1. Guan Guanju (ju) dove, in the river island, a graceful (yao tiao) lady, a gentleman likes to qiu (qiu). (The Book of Songs·Zhou Nan·Guan Ju)

The water birds singing in Guan Guan live on the sandbanks in the river, and the kind and beautiful girls are good spouses for good men.

2. Where there is a will, there is a way. (Book of the Later Han Dynasty·The Biography of Geng Yan)

As long as you have determination and perseverance, things will eventually succeed.

3. Those who know me tell me that I am worried; those who don’t know me tell me what I want. (The Book of Songs·Wang Feng·Mu Li)

People who understand my mood think I am melancholy; people who do not understand my mood think I have any requirements for staying here!

4. It is tolerable, but what is intolerable? (The Analects of Confucius·Bayi)

Since this situation can be tolerated, what else cannot be tolerated?

5. Not seeing each other for one day is like three autumn months. (The Book of Songs·Wang Feng·Cai Ge)

A day without seeing each other seems like three autumns.

7. The so-called beauty is on the water side. (Book of Songs·Qin Feng·Jianjia)

Yiren refers to the person you are thinking of, and one side refers to the other side of the river. It means that the person I miss is far away from me.

8. A charming smile and beautiful eyes. (The Book of Songs·Wei Feng·Shuo Ren)

The two dimples of Qiao’s smile are very beautiful, and the two watery eyes are so beautiful.

9. The tree that hugs each other is born from the smallest millimeter; the nine-story platform starts from tired soil; the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. (Laozi)

The big tree that embraces each other grows from tiny sprouts, the nine-story high platform is built from every pile of soil, and the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.

10. Once it comes, make peace with it. (The Analects of Confucius·Ji Shi)

Now that we are here, we must face reality.

11. Those who speak are not guilty, but those who hear are warned. (Book of Songs·Preface)

Even if the speaker is wrong, he is not guilty, but the listener should be highly vigilant.

12. Great straightness seems like flexing, great skill seems like clumsiness, great debate seems like indifference. (Lao Tzu)

On the surface, an upright person appears to be accommodating, a smart person appears to be clumsy, and an eloquent person appears to be clumsy.

13. Misfortunes lie on the back of blessings, and blessings lie on the backs of misfortunes. (Lao Tzu)

There is blessing among misfortunes, and there is misfortune among blessings. It means that misfortunes and blessings are interdependent and transform into each other. It is a metaphor that bad things can lead to good results, and good things can also lead to bad results.

14. The Skynet is vast and sparse. (Lao Tzu)

It means that heaven is fair and those who do evil will be punished. It may seem careless, but in the end a bad person will not be let go. It is a metaphor that evildoers cannot escape the punishment of national law.

15. Stones from other mountains can attack jade. (Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Heming)

Stones from other mountains can be used to make grinding tools for processing jade. It means that things can be done with the help of external forces.

16. People are not sages, how can they have no faults? If you can change your past, there is no greater good. (Zuo Zhuan)

Ordinary people are not saints and sages. Who can avoid making mistakes? There is nothing better than being able to correct your mistakes.