"Giving someone a rose leaves a lingering fragrance in your hands.", "I am willing to help others in normal times, but someone will help in times of emergency.", "It is better to provide help in the snow than to add icing on the cake." These three proverbs are all related to helping others. .

1. Give people roses, and the fragrance will linger in your hands

Meaning: We give beautiful flowers to people, and they will naturally reap the lasting fragrance. It is often used to describe that giving will make you happy. When you help others succeed, you will naturally get rewards in addition to helping others.

Source: From an ancient Indian proverb: Give someone the hand of a rose, and its fragrance will linger for a long time. The English expression is "The roses in her hand, the flavor in mine."

2. I am willing to help others in normal times, but there is someone to help me in times of emergency.

Meaning: Willing to help others in normal times, but someone will help when you are in an emergency. This sentence means that when others encounter difficulties, you will help them immediately, and when you encounter an emergency, someone will help you. Helping you means that everything you give will be rewarded. You should always be willing to help others, no matter how small the deed is, you should do it, because good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil.

Source: Folk proverb

3. Rather than adding icing on the cake, it is better to provide help when it is timely.

Meaning: The icing on the cake is the icing on the cake. Sending flowers to others when they are in the spotlight is tantamount to flattery, and others may not remember your goodness.

Giving help in times of need is when others are in trouble and in great need of help. If you lend a helping hand, others will remember it in their hearts. The Chinese have always had the virtue of repaying kindness with a drop of water and a spring of spring.

Source: Fan Chengda's poem "Sending Charcoal and Mustard Hidden in the Heavy Snow" by Fan Chengda of the Song Dynasty: "It is not necessary to send charcoal in the snow, but to talk about the scenery requires poetry."

Translation: If not Sending charcoal in difficult moments will create a sense of artistic conception and poetry that will be forced and artificial.

Extended information:

As with "Giving someone a rose leaves a lingering fragrance in your hand.", "I am willing to help others in normal times, but someone will help me in times of emergency.", "Instead of adding icing on the cake, it is better to provide help in the snow." These three proverbs have similar meanings:

If you want someone to love you, you must first love them.

Meaning: If you want others to love you, you must first love others.

Source: "Guoyu·Jinyu IV" "If you want others to love yourself, you must love others first; if you want others to obey you, you must first obey them."

Translation: It means that if you want others to love you, you must first love others; if you want others to obey you, you must first obey others.