Chinese Proverbs About Life & Wisdom — Page 12

tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi

"Crows everywhere are equally black"

Yán wáng yào nǐ sān gēng sǐ, shéi gǎn liú rén dào wǔ gēng

"If the King of Hell wants you dead at the third watch, who dares keep you until the fifth watch"

Yèláng zì dà

"Yelang considers itself great"

Huánghé shàng yǒu chéngqīng rì, qǐ kě rén wú dé yùn shí

"Even the Yellow River has days when it runs clear; how can a person never have their time of fortune?"

Ràng rén yī bù zì jǐ kuān

"Yield one step to others, and you yourself become wider"

Nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yángguāndào, wǒ zǒu wǒ de dúmùqiáo

"You take your wide road, I'll take my single-log bridge"

Shàozhuàng bù nǔlì, lǎodà tú shāngbēi

"If you don't work hard in youth, you'll vainly regret it in old age"

Zhōu Yú dǎ Huáng Gài — yī gè yuàn dǎ, yī gè yuàn āi

"Zhou Yu beats Huang Gai — one is willing to beat, the other is willing to be beaten"

Zhuāng Zhōu mèng dié

"Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly"