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yù
玉
bù
不
zhuó
琢
bù
不
chéng
成
qì
器，
 
rén
人
bù
不
xué
学
bù
不
chéng
成
cái
才
Jade must be carved and polished before it becomes an ornament, man must be educated before he can achieve great things.
Lit: idem.
tóng
童
yán
言
wú
无
qī
欺
A child's words have no guile.
Lit: Similar to: "from the mouths of babes."
yǒu
有
shè
麝
zì rán
自然
xiāng
香
Good wine needs no bush.
Lit: When you have musk, you will automatically have fragrance. /Good stuff need not be advertised, they advertise themselves.
yè
夜
cháng
长
mèng
梦
duō
多
The longer you wait, the more unexpected developments may occur.
Lit: Lots of dreams can occur over a long night.
yuǎn
远
shuì
水
bù
不
néng
能
jiù
救
jìn
近
huǒ
火
Urgent local problems cannot be solved by distant resources.
Lit: You cannot fight a fire with water from far away.
gǒu
狗
kǒu
口
bù
不
chū
出
xiàng yá
象牙
Nice words won't come from a bad source.
Lit: Elephant tusks cannot grow out of a dog's mouth.
zhǐ
纸
bāo
包
bù
不
zháo huǒ
着火
Truth will out.
Lit: Paper cannot wrap up a fire. You cannot cover up a scandal easily.
tiān xià
天下
wū yā
乌鸦
yī yàng
一样
hēi
黑
In the whole world, all crows are black.
Lit: All crows are of the same colour (black) under the sky./ Crime (corruption, graft, favouritism, nepotism etc...) is the same everywhere.
wéi
为
rén
人
bù
不
zuò
作
kuī xīn
亏心
shì
事，
yè bàn
夜半
qiāo mén
敲门
yě
也
bù
不
jīng
惊
Do right and fear no man.
Lit: If you have a clear conscience, you won't worry about a knock on your door at night.
shù
树
dà
大
yǒu
有
kū
枯
zhī
枝
，
zú
族
dà
大
yǒu
有
qǐ
乞
ér
儿
There is a black sheep in every fold.
Lit: There are always some dead wood within a large organization. Big trees have rotten branches and large clans have beggars.
 
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