跟文化相关的英文谚语
1、读书须用心，一字值千金。
Reading is worth a thousand dollars.
2、失之毫厘，谬以千里。
A thousand miles is wrong if you lose a millimeter.
3、让礼一寸，得礼一尺。
An inch of courtesy is a foot of courtesy.
4、宁可做过，不可错过。
Better do it than Miss it.
5、礼多人不怪，油多不坏菜。
It's no wonder that many people are polite, and many oils don't spoil the dishes.
6、出门看天色，炒菜看火色。
Go out to see the sky, stir-fried vegetables to see the fire.
7、人看从小，马看踢蹄。
People look at their childhood, horses look at their hoofs.
8、懒人用长线，拙人用弯针。
A lazy man uses a long thread, a clumsy man a curved needle.
9、过了芒种，不可强种。
After awn seed, do not strong seed.
10、不怕衣服有补钉，只怕心灵有污点。
Not afraid of clothes with patches, only afraid of soul stains.
11、好鼓一打就响，好灯一拨就亮。
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，不怕没柴烧。
Keep the green hills, not afraid of no firewood.
13、火烤胸前暖，风吹背后寒。
The fire is warm in front of the chest and the wind is cold behind it.
14、双手是活宝，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、麻雀虽小，五脏俱全。
Although sparrows are small, they have all five internal organs.
17、八成熟，十成收；十成熟，二成丢。
Eight mature, ten harvest; ten mature, twenty lose.
18、说书的嘴快，演戏的腿快。
Speaking fast, acting fast.
19、品行是一个人的内在，名誉是一个人的外貌。
Character is a person's inner, reputation is a person's appearance.
20、草若无心不发芽，人若无心不发达。
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、耳听为虚，眼见为实。
Hearing is false, seeing is true.
23、苗多欺草，草多欺苗。
More seedlings bully grass, more grass bully seedlings.
24、娘家的饭香，婆家的饭长。
My mother's food is fragrant, but my mother's food is long.
25、豆腐多了一泡水，空话多了无人信。
Tofu has a bubble of water, empty talk more than no one believes.
26、龙无云不行，鱼无水不生。
Dragon can't live without clouds, fish can't live without water.
27、美言美语受人敬，恶言恶语伤人心。
Beautiful English is respected, while malicious words hurt people's hearts.
28、人讲礼义为先，树讲花果为原。
Man speaks first of etiquette and righteousness, while tree speaks first of flowers and fruits.
29、大欺小，不公道；大帮小，呱呱叫。
Big bullies, small injustices; big gangs, small croaks.
30、一分价钱一分货，十分价钱买不错。
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、不给规矩，不成方圆。
No rules, no square.
33、好酒红人面，财帛动人心。
Good wine, red face, money and silk touching.
34、人是铁，饭是钢，地里缺肥庄稼荒。
Man is iron, rice is steel, and the fields are short of fertilizer and crops.
35、劳动出智慧，实践出真知。
Wisdom comes from work and truth comes from practice.
36、大路不走草成窝，好歌不唱忘记多。
The road does not take grass to form a nest, the good song does not sing forgets many.
37、饱带饥粮，晴带雨伞。
Full of hunger, sunny with umbrella.
38、事怕合计，人怕客气。
People are afraid of politeness.
39、妻贤夫祸少，子孝父心宽。
Wives and good husbands have fewer calamities, while sons and fathers are filial and generous.
40、水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒。
When water is clean, there are no fish, but when people are aware, there are no fools.
41、鼓要打到点上，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、打鱼的不离水边，打柴的不离山边。
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，一效难求。
One effect is hard to find.
46、不笑补，不笑破，只笑日子不会过。
Don't laugh, don't laugh, just laugh life will not pass.
47、百日连阴雨，总有一朝晴。
If it rains for a hundred days, there will always be a sunny day.
48、买锣要打，买伞要撑。
Gong to fight, umbrella to support.
49、十月怀胎，一朝分娩。
Pregnancy in October, once delivery.
50、人瘦脸皮黄，地瘦少打粮。
People are thin-skinned, yellow-skinned and skinny.
51、不怕不识货，只怕货比货。
Not afraid of not knowing the goods, but afraid of comparing the goods.
52、一口吃不成胖子，一步跨不到天边。
One bite won't make a fat man, one step won't make it across the horizon.
53、贪小失大，惜指失掌。
Greed is small, but loss is great.
54、宁吃飞禽四俩，不吃走兽半斤。
We would rather eat four or two birds than half a catty of animals.
55、人无远虑，必有近忧。
A man without foresight must have immediate worries.
56、姑娘讲绣花，秀才讲文章。
The girl talks about embroidery, the scholar talks about articles.
57、对强盗只能用刀子，对恶狗只能用棍子。
You can only use knives for robbers and sticks for villains.
58、人老眼昏，鹰老爪钝。
Old people are dizzy, eagles have blunt claws.
59、弹琴知音，谈话知心。
Play the piano and talk to your intimate friend.
60、把舵的不慌，乘船的稳当。
Take the rudder without panic, and take the boat steadily.
61、口说不如身到，耳闻不如目赌。
Speech is better than experience, and hearing is better than gambling.
62、不怕学问浅，就怕志气短。
If you are not afraid of shallow learning, you are afraid of short ambition.
63、决心要成功的人，已经成功了一半。
He who is determined to succeed has already succeeded in half.
64、牛要脚圆，猪要脚粗。
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、好汉死在战场，懒汉死在炕上。
A good man dies on the battlefield and a lazy man on the kang.
67、抛弃时间的人，时间也抛弃他。
He who abandons time abandons it.
68、吃饭先尝一尝，做事先想一想。
Have a taste of your meal and think before you do anything.
