中國諺語警句中英文對照版

2021-08-28 諺語

　　鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利: two dogs fight for a bone, and

　　玉不琢，不成器: C: A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu. / E: An uncut gem goes not sparkle. / The finest diamond must be cut. / Unpolished pearls never shine.

　　十年樹木，百年樹人: C: It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men. / E: It takes three generations to make a gentleman.

　　學無止境: C: knowledge is infinite / E: progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop.

　　此地無銀三百兩: never try to prove what nobody doubts.

　　嚴師出高徒: C: Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers. / E: It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.

　　得不償失: give a lark to catch a kite.

　　對癥下藥: a disease known is half the cure.

　　君子之交淡如水: a hedge between keeps friendship green.

　　化干戈為玉帛: bury the hatchet.

　　家和萬事興: he is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

　　江山易改，本性難移: the leopard cannot change its spots.

　　留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒: where there is life, there is hope.

　　狡兔三窟: the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.

　　舉一反三: half a tale is enough for a wise man.