Collection of Chinese proverbs, sayings and popular sayings in China translated into Italian, as a testimony to the wisdom of this people with a particular character, resulting from the intertwining of the spiritual and the material plan.
Chinese idioms
- In the course of his life man does not know his own spirit; after death forget your body.
- One hundred shots, one hundred centers.
- It is easier to divert the course of a river or pave a mountain than to change the soul of a man.
- Pulse of the moment.
- You have to cross the river before you tell the crocodile that he has bad breath.
- Exercise all your strength.
- It takes a decade to grow trees, but a century to grow humans.
- Go without saying.
- If your words are no better than silence, you should be silent.
- Live so as not to hurt anyone, here is the supreme aspiration.
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- To achieve stable growth, a company must live up to its belief.
- By launching an idea out there.
- The man who moves the mountains begins by taking away the smallest stones.
- Love at first sight.
- Often, it is in difficult times that the greatest efforts are made.
- He was homeless and had no money at his name.
- Little men can care, but we need a friend.
- 9 cows and 1 head of cow.
- Whether changes occur depends on the mind and sight of people.
- It is difficult to recognize a black cat in a dark room especially when the cat is not there.
- The vase is valid for what it can hold.
- Climb on solid ground.
- Nothing remains permanent in the world, change is only the eternal fact.
- For the stone that has been thrown at the top, it is not a bad thing to fall on the head of the person who has thrown it.
- Master opens the door, but you have to go alone.
- Look at the ocean and sob.
- The growth of a business is no different from the self-improvement of human beings.
- It takes little to reproach a man, but it takes a long time to forget a reproach.
- Life has two rules: the first is never giving up. The second is to never forget the first.
- The frog at the bottom of the well and the ocean.
- To lead a meaningful life, you need to build trust with others.
- The same water can support or sink a ship.
Chinese sayings
- If your light shines more than others, be happy but never turn off the light of others to make yours shine.
- Separate heaven and earth, and create the universe.
- A grain of rice in the imperial barn.
- When a well-sharpened sword hangs over his head, the man remembers the gods.
- Seeing the snake in the cup.
- Wait for rabbits to strain.
- What the caterpillar calls end of the world, the rest of the world calls butterfly.
- When the gods want, even in the sun there is rain.
- Kill the hen to get the eggs.
- Everywhere we celebrate together.
- Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you will feed him for life.
- When a man rules the people he must behave as if he is worshiping the gods.
- The fox harnesses the power of the tiger.
- Three yangs start the year.
- If there is a remedy, why do you take it? And if there is no remedy, why do you take it?
- One hundred men can create an encampment, but a woman is needed to make a house.
- Autumn follows the passage of spring.
- It is preferable to continue living ugly than to die beautiful.
- There are two lasting things that we can hope to leave behind to our children: roots and wings.
- Wav the pillow and heat the quilt.
- A single snowflake can bend a bamboo fault.
- A single grain of mouse feces can ruin an entire pan of rice.
- A too good man is like a wall of earth alone.
- Being able to move metal and stones.
- What the caterpillar calls end of the world, the rest of the world calls butterfly.
- If the rope is long, the kite will fly high.
- There are three truths: my truth. your truth, and the truth.
- Be so happy that you don't think of Shu.
- The enemy of your enemy is your friend.
- Take a false step today and a hundred lives will not be enough to redeem you.
- In two minds about something.
- Donate coal during a snowfall.
Chinese proverbs
- The superior man understands what is right. The lower man understands only what will be useful to him.
- An idol maker is never an idolater.
- Three men make a tiger.
- Wine unlocks secrets.
- If a dispute is long, it means that both sides are wrong.
- Cover your ears while stealing the bell.
- The seasons do not bow down to anyone, not even before the emperor.
- The cat wants fish, but does not want to get his paws wet.
- If they are not fools, then they are cheaters.
- Crouching tiger, hidden dragon.
- There is a time to fish and a time to dry the nets.
- If the stupid did not exist, the wise would not be distinguished.
- Leave the family hearth and create another one.
- A dwarf among other dwarves has a dignified stature.
- To build an empire man takes a hundred years; one day is enough to destroy it.
- A hut where you laugh is better than a building where you cry.
- Sell spears and shields.
- Pull the sprouts to make them grow.
- Whoever returns from a trip is never the same person who left.
- Every single blade of grass is destined for at least one drop of dew.
- All in one mind.
- The old man from the border who lost his horse.
- A smile will earn you over ten years of life.
- When an arrow is stuck on the bow, sooner or later you have to shoot it.
- Stand out from the crowd.
- Make yourself ridiculous in front of those who have knowledge.
- Calling things by their name is the beginning of wisdom.
- Unfortunately, more men build walls than those who build bridges.
- Play the lute for a cow.
- Tiger head, snake tail.
- Whatever happens, even the worst day's sun sets.
