一、顺的好吃，横的难咽。
Shun delicious, horizontal difficult to swallow.
二、贪得一时嘴，受了一身累。
Greedy for a while, tired.
三、鸟无翅不飞，鱼无水不游。
Birds do not fly without wings, fish do not swim without water.
四、武官会杀，文官会刮。
Military officers kill, civil officers scrape.
五、勤是摇钱树，俭是聚宝盆。
Diligence is a cash cow, and thrift is a treasure trough.
六、平路跌死马，浅水溺死人。
A horse falls on a flat road and a man drowns in shallow water.
七、无风不起浪，无鱼水不深。
No wind, no waves, no fish, no deep water.
八、不懂装懂，永世饭桶。
Do not pretend to understand, eternal bucket.
九、开水不响，响水不开。
The boiling water is silent, but the sounding water does not work.
一零、莫吃过头饭，莫说过头话。
Don't eat too much, don't talk too much.
一一、药不治假病，酒不解真愁。
Drugs do not cure false diseases, but wine does not solve real worries.
一二、天不生无用之人，地不长无名之草。
No useless man is born in heaven, and no nameless grass grows in the earth.
一三、越坐人越懒，越吃口越馋。
The lazier you sit, the more you eat.
一四、前三十年睡不醒，后三十年睡不着。
In the first 三零 years, I can't wake up, but in the last 三零 years, I can't sleep.
一五、东西越用越少，学问越学越多。
The less you use things, the more you learn.
一六、夏吃大蒜冬吃姜，不用医生开药方。
Garlic in summer and ginger in winter do not require a doctor to prescribe.
一七、事大事小，身到便了。
Things are big and small. It's easy.
一八、身不怕动，脑不怕用。
The body is not afraid to move, the brain is not afraid to use.
一九、三年不喝酒，家里样样有。
No alcohol for three years, everything at home.
二零、当断不断，反受其乱。
Be judgmental and confused.
二一、庄稼怕天旱，做事怕蛮干。
Crops are afraid of drought and brutal work.
二二、劳动出智慧，实践出真知。
Wisdom comes from work and truth comes from practice.
二三、舍不得苗，抱不到瓢。
No seedling, no ladle.
二四、当用时万金不惜，不当用时一文不费。
When it is used, it costs nothing, but when it is not used properly.
二五、打鱼靠网，打狼靠棒。
Fishing depends on the net and wolf on the stick.
二六、败家子挥金如粪，兴家人惜粪如金。
The loser spends money like dung, while the rejuvenating family cherishes dung like gold.
二七、出门问路，入乡问俗。
Go out and ask the way, go into the country and ask the custom.
二八、走路不怕上高山，撑船不怕过限滩。
Walking is not afraid of climbing mountains, and boating is not afraid of exceeding the limit beach.
二九、宁走封江一指，不走开江一尺。
It's better to take a finger off the river than a foot off it.
三零、念书不用功，等于白搭工。
If you don't study hard, you'll be working for nothing.
三一、日图三餐，夜图一宿。
Three meals a day, one night a night.
三二、只给君子看门，不给小人当家。
Only for gentlemen, not for villains.
三三、熟能生巧，巧能生精。
Practice makes perfect, and vice makes perfect.
三四、细水长流，吃穿不愁。
Thin water flows long, no worries about food and clothing.
三五、手舞足蹈，九十不老。
Dancing hand and foot, ninety is not old.
三六、牛不知角弯，马不知脸长。
Cows don't know the corners, horses don't know the faces.
三七、人哄地皮，地哄肚皮。
People coax the ground, the ground coax the belly.
三八、工欲善其事，必先利其器。
Sharp tools make good work.
三九、一家养女百家求，一马不行百马忧。
One family needs a hundred daughters, but one horse can't worry about a hundred horses.
四零、拳不离手，曲不离口。
Fist does not leave the hand, song does not leave the mouth.
四一、好花开不败，好事说不坏。
Good flowers never fail, good things never fail.
四二、多下及时雨，少放马后炮。
Rain more in time and fire less afterwards.
四三、买锣要打，买伞要撑。
Gong to fight, umbrella to support.
四四、好种出好苗，好树结好桃。
Good seedlings, good trees, good peaches.
四五、一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。
An inch of time and an inch of gold make it difficult to buy an inch of time.
四六、直木先伐，甘井先竭。
Cut straight trees first, and use up sweet wells first.
四七、三早抵一工，三补抵一新。
Three early arrivals and one job, three supplements and a new one.
四八、恶有恶报，善有善报。
Evil is rewarded with evil, and good is rewarded with good.
四九、宁可认错，不可说谎。
Better confess your mistakes than lie.
五零、立如松，坐如钟，卧如弓，行如风。
Stand like a pine, sit like a bell, lie like a bow, walk like the wind.
五一、挤疮不留脓，免受二回痛。
Squeezing sores do not leave pus and avoid secondary pain.
五二、骂人无好口，打人无好手。
There is no good mouth for swearing and no good hand for beating.
五三、只有人脏水，没有水脏人。
Only people dirty water, no water dirty people.
五四、远水不解近渴，远亲不如近邻。
Far water does not quench near thirst, far relatives are better than near neighbours.
五五、吹嘘自己的人，等于在宣传他的无知。
He who boasts of himself is propagating his ignorance.
五六、救人救到底，摆渡到岸边。
Save people to the end, ferry to the shore.
五七、懒人用长线，拙人用弯针。
A lazy man uses a long thread, a clumsy man a curved needle.
五八、自在不成人，成人不自在。
In adulthood, adults are not comfortable.
五九、灯不亮，要人拨；事不明，要人说。
If the light is not on, someone should dial it; if something is unclear, someone should say it.
六零、水满自流，人满自夸。
Water flows freely and people boast.
六一、娘家的饭香，婆家的饭长。
My mother's food is fragrant, but my mother's food is long.
六二、骂人骂脏口，打人打伤手。
Curse people, swear dirty words, hit people and hurt hands.
六三、山里孩子不怕狼，城里孩子不怕官。
Children in the mountains are not afraid of wolves, and children in the cities are not afraid of officials.
六四、不怕人不敬，就怕己不正。
If you are not afraid of being disrespectful, you are afraid of being wrong.
六五、少不惜力，老不歇心。
No effort is spared, no rest is spared.
六六、坐吃山空，立吃地陷。
Sit and eat, eat and sink.