Ready-made words commonly used in people's lives. Proverbs are similar to idioms, but they are more colloquial, easy to understand, and generally express a complete meaning. They are almost always one or two short sentences in form. Next, I have compiled some insightful proverbs for you. You are welcome to read them!

Insightful Proverbs

1. Those who cannot do small things cannot do big things.

2. It is easier to be really poor than to be fake rich.

3. If you don’t eat, you will be hungry; if you don’t study, you will be stupid.

4. It doesn’t matter if there are many people, and it doesn’t spoil the food if there is too much oil.

5. Don’t discuss things behind the scenes and make no opinions in person.

6. It’s treasure if you use it, but it’s grass if you don’t use it.

7. It is better to pull horses and stir up horses for heroes than to make plans for cowards.

8. Forget about helping others, and remember when others help you.

9. Hit someone for two days to worry, scold someone for three days to be ashamed.

10. Only when you are in charge of a household do you realize how valuable firewood and rice are; only when you raise children do you realize how generous your parents are.

11. A person who is right is not afraid of pressure, and a person who is upright is not afraid of a distorted shadow.

12. People should be harder than stones and gentler than flowers.

13. If there is grass on the road and pedestrians step on it, others will say that you have evil intentions.

14. There is a way to climb when the mountain is high, and there is a way to run when the road is far.

15. Give someone a courtesy and avoid walking ten miles.

16. Treat diseases early and eliminate disasters ruthlessly.

17. It rains continuously for a hundred days, but there will always be sunshine.

18. People are afraid of losing face, and trees are afraid of losing their bark.

19. Good things don’t go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.

20. One sight is worth less than a hundred hearings, and one action is worth less than a hundred views.

21. If the two ends of a word are even, the scale will not hurt anyone.

22. To catch fish, you must go into the water, and to cut wood, you must be like a forest.

23. A bear will be bullied by someone, a thin horse will be ridden by someone.

24. If you don’t drink, your face won’t be red; if you don’t be a thief, your heart won’t be frightened.

25. A fragrant flower may not necessarily be beautiful, and a good talker may not necessarily be capable.

26. If you don’t have a family, you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are; if you don’t have children, you don’t know the kindness of your parents.

27. A greedy man’s house has no food to eat, and a lazy man’s house has no firewood.

28. Don’t ride a two-headed horse or drink two-headed tea.

29. Strength is overwhelming, but courage is overwhelming.

30. Wealth that is not yours should not be left in your pocket.

31. The feet are wet with dew and the mouth is full of trouble.

32. The master leads you in, and practice is personal.

33. The seller has strange feet and the buyer has strange shoes.

34. When fighting, you cannot take sides, and when looking at people, you cannot take sides.

35. A good boy will take a quick look, but a fool will see you later.

36. If there is no obstruction, there will be no flow.

37. The separation between life and death is the most sorrowful.

38. A tiger can still be approached, but an acquaintance cannot be approached.

39. Save a handful a day and buy a horse in ten years.

40. When buying a gong, you need to play it, and when buying an umbrella, you need to hold it up.

41. The generals from Kansai and the prime minister from Kanto.

42. What one person says makes sense, but what two people say makes sense.

43. Hit a nail once and gain insight.

44. When everyone is united, loess turns into gold.

45. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.

