Every little helps.
积少成多
Pride hurts,modesty benefits.
满招损,谦受益
Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.
世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获
Rome was not bult in a day.
伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺非一日之寒
Lost years are worse than lost dollars.
一寸光阴一寸金,寸今难买寸光阴
One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.
台上一分钟,台下十年功
Well begun is half done.
好的开端是成功的一半
Good wine needs no bush.
酒好不怕巷子深
Industry is the parent of success.
成功源于勤奋
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧
Still waters run deep.
静水流深
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水
Take time while time is,for time will away.
机不可失,时不再来
Provide for a rainy day.
未雨绸缪
Two heads are better than one.
集思广益
A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子歪
Cats hind their paws.
大智若愚
There is plenty of fish in the sea.
天涯何处无芳草
Liberty is no license.
自由不是特别通行证
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚,人以群分
Art is long, but life is short.
人生有限,学问无涯
There is no place like home.
金窝银窝,不如咱的狗窝
Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves.
行动是果,言语是叶
Walls have ears.
隔墙有耳
The pen is mighter than the sword.
笔能杀人
A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.
健康的身体贵于黄金铸成的皇冠
A good neighbour is better than a bother in the next village.
远亲不如近邻
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇气和坚定是美德的精神和灵魂
Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.
好朋友就像是星星。 你不一定总是能见到他们,但你知道,他们会一直在那里
A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often and realize how fortunate you are right now.
好的生活就是不瞎想,做得多要得少常微笑,懂知足
Life is short and art is long.
人生短暂,学术无涯
Reading a book, by a gain in your wit.
读一书,增一智
Stars so dazzling gorgeous sky; knowledge is their talent and abilities.
星星使天空绚烂夺目;知识使人增长才干
Much learning shows how little mortals know.
博学而后始知人类所知有限
No matter how much one has experienced, he can’t enrich his knowledge without reading books.
无论亲身经历如何丰富的人,如果不读书,知识不可能丰富起来的
There are two motives for reading a book: one that you enjoy it; the other that you can boast about it
读书有两种动机:一是从中获得乐趣;另一种则是可以向人夸耀
Health food supplement, rich in the wisdom books.
粮食补身体,书籍丰富智慧
It is never too old to learn.
活到老,学到老
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
小别胜新婚/距离产生美/久别情更深
No cross, no crown.
不经历风雨,怎么见彩虹
There is no royal road to learning.
书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟
Life is short and art is long.
人生短暂,学术无涯
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补,大洞吃苦
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜
A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出,驷马难追
A year's plan starts with spring.
一年之计在于春
A young idler, an old beggar.
An idle youth, a needy age.
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲
Bad news has wings.
好事不出门,坏事传千里
Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
情人眼里出西施
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
听宜敏捷,言宜缓行
Better late than never.
不怕慢,单怕站
Better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷路好
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友,应求少而精
Business is business.
公事公办
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实,交谈使人精明
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障目,不见泰山
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心驶得万年船
Cheats never prosper.
骗人发不了财
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染,身教言传
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
择书如择友
Come what may, heaven won't fall.
做你的吧,天塌不下来
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
每天一只苹果, 无需医生进门
Better wear out shoes than sheets.
宁愿把鞋子穿漏, 不愿把床单磨破
Leave off with an appetite.
吃得七分饱, 就该离餐桌
He who has good health is young, and he is rich who owes nothing.
健康葆青春, 无债即富足
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
欢笑, 则世界与你同乐; 哭泣, 则独自悲伤
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime, and too sleepy to worry at night.
白天忙得没有时间发愁, 夜里困得来不及发愁的人是真正幸福的
Happy is he who only desires what he may and does what he ought.
不作非分之想又能尽本分的人是快乐的
There is no greater grief than to recall a time of happiness when in misery.
没有比在悲惨中回忆幸福的时刻更痛苦
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知,就得吃苦
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
脚踏两条船,必定落空
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢,疏而不漏
Truth will come to light sooner or later.
