One family’s adopted daughter is sought after by hundreds of families, but a single horse is not enough for hundreds of families to worry about.
Cocks fight head-to-head, couples quarrel but do not hold grudges.
The seedlings do not recognize their father and mother, and they have to collect more grain from home after tilling the fields.
Nine out of ten chrysanthemums are yellow, and nine out of ten daughters look like mothers.
One chopstick is easy to break, but ten chopsticks are as hard as iron.
If the roots are deep, they are not afraid of being shaken by the wind. If the tree is upright, there is no need to worry about the shadows slanting.
The words spoken by family members are ignored, while outsiders speak the Golden Scripture.
Having a horse in front of the door does not mean you are rich, but having someone at home does not mean you are poor.
A dragon swims in shallow water and is teased by shrimps; a tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by dogs.
When people are evil, they are not afraid of God, but when people are kind, they are not afraid of God.
The wife who grows vegetables eats vegetable feet, and the wife who makes shoes goes barefoot.
If you have money, you will not be punished for killing, but if you don’t have money, you will go to jail if you are naughty.
The sun in Sichuan is like the wind in Yunnan, and the rain in Guizhou is like winter.
If you don’t learn it when you are young, you will become a fool, and if you don’t learn it when you grow up, you will become a lazy dragon.
Always think of the days when there will be no days, and don’t mistake the days for the days.
Don’t ask about prosperity and failure when you first start, you will know by looking at your face.
What one person says makes sense, but what two people say makes sense.
The momentary strength depends on strength, and the eternal victory or defeat depends on reason.
If you do something wrong, it will not count. If someone else does something wrong, you will be spanked.
Good iron needs to be refurbished three times, and a good book needs to be read a hundred times.
First drive the stakes and then tie the donkey, first build the nest and then fish.
Brothers should not bully their neighbors, and generals should not bully their neighbors.
Nine out of ten plums are sour, and nine out of ten officials are greedy.
Having a thousand coins, I want to be a millionaire. When I become an emperor, I want to become an immortal.
There are sesame seeds in the ashes, beans in the mud, and loaches in the rapeseed fields.
Riding a mule reminds me of a horse, and being a prime minister reminds me of a prince.
A dead tree grows again when spring comes, and no one can grow young again twice.
Hundreds of generations of cultivators have come to cross the same boat, and thousands of generations of cultivators have come to sleep on their pillows.
It’s hard for one person to sing a unique tune if he can’t clap his hands.
Don’t talk about light when you’re meeting a blind person, and don’t talk about sores when you’re meeting a leper.
If you want to eat spicy food, plant spicy rice seedlings; if you want to eat carp, walk along the Yangtze River.
The human heart is not enough for snakes and elephants, and greed is not enough for eating the moon.
I am not afraid of picking up a big bowl when eating, but I am afraid of being lazy at work.
When casting a net, cast a net into the wind, and when sailing, you must open a sailboat.
It is better to retreat first when you are deeply favored, and then you can retire when you are deeply proud.
As long as the moon is shining over the five lakes, there will be no need to worry about having nowhere to place the golden hook.
First-rate, second-rate, and third-rate fail, but first-rate, second-rate, and third-rate succeed.
If a person has perseverance, everything will succeed; if a person does not have perseverance, everything will fail.
Fragrant flowers may not necessarily be beautiful, and good talk may not necessarily be capable.
Don’t be afraid of climbing high mountains when walking, and don’t be afraid of crossing dangerous shoals when boating.
If you like to argue about right and wrong in front of others, you will definitely talk about right and wrong behind others.
There is wine today and you will get drunk today, but tomorrow you will drink cold water.
Peach, three apricots and four pears for five years, grapes for two years.
The Qinling Mountains are a line, with rice in the south and noodles in the north.
He made it to the Dragon and Tiger Ranking for the first time, and arrived in the Phoenix Pond ten years ago.
No one asked me about him for ten years, and I became famous all over the world in one fell swoop.
There is only a sky that cannot be climbed, and there is no mountain that cannot be passed.
A scholar will starve to death without selling his books, and a strong man will not sell his sword if he is desperate.
Men have to bear the debt if they eat well, and women have to be deceived if they eat well.
If you save one or two grains a day, you will need to use a warehouse to store it in ten years.
A family’s plan lies in harmony, and a life’s plan lies in diligence.
The hands of the Weaver Girl are not cold when the weather is cold, and the people are diligent in farming even when there is no hunger in the famine years.
Foxes always show their tails, and poisonous snakes always stick out their tongues.
A good man will work hard to the end, and a good horse will run to the end.
People do not know blessings when they are blessed, and a boat does not know the flow of water.
There is a time in life that you must have, but there is no time in life, so don’t force it.
One egg will not satisfy you, and you will carry your infamy until you grow old.
You are not afraid of tigers and wolves sitting in front of you, but you are afraid of being cut off from both sides.
No one watched the lion dance for three times, and no one listened to the speech three times.
If you don’t do anything wrong, you won’t be surprised if you knock on the door in the middle of the night.