46. People make mistakes, and horses make mistakes.

47. Wet your mouth when eating and wet your hands when washing your face.

48. Hearing is false, seeing is true.

49. Evil will be rewarded with evil, and good will be rewarded with good.

50. A lot of things stink, but flattery doesn’t stink.

51. There is no good word for swearing, and no good hand for hitting.

52. There must be a road for a car to reach the mountain, and for a boat to reach the bridge.

53. Dance a few times a day and live a long life.

54. To catch fish, rely on the net, and to defeat the wolf, rely on the stick.

55. Good people argue and bad people argue.

56. People are afraid of reason, and horses are afraid of whips.

57. One good thing cannot cover up a hundred ugliness, and a hundred good things cannot cover up one ugliness.

58. A person with a mouth who only knows how to talk is a lazy donkey who makes a lot of shit and urinates.

59. First-rate, second-rate, and third-rate will fail, but first-rate, second-rate, and third-rate will succeed.

60. Cold starts from the feet, fire starts from the head.

61. Don’t be afraid of evil and don’t bully good.

62. The mountain is climbed step by step, and the boat is rolled out one oar after another.

63. Speaking is not as good as being there, hearing is not as good as seeing.

64. A horse looks at his teeth, but a man looks at his words and deeds.

65. If a person has perseverance, everything will succeed. If a person does not have perseverance, everything will fail.

66. Overdrinking and overeating can easily lead to illness, so take it regularly and ration to ensure health.

Insightful proverbs

1. A drop of water cannot make an ocean, and a single tree cannot make a forest.

2. Where there is sincerity, gold and stone will open.

3. Rope made of rotten hemp can pull a thousand pounds.

4. One person cannot step on the grass, but everyone can step on the Yangguan Road.

5. On a lonely journey, friends are the most valuable.

6. Father and son work together to turn mountains into jade, and brothers work together to turn soil into gold.

7. The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and the lips and teeth are dependent on each other.

8. A hundred wicker sticks can tie a broom, and five fingers can make a fist.

9. When the road is rough, draw your sword to help.

10. It’s hard for a goose to fly alone, and it’s hard to sing without a hand.

11. A light frost can kill a single piece of grass, but a strong wind cannot destroy a forest of ten thousand trees.

12. When people unite, Mount Tai will move.

13. When there is injustice on the road, roar and take action when it is time to take action.

14. Brothers should not bully their neighbors.

15. When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins.

16. Strong wind makes it cold, and more people make it stronger.

17. A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor, and a close neighbor is not as good as the opposite door.

18. Rely on your parents at home and your friends when you go out.

19. When others help me, I will never forget it; when I help others, I will never forget it.

20. The country is prosperous, the family is prosperous, and everything is prosperous.

21. Help others and help their aspirations.

22. When one person gathers firewood, the fire is not strong, but when everyone gathers firewood, the fire is high.

23. A piece of straw cannot be thrown against the wall, and a piece of wood cannot build a beam.

24. When two people are of the same mind, they can break through metal.

25. We are not afraid of huge waves, but we are afraid of uneven oars.

26. Flowers need leaves to help, and people need help.

27. A friend builds a road, an enemy blocks a wall.

28. Those who cannot help themselves cannot be helped by others.

29. A friend is a road, an enemy is a wall.

30. If the mountains do not change, the water will. If the water does not change, people will.

31. Save money by picking up soil with a needle, and waste water by pushing sand.

32. The collective is the source of strength, and everyone is the cradle of wisdom.

33. Good neighbors are priceless.

34. Geese are afraid of being left behind, and people are afraid of falling behind.

35. It is difficult for one person to carry a thousand catties of load, but many people can move ten thousand mountains.

36. A flower blooming alone is not spring, but a hundred flowers blooming together fills the garden.

37. When you go, you must go, and you can’t stay again.

38. No one can step on the grass, but everyone can step on the Yangguan Road.

39. One star cannot fill the sky, and one stone cannot make up a mountain.

40. A fence and a stake; a gang of heroes.

41. Leave everything on the line so that we can meet you later.

42. A thousand friends are good, but only one enemy is good.

43. Unity is strength.

44. In the long road of life, friendship is the beacon.

45. Gold and silver are not considered true wealth, but unity and harmony are happiness.

46. Good flowers need green leaves to support them.

47. Many friends lead to many roads, many enemies lead to many walls.

48. A forest of big trees is not afraid of me, and ten thin threads are twisted into a rope.

49. When one party is in trouble, all parties support it.

50. Harmony is the most precious, and tolerance is the highest.

51. Helping others is the foundation of happiness.

52. A son does not think his mother is ugly, and a dog does not think his family is poor.

