中国谚语警句中英文对照版

鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利: two dogs fight for a bone, and

玉不琢，不成器: C: A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu. / E: An uncut gem goes not sparkle. / The finest diamond must be cut. / Unpolished pearls never shine.

十年树木，百年树人: C: It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men. / E: It takes three generations to make a gentleman.

学无止境: C: knowledge is infinite / E: progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop.

此地无银三百两: never try to prove what nobody doubts.

严师出高徒: C: Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers. / E: It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.

得不偿失: give a lark to catch a kite.

对症下药: a disease known is half the cure.

君子之交淡如水: a hedge between keeps friendship green.

化干戈为玉帛: bury the hatchet.

家和万事兴: he is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

江山易改，本性难移: the leopard cannot change its spots.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧: where there is life, there is hope.

狡兔三窟: the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.

举一反三: half a tale is enough for a wise man.