Daily Chinese proverbs
"Play is a gift from heaven, work is a man-made ill." - Liu Zhi, Yuan Dynasty"A path along a stream is full of peril." - Zhang Kejiu, Yuan Dynasty"Grab, and something will slip through your fingers." ...
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Daily Chinese proverbs
"I take my sword to cut the water; the water still flows." - Li Bo, Tang Dynasty"Nature and feelings are born of habit." - Li Bo, Tang Dynasty"Stand upon the highest ridge, and see, how small the othe...
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"There may be no men on the mountain,But voices of men can be heard." - Wang Wei, Tang Dynasty"Alone I sit amid the dark bambooPlaying my lute and whistling a songNo man knows I am in the deep forestO...
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"Shade and light are different in every valley." - Li Bo, Tang Dynasty"Sometimes I'd walk, walk far from home,The things I've seen, and I alone." - Wang Wei, Tang Dynasty"Tomorrow morning I have busin...
Daily Chinese proverbs
"One hundred rivers return to the sea. (i.e. all roads lead to Rome)" - Traditional"One day's cold will not freeze you in three feet of ice." - Traditional"Autumn clouds darken overheadHow many, so ma...
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"A child conceived while drunk or overfed, will suffer from epilepsy, boils and ulcers." - Records of the Bedchamber, Sui Dynasty"Until a man reaches forty, he is usually full of vigorous passion. But...
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"A child conceived when there is a rainbow in the sky will be exposed to ill fortune." - Records of the Bedchamber, Sui Dynasty
"A child conceived during the solstice will bring harm to its parents."...
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"A child conceived at midnight will either be mute, deaf or blind." - Records of the Bedchamber, Sui Dynasty"A child conceived during a solar eclipse will either be burned or wounded." - Records of th...
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"Woman is superior to man in the same respect as water is superior to fire." - Records of the Bedchamber, Sui Dynasty"A child conceived during daytime will be given to vomiting." - Records of the Bedc...
Daily Chinese proverbs
"True words are not beautiful. Beautiful words are not true. A good man does not argue. He who argues is not a good man." - Lao Zi, Spring and Autumn Period"He who pursues fame at the risk of losing h...






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