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Chinese Proverb Collection (A - D)
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Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.
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After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.
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An ant may well destroy a whole dam.
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Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
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Behind an able man there are always other able men.
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
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Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
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A book holds a house of gold.
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Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill.
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A camel standing amidst a flock of sheep.
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
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A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood
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A crane standing amidst a flock of chickens.
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Crows everywhere are equally black.
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A dish of carrot hastily cooked may still has soil uncleaned off the vegetable.
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Dismantle the bridge shortly after crossing it.
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Distant water won't help to put out a fire close at hand.
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Distant water won't quench your immediate thirst.
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Do not employ handsome servants.
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Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not have done it anyways.
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Donkey's lips do not fit onto a horse's mouth.
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A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.
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Dream different dreams while on the same bed.
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Some of the collection here are translated by Haiwang Yuan. Check out his
website for more Chinese
proverbs.