53. Many people push the mountain down together, and everyone gathers firewood and the flames rise.

54. Don’t imitate the thousand eyes of the lantern, imitate the heart of the candle stick.

55. The sky is filled with stars, and a mountain cannot be built with a stone.

56. When people gather firewood, the fire is not strong, but when everyone gathers firewood, the flames are high.

57. The sky is bright when there are many stars, and the wisdom is vast when there are many people.

58. The leading goose flies first, and the rest of the geese chase after it.

59. When everyone works together, loess turns into gold.

60. Bonfire can drive away the cold, and unity can drive away difficulties.

61. Help the horse and give him a ride.

62. Everyone plants trees to form a forest, and everyone plants flowers to make them fragrant.

63. You cannot be a person without me, and you cannot write poetry without me.

64. If one person cannot do something, two people can do more than enough.

65. One arrow is easy to break, but ten arrows are difficult to break.

66. A lonely goose cannot fly far away from the crowd, and a person is short of energy and breath.

67. The huge sound of pine waves comes from every tree.

68. A straw cannot be thrown against the wall, and a piece of wood cannot build a beam.

69. There are thousands of friends but many enemies.

70. A single thread cannot make a thread, and a single tree cannot make a forest.

71. When everyone gathers firewood, the flames rise.

Insightful proverbs

1. If a leaf covers your eyes, you cannot see Mount Tai.

2. A group of ten has an easy task, and a group of ten has a difficult task.

3. If you talk too much, it will not be sweet; if you have too much glue, it will not be sticky.

4. People who travel to three provinces gain broad insights.

5. You have to scratch it yourself so that others can praise you.

6. Everyone is an official in court, and everyone is a guest at dinner.

7. Talking is just talking, laughing is just laughing, and there is no tutor for moving hands and feet.

8. Strong people bully others, and weak people bully others.

9. If you let the tiger go back to the mountain, there will be troubles in the future.

10. Children in the mountains are not afraid of wolves, and children in the city are not afraid of officials.

11. If you can speak, say one sentence, and if you can’t speak, say ten sentences.

12. People are afraid of losing face, and trees are afraid of losing their bark.

13. To feed the oxen, you need a plow, and to feed the horse, you need a ride.

14. If a man wants to be pretty, he should be dressed in soap; if a woman wants to be pretty, she should be filial.

15. No oil, no salt, no sweet taste.

16. It is easy to hide from open guns, but hard to guard against hidden arrows.

17. The government offices all over the world open to the south. If you have reason but no money, you will never come.

18. Practice makes perfect, and skill makes perfect.

19. Reluctant to leave the seedlings and unable to hold the scoop.

20. If the road is uneven, everyone will step on it; if things are uneven, everyone will take care of it.

21. If you don’t thank the doctor for your recovery, there will be no doctor next time.

22. Without the smell of feces, there would be no fragrance of grains.

23. If you want to fish, you must first weave a net; if you want to build a bridge, you must first drive piles.

24. Don’t be afraid of things going wrong, but be afraid of being discouraged.

25. It is better to fight in the pot than in the bowl.

26. If you don’t want to be afraid of people, don’t do things that are afraid of people.

27. If you sow melons, you will reap melons; if you sow beans, you will reap beans.

28. If you want the best, ask the three elders.

29. The more the fire burns, the stronger it becomes, and the more people work, the stronger they become.

30. The more incense you burn, the more ghosts you provoke.

31. If you don’t hit the pot, it won’t leak, and if you don’t say it, it won’t happen.

32. Business cannot be done without benevolence and righteousness.

33. A gentleman’s revenge is never too late.

34. If the water stops for a hundred days, insects will grow, and if people are idle for a hundred days, they will get sick.

35. If the light is not on, ask someone to turn it on; if something is unclear, ask someone to explain it.

36. If a person is thin, his face will be yellow, and if he is thin, he will have less food.

37. People mislead people for a while, and places misunderstand people for a year.

38. Out of sight is half the truth.

39. There is no good word for swearing, and no good hand for hitting.

40. Trees are afraid of being peeled off, and people are afraid of protecting their shortcomings.

41. There is only a sky that cannot be climbed, and there is no mountain that cannot be passed.

42. A dog jumps over a wall in a hurry, and a man hangs on a beam in a hurry.

43. A big mountain cannot suppress spring water, and a big cow cannot suppress lice.

44. The heart is separated from the belly, and people look at their behavior.

45. Patients have many worries and are busy with many things.

46. Don’t overdo it or talk too much.

47. Lazy people use long threads, and stupid people use curved needles.

48. Don’t take off your shoes until you reach the river, and don’t lift the pot until it’s hot.

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