纸包不住火
Between the devil and the deep blue sea.
左右为难
Be an armchair strategist
纸上谈兵
Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
知己知彼,百战不殆
Achilles' heel.
致命要害
Target of public criticism.
众矢之的
Survival of the fittest
优胜劣汰
Haste does not bring success.
欲速则不达
Advance with times.
与时俱进
Use brawn rather than brain.
有勇无谋
Money makes the mare go. /Money talks.
有钱能使鬼推磨
People of vision.
有识之士
Like an ant on a hot pan.
像热锅上的蚂蚁
Catch the ball before the bound.
先下手为强
First impressions are firmly entrenched.
先入为主
May all your wish come true.
心想事成
Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火
Make create something out of nothing.
无中生有
Water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots.
无源之水,无本之木
Draw water to one's mill.
唯利是图
Unity is strength.
团结就是力量
No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy.
山不在高,有仙则名
Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
实践是检验真理的唯一标准
Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待
When the river rises, the boat floats high.
水涨船高
A timely snow promises a good harvest.
瑞雪兆丰年
Win-win co-operation
强强联手
Military expertise; military strategy.
文韬武略
Sugar-coated bullets.
糖衣炮弹
There are no waves without wind. /There's no smoke without fire.
无风不起浪
People oriented; people foremost.
以人为本
Teach students according to their aptitude.
因材施教
Talk of the devil and he comes.
说曹操,曹操到
Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.
上有天堂下有苏杭
Be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself
弄巧成拙
Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在不怕没柴烧
Harmony brings wealth.
和气生财
Once on shore, one prays no more.
好了伤疤忘了疼
White night
不眠之夜
No discord, no concord.
不打不成交
Worse off than some, better off than many.
比上不足比下有余
The country flourishes and people live in peace
国泰民安
Everything comes to him who waits.
功夫不负有心人
Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
好事不出门恶事传千里
Let bygones be bygones.
既往不咎
Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
金无足赤人无完人
Treasures fill the home.
金玉满堂
Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在不怕没柴烧
Gain in both fame and wealth.
名利双收
Be suddenly enlightened.
茅塞顿开
Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
没有规矩不成方圆
Throw good money after bad.
赔了夫人又折兵
A modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions.
抛砖引玉
One can't make bricks without straw.
巧妇难为无米之炊
A thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step.
千里之行始于足下
Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
强龙难压地头蛇
Man's nature at birth is good.
人之初性本善
Joy puts heart into a man.
人逢喜事精神爽
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成
After you have read more than ten thousand volumes, you will find it easy to write as if God were there helping you.
读书破万卷,下笔如有神
Friends are not books, yet books are friends. Friends may betray you, while books are always loyal.
朋友不是书,书却是朋友。朋友可能背判你,书却永远忠实
A beggar's purse is bottomless.
乞丐的钱袋是无底洞
Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁观者清,当局者迷
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
闻其歌知其鸟,听其言知其人
Do not quarrel with your bread and butter.
不要自砸饭碗
Every dog has his day.
凡人都有得意之日
Every man has his faults.
人孰无过
A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做贼心虚
No way is impossible to courage.
勇士面前无险路
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手
The good seaman is known in bad weather.
坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员
We must not lie down, and cry, God help us.
求神不如求己
Romewas not built in a day.
罗马并非一日可建成
Success belongs to the persevering.
胜利属于坚忍不拔的人
Step by step the ladder is ascended.
登梯需要逐级登
Adversity leads to prosperity.
困苦通向昌盛
Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关
Constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水不绝可穿石
All things will come round to him who will but wait.
只要肯等待,一切都会按时来
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
世界好似一把梯,有人上去有人下
Where there is life,there is hope.
生命不息,希望长在
Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).
祸不单行
Misfortune is a good teacher.
不幸是良好的教师
Diligence is the mohter of success.
勤奋是成功之母
Idleness is the root of all evil.
懒惰乃万恶之源
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
勤勉是好运之母
Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).
懒人做工作,越懒越费力