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Chinese Proverbs

Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it. / 畫蛇添足.
An ant may well destroy a whole dam. / ?
A book holds a house of gold. / 書中自有黃金屋.
Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill. / ?
A crane standing amidst a flock of chickens. /鶴立雞群.
A camel standing amidst a flock of sheep. / ?
Crows everywhere are equally black. / ?
A dish of carrot hastily cooked may still has soil uncleaned off the vegetable. / 欲速則不達.
Dismantle the bridge shortly after crossing it. / 過河拆橋.
Distant water won't help to put out a fire close at hand. / 遠水救不了近火.
Distant water won't quench your immediate thirst. / 緩不濟急?
Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not have done it anyways. / ?
Donkey's lips do not fit onto a horse's mouth. / ?????

A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance. / ??

Dream different dreams while on the same bed. / 同床異夢.

Even a hare will bite when it is cornered. / 狗急跳牆.

Fail to steal the chicken while it ate up your bait grain. / 偷雞不著蝕把米.

A fall into a ditch makes you wiser. / 不經一事不長一智.

Fight a wolf with a flex stalk. / ??

A flea on the top of a bald head. /???

Flowing water never goes bad; our door hubs never gather termites. / 滾石不生苔.

A frog in a well shaft seeing the sky. / ??

Flies never visit an egg that has no crack. / 事起必有因.??

A good fortune may forbode a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune. / ?????

Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger but a heart as soft as tofu. / 刀子嘴豆腐心.

Have one's ears pierced only before the wedding ceremony starts. / ???

A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries. / ????

How can you expect to find ivory in a dog's mouth? / 狗嘴吐不出象牙.

How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water? / 飛蛾撲火.

If you do not study hard when young you'll end up bewailing your failures as you grow up. / 年少不努力, 老大徒傷悲.

If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame. / 子不教父之過.

If you have never done anything evil, you should not be worrying about devils to knock at your door./ 不做虧心事,不怕夜半鬼敲門.

An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold. / 一寸光陰一寸金, 寸金難買寸光陰.

It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to keep harms away from an arrow shot from behind. / ????

A Jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated. /

Kill a chicken before a monkey. / 殺雞儆猴.

Kill one to warn a hundred. / 殺一儆百.

Like ants eating a bone. / ??

Looking for the ass on its very back. / ???

Lift a stone only to drop on your own feet. / ???

The longer the night lasts, the more our dreams will be. / 夜長夢多.

Mend the pen only after the sheep are all gone. / ???

No wind, no waves. / 無風不起浪.

Of all the strategems, to know when to quit is the best. / 急流勇退???

Once bitten by a snake, he/she is scared all his/her life at the mere sight of a rope. / 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩.

Once on a tiger's back, it is hard to alight. / 騎虎難下.

One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. / ???

One monk shoulders water by himself; two can still share the labor among them. When it comes to three, they have to go thirsty. / 一個和尚挑水喝, 兩個和尚分水喝, 三個和尚沒水喝.

Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire. / ???

An overcrowded chicken farm produce fewer eggs. / 人多嘴雜.