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• "Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it."
• "An ant may well destroy a whole dam."
• "A book holds a house of gold."
• "Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill."
• "A crane standing amidst a flock of chickens."
• "A camel standing amidst a flock of sheep."
• "Crows everywhere are equally black.
• " A dish of carrot hastily cooked may still has soil uncleaned off the vegetable."
• "Dismantle the bridge shortly after crossing it."
• "Distant water won't help to put out a fire close at hand."
• "Distant water won't quench your immediate thirst."
• "Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not have done it anyways."
• "Donkey's lips do not fit onto a horse's mouth."
• "A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance."
• "Dream different dreams while on the same bed."
• "Even a hare will bite when it is cornered."
• " Fail to steal the chicken while it ate up your bait grain."
• "A fall into a ditch makes you wiser."
• "Fight a wolf with a flex stalk."
• "A flea on the top of a bald head."
• "Flowing water never goes bad; our door hubs never gather termites."
• "A frog in a well shaft seeing the sky."
• "Flies never visit an egg that has no crack."
• " A good fortune may forbode a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune."
• "Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger but a heart as soft as tofu."
• "Have one's ears pierced only before the wedding ceremony starts."
• "A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries."
• "How can you expect to find ivory in a dog's mouth?"
• "How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water?
• "If you do not study hard when young you'll end up bewailing your failures as you grow up."
• "If a son is uneducated, his father is at fault."
• "If you have never done anything evil, you should not be worrying about devils to knock at your door."
• "An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold."
• "It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to keep harms away from an arrow shot from behind."
• "A Jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated."
• "Kill a chicken before a monkey."
• "Kill one to warn a hundred."
• "Like ants eating a bone."
• "Looking for the ass on its very back."
• "Lift a stone only to drop on your own feet."
• "The longer the night lasts, the more our dreams will be."
• "Mend the pen only after the sheep are all gone."
• "No wind, no waves."
• "Of all the strategems, to know when to quit is the best."
• "Once bitten by a snake, he is frightened all his life at the mere sight of a rope."
• "Once on a tiger's back, it is hard to alight."
• "One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked."
• "One monk shoulders water by himself; two can still share the labor among them. When it comes to three, they have to go thirsty."
• "Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire."
• "An overcrowded chicken farm produce fewer eggs."
• "Pick up a sesame seed but lose sight of a watermelon."
• "Play a harp before a cow."
• "Paper can't wrap up a fire."
• "Reshape one's foot to try to fit into a new shoe."
• "Regular feet can't be affected by irregular shoes."
• "Shed no tears until seeing the coffin."
• "A smile will gain you ten more years of life."
• "A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den."
• "Some prefer carrot while others like cabbage."
• "Steal a bell with one's ears covered."
• "Three humble shoemakers brainstorming will make a great statesman."
• "There are always ears on the other side of the wall."
• "There is no silver here: three hundred taels."
• "A tiger never returns to his prey he did not finish off."
• "Vicious as a tigeress can be, she never eats her own cubs."
• "Waiting for a rabbit to hit upon a tree and be killed in order to catch it."
• "We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to a halt."
• "A weasel comes to say 'Happy New Year' to the chickens."
• "When you are poor, neighbors close by will not come; once you become rich, you'll be surprised by visits from [alleged] relatives afar."
• "Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook."
• "You can't catch a cub without going into the tiger's den."
• "You think you lost your horse? Who knows, he may bring a whole herd back to you someday."
• "You won't help shoots grow by pulling them up higher."
• "You can't expect both ends of a sugar cane are as sweet."
• "Your fingers can't be of the same length."
• "Three feet of ice not result from one day of freezing weather. "