comes from practice.
36、大路不走草成窩，好歌不唱忘記多。
The road does not take grass to form a nest, the good song does not sing forgets many.
37、飽帶飢糧，晴帶雨傘。
Full of hunger, sunny with umbrella.
38、事怕合計，人怕客氣。
People are afraid of politeness.
39、妻賢夫禍少，子孝父心寬。
Wives and good husbands have fewer calamities, while sons and fathers are filial and generous.
40、水至清則無魚，人至察則無徒。
When water is clean, there are no fish, but when people are aware, there are no fools.
41、鼓要打到點上，笛要吹到眼上。
Drum to hit the point, flute to blow to the eye.
42、事大事小，身到便了。
Things are big and small. It's easy.
43、打魚的不離水邊，打柴的不離山邊。
Fishing does not leave the water, firewood does not leave the mountain.
44、家有千口，主事一人。
There are a thousand people in the family and one person in charge.
45、千方易得，一效難求。
One effect is hard to find.
46、不笑補，不笑破，只笑日子不會過。
Don't laugh, don't laugh, just laugh life will not pass.
47、百日連陰雨，總有一朝晴。
If it rains for a hundred days, there will always be a sunny day.
48、買鑼要打，買傘要撐。
Gong to fight, umbrella to support.
49、十月懷胎，一朝分娩。
Pregnancy in October, once delivery.
50、人瘦臉皮黃，地瘦少打糧。
People are thin-skinned, yellow-skinned and skinny.
51、不怕不識貨，只怕貨比貨。
Not afraid of not knowing the goods, but afraid of comparing the goods.
52、一口吃不成胖子，一步跨不到天邊。
One bite won't make a fat man, one step won't make it across the horizon.
53、貪小失大，惜指失掌。
Greed is small, but loss is great.
54、寧吃飛禽四倆，不吃走獸半斤。
We would rather eat four or two birds than half a catty of animals.
55、人無遠慮，必有近憂。
A man without foresight must have immediate worries.
56、姑娘講繡花，秀才講文章。
The girl talks about embroidery, the scholar talks about articles.
57、對強盜只能用刀子，對惡狗只能用棍子。
You can only use knives for robbers and sticks for villains.
58、人老眼昏，鷹老爪鈍。
Old people are dizzy, eagles have blunt claws.
59、彈琴知音，談話知心。
Play the piano and talk to your intimate friend.
60、把舵的不慌，乘船的穩當。
Take the rudder without panic, and take the boat steadily.
61、口說不如身到，耳聞不如目賭。
Speech is better than experience, and hearing is better than gambling.
62、不怕學問淺，就怕志氣短。
If you are not afraid of shallow learning, you are afraid of short ambition.
63、決心要成功的人，已經成功了一半。
He who is determined to succeed has already succeeded in half.
64、牛要腳圓，豬要腳粗。
A cow needs a round foot and a pig needs a thick foot.
65、少不惜力，老不歇心。
No effort is spared, no rest is spared.
66、好漢死在戰場，懶漢死在炕上。
A good man dies on the battlefield and a lazy man on the kang.
67、拋棄時間的人，時間也拋棄他。
He who abandons time abandons it.
68、吃飯先嚐一嘗，做事先想一想。
Have a taste of your meal and think before you do anything.
