Chinese Wisdom & Philosophy — Page 14
让人一步自己宽
Ràng rén yī bù zì jǐ kuān
"Yield one step to others, and you yourself become wider"
你走你的阳关道，我走我的独木桥
Nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yángguāndào, wǒ zǒu wǒ de dúmùqiáo
"You take your wide road, I'll take my single-log bridge"
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
Shàozhuàng bù nǔlì, lǎodà tú shāngbēi
"If you don't work hard in youth, you'll vainly regret it in old age"
周瑜打黄盖——一个愿打，一个愿挨
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"
庄周梦蝶
Zhuāng Zhōu mèng dié
"Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly"
高筑墙，广积粮，缓称王
Gāo zhù qiáng, guǎng jī liáng, huǎn chēng wáng
"Build high walls, store abundant grain, delay claiming kingship"