中国谚语500条

91.预防为主，治疗为辅。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 92．欲穷千里目，更上一层楼 to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight.\

93.欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。 We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.

94.欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success. 95.欲速则不达。 Fool's haste is no speed.

96.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。 Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

97.冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies. 98.冤假错案 cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases

99.远水救不了近火。 Far water does not put out near fire. 100.愿者不难。 What we do willingly is easy. 101.再好的朋友也有分手的时候。 Friends must part. 102.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 The early bird catches the worm.

103.早睡早起身体好。 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

104.择书如择友。 Choose an author as you choose a friend. 105.债台高筑 become debt-ridden

106.招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful

107.这山望着那山高。 The grass is greener on the other side. 108. 针锋相对 Measure for measure. 109. 真理永存。 Truth never grows old.

110. 真人不露相，露相非真人。 A wise head makes a close mouth.

111.争分夺秒效率高。 One hour today is worth two tomorrow. 112.挣钱容易攒钱难。 It is easier to get money than to keep it. 113.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。 Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.

114.正人先正己。He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.

115．知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat. 116.知识就是力量。 Knowledge is power.

117.知音难觅。 A faithful friend is hard to find. 118．知足者常乐。 Content is better than riches.

119．只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

120.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。 The end justifies the means. 121.只有死人才不犯错误。 He is lifeless that is faultless. 122.纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later. 123.纸包不住火。 Murder will out. 124.纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist 125.致命要害 Achilles’ heel

126.智者当差，不用交代。 Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.

127.智者千虑，必有一失。 Even Homer sometimes nods. 128.“您先请”是礼貌。 “After you” is good manners. 129.爱情不能强求。 Love cannot be compelled. 130.爱情充满烦恼。 Love is full of trouble. 131.爱情是盲目的。 Love is blind.

132.爱挑的担子不嫌重。 A burden of one's choice is not felt. 133.爱屋及乌。 Love me, love my dog.

134.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.

135.百闻不如一见。 One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 136.搬弄口舌者必是小人。 Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。 Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 背后说好话，才是真朋友。 He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

本末倒置。 Put the cart before the horse. 本性难移。 The leopard cannot change its spots.

笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 比上不足，比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst 笔能杀人。 The pen is mightier than the sword. 别惹麻烦。 Let sleeping dogs lie.

别人错了，不等于你对了。 Two wrongs do not make a right. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 is not built in a day. 病从口入。 A close mouth catches no flies.

博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。 Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.

不耻下问才能有学问。 A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不打不成交 No discord, no concord.

不到黄河心不死。 Until all is over one's ambition never dies. 不懂世故，幼稚可笑。 Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.

不管做什么，都要一心一意。 Whatever you do, do with all your might. 不会撑船怪河弯。 A bad workman always blames his tools. 不进则退。 Not to advance is to go back.

不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。 No cross, no crown. 不可以貌取人。 Never judge from appearances.

不劳动者不得食。 He that will not work shall not eat. 不眠之夜 white night

不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。 It never rains but it pours. 不怕慢，单怕站。 Better late than never.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Nothing brave, nothing have. 不善始者不善终。 A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不学无术。 Learn not and know not.

不要班门弄斧。 Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 不要本末倒置。 Don't put the cart before the horse. 不要不懂装懂。 Don't claim to know what you don't know. 不要混水摸鱼。 Never fish in trouble water.

不要揽事过多。 Don't have too many irons in the fire. 不要小题大做。 Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.

不要自找麻烦。 Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one’s best 不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses