As the saying goes
As the saying goes: A man is a man who would rather break than surrender!
But as the saying goes: A man can stretch and bend! "Xunzi. Don't Be Strict"
As the saying goes: It's not too late to mend a situation after it has been lost! "Warring States Policy. Chu Policy"
But as the saying goes: it is too late to make up for the situation!
As the saying goes: The prime minister’s belly can punt the boat! (Chapter 27 of Li Baojia's "The Appearance of Officialdom" in the Qing Dynasty)
But as the saying goes: He who does not avenge a grudge is not a gentleman!
As the saying goes: If others don’t offend me, I won’t offend them! (Volume 34 of "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" by Huang Yi)
But as the saying goes: strike first to gain strength, strike later to suffer disaster! (Yuan. Guan Hanqing's "Single Sword Club")
As the saying goes: Rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests! (Volume 1 of Gao Yang's "The Complete Biography of Hu Xueyan")
But as the saying goes: The one who is near the water and the tower first gets the moon! (Song Dynasty. Yu Wenbao's "Qing Ye Lu")
As the saying goes: A skinny camel is bigger than a horse! (A quote from Grandma Liu in "A Dream of Red Mansions")
But as the saying goes: a plucked phoenix is ??not as good as a chicken!
As the saying goes: It is better to be broken into pieces than to be completely destroyed! "Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Biography of Yuan Jing'an"
But as the saying goes: If you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood! (Volume 22 of "Surprise at the First Carving")
As the saying goes: People cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured! "Huainanzi. Training of the Tai Clan"
But as the saying goes: a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle! (Tang Dynasty. Li He's "Horse Poetry")
As the saying goes: The prodigal son will never be able to exchange for gold! (Ming Dynasty. Li Yu's "The Twelfth Floor")
But as the saying goes: a dog can't change its habit of eating shit! (Revised Idiom Dictionary of the Ministry of Education)
As the saying goes: The sea of ??suffering is boundless, but when you turn around, you will find the shore! (Volume 59 of "Zhu Xi Yu Lei" by Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty)
But as the saying goes: there is no turning back when the bow is opened!
As the saying goes: Take a step back and the sky will be brighter!
But as the saying goes: When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! "Historical Records. Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru"
As the saying goes: Three hundred and sixty lines will lead to the number one scholar!
But as the saying goes: Everything is inferior, only reading is good! (Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Zhu's "Prodigy Poems")
As the saying goes: Only when the book is used will the regret be less! (Lu You)
But as the saying goes: He who is useless is a scholar! (Qing Dynasty. Huang Jingren's "Miscellaneous Feelings")
As the saying goes: Money is not everything!
But as the saying goes: Money can make the world go round! (Jin. Lu Bao's "The Theory of Qian Shen")
As the saying goes: There is no perfect way for man! (The fourth fold of "The Merchant's Dan" by Anonymous in the Yuan Dynasty)
But as the saying goes: the sky is vast, sparse but not leaking! "Laozi"
As the saying goes: Out of the silt but not stained! (Song Dynasty. Zhou Dunyi's "Love of Lotus")
But as the saying goes: Those who are close to vermilion are red, and those who are close to ink are black! (Jin. Fu Xuan's "The Prince's Young Master's Proverbs")
As the saying goes: Catch thieves and stolen goods, catch traitors and catch couples! (Song Dynasty. Hu Taichu's "Introduction to the Day Curtain. Prison Treatment")
But as the saying goes: If you want to impose a crime, why bother without excuses! "Zuo Zhuan. Ten Years of Duke Xi"
As the saying goes: Poverty and lowliness cannot be removed! "Mencius, Duke Wen of Teng"
But as the saying goes: A man is poor and his ambition is short, but a horse is skinny and has long hair! (Wei Bai's "Jianzhong Jingguo Continued Deng Lu")
As the saying goes: Tell everything you know, and tell everything! ("Heng Lun. Foresight" by Su Xun of the Song Dynasty)
But as the saying goes: Silence is golden, and disaster comes from the mouth! (Han Yu's "Miscellaneous Theory" of the Tang Dynasty)
As the saying goes: Green comes from blue and is better than blue! "Xunzi. Encouraging Learning"
But as the saying goes: Older ginger is still spicier!
As the saying goes: The next generation is to be feared! (Confucius' "The Analects of Confucius. Zihan")
But as the saying goes: a hairless mouth means a weak workmanship! (Qing Dynasty. Li Baojia's "The Appearance of Officialdom" Chapter 15)
As the saying goes: We are destined to meet you thousands of miles away! (Ming Dynasty. Shi Naian's "Water Margin" Chapter 14)
But as the saying goes: Enemies will never get together! (Jia’s native language in "A Dream of Red Mansions")
As the saying goes: I wish to be a winged bird in heaven! I would like to be Lian Lizhi here! (Song of Everlasting Sorrow by Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty)
But as the saying goes: Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster strikes! (Ming. Feng Menglong's "Warning Words")
As the saying goes: If you have to be merciful, be merciful! (Song Dynasty. Yu Wenbao's "Spit Jade Collection. Chang Tan Source")
But as the saying goes: Let the tiger return to the mountain, there will be endless troubles! (Jin. Sima Biao's "Biography of the Sages of Lingling")
As the saying goes: Good will be rewarded with good, evil will be rewarded with evil! "Yingluo Jing. There are actions but no actions"
But as the saying goes: A good person will be bullied by others, and a good horse will be ridden by others!
As the saying goes: No pain, no gain!
But as the saying goes: A man is not rich without windfall, and a horse is not fat without night grass! "Collection of Famous Virtues" and "Zeng Guang Xian Wen"
As the saying goes: Be careful when sailing the ship of ten thousand years!
But as the saying goes: The brave will be starved to death, and the timid will be starved to death!
As the saying goes: He who is too small is not a gentleman!
But as the saying goes: If you are not poisonous, you will not have a husband! (Yuan. Ma Zhiyuan's "Han Palace Autumn")
As the saying goes: An inch of time, an inch of gold! (Tang. Wang Zhenbai's "Two Poems from White Deer Cave")
But as the saying goes: An inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time! ("Western Chronicles" Chapter 11)
As the saying goes: Time reveals a person's heart! (Yuan. Anonymous "Strive for Repayment. The First Flow")
But as the saying goes: the heart is separated from the belly! (Qian Cai's "The Complete Biography of Shuo Yue" in the Qing Dynasty)
As the saying goes: Time flies like an arrow! (Tang Wei Zhuang's "In the Guanhe Road")
But as the saying goes: Days are like years! (Song Dynasty. Liu Yong's "Qi")
As the saying goes: Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you! "The Analects of Confucius. Wei Linggong Chapter"
But as the saying goes: Those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish! "Zhuangzi. Pirates of the Foot"
As the saying goes: Evil does not suppress good!
But as the saying goes: If the Tao is one foot high, the devil is one foot high! "Journey to the West. Chapter 50"
As the saying goes: A small impatience will ruin a big plan! "The Analects of Confucius. Wei Linggong Chapter"
But as the saying goes: If you don't steam the steamed buns, you will lose your breath!