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Post by lin on Aug 29, 2007 7:48:23 GMT -1
Hi all...does anyone know any Chinese Proverbs? there does seem to be a lot of them about...so if you have any please post and let us all have a laugh.  |
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Post by lin on Aug 29, 2007 7:49:10 GMT -1
Man who run in front of car get tired.
Man who run behind car get exhausted.
Foolish man give wife grand piano, wise man give wife upright organ.
Man who walk through airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.
Man with one chopstick go hungry.
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Post by lin on Aug 29, 2007 7:49:41 GMT -1
Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.
Baseball is wrong: man with four balls cannot walk.
War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left.
Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cat house.
Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.
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Post by lin on Aug 29, 2007 7:50:50 GMT -1
Man who drive like hell, bound to get there.
Man who stand on toilet is high on pot.
Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.
Man who fart in church sit in own pew.
Man who wants pretty nurse, must be patient.
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Post by lin on Aug 29, 2007 7:52:00 GMT -1
Man who love and loses, have not right lawyer.
When man 60 marry girl 25, like buying book for someone else to read.
Man who pushes piano down mineshaft get A flat miner.
Television never replace old reliable key hole.
Laziest man in world who marry widow with six children.
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Post by lin on Aug 29, 2007 16:00:42 GMT -1
Man who put head on railroad track get splitting headache.
Girl who do back spring on bedspring have offspring next spring.
Man who fall in vat of molten glass make spectacle of self.
Honeymoon over when man who whispered sweet nothings before now say nothing sweet.
Man who sneezes without hanky takes matters into his own hands.
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Post by lin on Aug 30, 2007 7:05:15 GMT -1
Man who walk middle of road get run over by bus.
Man who eat jellybean relieve self in technicolor.
Man who keep feet firmly on ground have trouble putting on pants!
Man who sit on tack get point!
A girl's best asset is her 'lie'ability.
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Post by lin on Aug 30, 2007 7:05:31 GMT -1
He who eats crackers in bed get crummy sleep.
Eunuch not strange creature, just man cut out to be bachelor.
Man who dream of eating giant mushroom---wake up with no pillow.
Butcher who backs into meat grinder get a little behind in his orders.
Chemist who fall in acid, absorbed in work.
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Post by lin on Aug 30, 2007 7:06:10 GMT -1
Man do not mind bust in mouth if provided by beautiful voluptuous lady.
Man become old when he watch food instead of waitress.
Wise man never play leapfrog with a unicorn.
Man who drop watch in toilet have c.r.a.p.p.y time.
Man trapped in pantry have himself in jam.
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Post by lin on Aug 30, 2007 7:06:42 GMT -1
Women take to good hearted men. Also from.
Man who shoot off mouth, expect to lose face.
Man with big mouth, beware of foot.
House without bathroom, uncanny.
Man who throw dirt, losing ground.
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Post by lin on Aug 30, 2007 7:07:24 GMT -1
Two wrongs not make right, but two rights make U-turn
Do not drink and park, accidents cause people.
Man who crosses ocean twice without washing, is a dirty double crosser.
He who have last laugh, not get joke.
Man who throw away watch, wasting time.
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Post by Lisa on Aug 30, 2007 9:24:53 GMT -1
Man who boils his potatoes and peas(pees) in the same pot knows no sanity. Secretary who sits on judges knee gets honourable discharge.  Hi all...does anyone know any Chinese Proverbs? there does seem to be a lot of them about...so if you have any please post and let us all have a laugh. |
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Post by lin on Aug 30, 2007 10:11:57 GMT -1
A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.
A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.
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Post by lin on Aug 30, 2007 10:19:23 GMT -1
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man made perfect without trials.
A man's conversation is the mirror of his thoughts.
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Post by lin on Aug 30, 2007 11:45:18 GMT -1
A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.
A bad worker quarrels with his tools.
A bad workman blames his tools.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every passerby leaves a mark.
A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.
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Post by lin on Aug 30, 2007 11:46:20 GMT -1
A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.
A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.
A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
A man need never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his own door.
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Post by OLLY on Aug 30, 2007 12:20:46 GMT -1
orrrrr ! lisa, what will the gobal moderator say,,  olly  Man who boils his potatoes and peas(pees) in the same pot knows no sanity. Secretary who sits on judges knee gets honourable discharge. Hi all...does anyone know any Chinese Proverbs? there does seem to be a lot of them about...so if you have any please post and let us all have a laugh. |
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Post by Lisa on Aug 30, 2007 12:58:04 GMT -1
Orrrrr, Olly, Must have had a mad moment........ orrrrr ! lisa, what will the gobal moderator say,, olly Man who boils his potatoes and peas(pees) in the same pot knows no sanity. Secretary who sits on judges knee gets honourable discharge. |
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Post by Lisa on Aug 30, 2007 13:00:16 GMT -1
A LIE gets halfway around the world before the TRUTH even has chance to get its pants on......
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Post by lin on Aug 30, 2007 13:32:32 GMT -1
A man's discontent is his worst evil.
A person who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it.
A person with a bad name is already half-hanged.
A red-nosed man may be a teetotaler, but will find no one to believe it.
A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.
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Post by Lisa on Aug 30, 2007 14:33:05 GMT -1
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.
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Post by lin on Aug 30, 2007 14:36:05 GMT -1
A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths.
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den.
A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
A thorn defends the rose harming only those who would steal the blossom.
A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds.
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Post by lin on Aug 31, 2007 7:20:43 GMT -1
A thousand pounds and a bottle of hay are all one at domesday.
A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns all sounds.
A wicked book cannot repent.
A wicked companion invites us all to hell.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.
A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it.
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Post by lin on Aug 31, 2007 7:21:02 GMT -1
A young doctor makes a full graveyard.
Abroad we judge the dress; at home we judge the man.
All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them.
Alms given openly will be rewarded in secret.
Among ten matchmakers only nine will lie.
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Post by lin on Aug 31, 2007 7:21:32 GMT -1
An ambassador bears no blame.
An ignorant doctor is no better than a murderer.
An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.
Be resolved and the thing is done.
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Post by lin on Aug 31, 2007 7:21:59 GMT -1
Because men do not like the cold, Heaven does not cause winter to cease.
Begin with an error of an inch and end by being a thousand miles off the mark.
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
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Post by lin on Sept 1, 2007 7:44:56 GMT -1
Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like.
Don't build a new ship out of old wood.
Dogs have so many friends because they wag their tails, not their tongues.
Dogs do not dislike poor families.
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
Do not insult the crocodile until you've crossed the river.
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Post by lin on Sept 1, 2007 7:45:28 GMT -1
Do not have each foot on a different boat.
Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know.
Dig a well before you are thirsty.
Deviate an inch, lose a thousand miles.
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Post by lin on Sept 1, 2007 7:46:06 GMT -1
Despise not a small wound or a poor kinsman.
Despise learning and make everyone pay for your ignorance.
Defer not till to-morrow what may be done to-day.
Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Dangerous enemies will meet again in narrow streets.
Curse your wife at evening, sleep alone at night.
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Post by lin on Sept 1, 2007 7:46:45 GMT -1
Covet wealth, and want it; don't, and luck will grant it.
Count not what is lost but what is left.
Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be d**ned.
Conquerors are kings; the beaten are bandits.
Clumsy birds have need of early flight.
Cheat the earth and the earth will cheat you.
Ceremony is the smoke of friendship.
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