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心正不怕影兒斜
Right heart need not fear evil seeming

糟鼻子不喝酒妄躭虛名
A bottle nosed man may not be a drunkard
but he will always be called one.

相從心生 Looks are born in the heart.

人留三分假，雨留十分真

客去主人安 The host rests in peace when his guests are gone.

身不離貨貨不離身
said of a store keeper looking after his shop.

馬知途 The old horses knows the road

馬牛不相及 said of one who
will have everything his own way

禍從口出病從口入

一筒牙齒痛滿口不安寧

穀賤傷農. All things cannot happen alike well to all.

磨而不磷 Ground at but not thinned.

[瓦]片尚有翻身日 Every dog has his day.

個指頭不能一般齊 All
ten fingers cannot be the same length, said
to those who vainly aspire to a higher social position.
Giles says "We must take the short with the long."

朝種樹晚解板 Impatient haste
[Fenchow?] = 昨天種樹今天要息陰涼

禮下於人必有所求 Plite
attentions generally mean "I want something."

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梧桐一葉落，而天下知秋．

路遠知馬力，日久見人心．

敷衍了事

名正言順百事成

義者萬事合禮

覆水難收 cry over spilt milk

火燒眉毛暫顧眼前

龍多不治水. Too many cooks spoil

騎虎難下

遠親不如近鄰

近人不說遠話

引虎入室

有錢買的鬼推磨

無風不起浪

青出於藍 "a chip off the old block"

寧為雞口不為牛後

盡信書則不如無書

道之本原出於天

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二人同了心黃土變成金

上行下效 = the lower imitate the upper.

刻薄成家理無久享

吃盡苦中苦, 方為人上人

該人家的錢舌頭就短了

苦盡自有甜來到

到了河邊再脫鞋

師傳引進門, 修行在各人

盛極必衰衰極必興

天塌了有大漢子撐著

官不打送禮的

三人抬不過理宇兒去

坐錢眼子摸錢邊

細水長流

止謗莫如自修

朽木不可雕

跟上瘋子撒土

凡事當留餘地. Reserve force way of retreat

獨力難支眾擎易舉

去年皇歷今年看不得了