1.天下無難事There is nothing diffiuclt in the world，

只怕有心人Unless none is true-minded in work.

2.若要人不知If you don’t want people to know，

除非己莫為You’d better not do it.

3.秀才不出門The scholar out of his gate never goes，

能知天下事The world’s affairs he yet well knows.

4.冷在風(fēng)里Feeling cold—the wind is the cause;

窮在債里Fallen poor—the debts are the curse.

5.學(xué)富五車不覺富Knowledge makes humble;

目空一切腹內(nèi)空Ignorance makes proud.

6.一知半解常誤事A little learning is a dangerous thing.

百煉千錘漸成鋼P(yáng)ractice makes perfect.

7.為學(xué)少有康莊道There is not royal road to learning.

人生多是坎坷途Human life is full of ups and downs.

8.生命未熄希望在Where there is life， there is hope.

堅(jiān)持不懈志得酬Where there is a will， there is a way.

9.美人無須涂脂粉A good face needs no paint.

好酒不用掛招牌Good wine needs no bush.

10.衣衫雖近膚尤近Near is my shirt， but nearer is my skin.

清水不濃血更濃Blood is thicker than water.

11.他人失足已應(yīng)慎Wise men learn by other men’s mistakes.

前車傾覆莫蹈轍Let another’s shipwreck be your sea-mark.

12.孤掌欲鳴拍不響It takes two to make a quarrel.

三人共曉保密難A secret between more than two is no secret.

13.錢能利我復(fù)害我Money is a good servant but a bad master.

水既載舟亦覆舟Water can upset ships as well as carry them.

14.禍從天降尋常見Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.

福叩家門總有時Fortune knocks at least once at every man’s door.

15.一個和尚挑水吃O(shè)ne monk—all by himself he carries water;

兩個和尚抬水吃When two—they bring water home together;

三個和尚沒水吃If three—they drink no water whatsoever.