良缘由夙缔佳偶自天成;良缘由夙缔佳偶自天成下一句
桃李不言，下自成蹊；道旁苦李，为人所弃。
Peaches and plums do not say, a path beneath; the bitter plum beside the road is abandoned by others.
识时务者为俊杰，昧先几者非明哲。
Those who suit their actions to the times is wise, those who do not suit their actions at times are not wise.
事先败而后成，曰失之东隅，收之桑榆；事将成而终止，曰为山九仞，功亏一篑。
Fail before you succeed, it can be said that you lost at sunrise but gained at sunset. Things will become and stop, say the mountain nine fathons, work loss a spring.
可憎者，人情冷暖；可厌者，世态炎凉。
Abomination, human cold and warm; repulsive, the world is cold.
以铜为鉴，可整衣冠；以古为鉴，可知兴替。
With copper as a mirror, can be whole dress; taking the ancient as a mirror, we can know the vicissitudes.
沧海桑田，谓世事之多变；河清海晏，兆天下之升平。
Time brings a great change to the worlds; the Yellow river is clear and the seas are calm, the world of prosperity.
藏世界于一粟，佛法何其大；贮乾坤于一壶，道法何其玄。
Hiding the world in a drop, how big is the Dharma; store the universe in a pot, Dao how mysterious.
心多过虑，何异杞人忧天；事不量力，不殊夸父追日。
Heart more than worry, why different worrywart; things do not measure, not special Kua Fu sun.
当知器滿则倾，须知物极必反。
When you know something is full, you should know that things are reversed.
智欲圆而行欲方，胆欲大而心欲小。
Wisdom is round and action is square, courage is big and heart is small.
管中窥豹，所见不多；坐井观天，知识不广。
See not much; the knowledge is not wide
不凡之子，必异其生；大德之人，必得其寿。
Uncommon son, will be born differently; A man of great virtue will live long.
尔我同心，曰金兰；朋友相资，曰丽泽。
I concentric, said gold Lan; Friends share capital, said Lize.
肝胆相照，斯为腹心之友；意气不孚，谓之口头之交。
As a friend of the heart; Spirit is not flowing, that is, oral communication.
为善则流芳百世，为恶则遗臭万年。
Good will be remembered throughout the ages, evil will be remembered forever.
刻舟求剑，固而不通；胶柱鼓瑟，拘而不化。
Take measures without attention to the change, solid and impassable; stick to old ways stubbornly in the face, detained without digesting.
多才之士，才储八斗；博学之德，学富五车。
He who is a versatile man, his talents can have eight buckets of storage; and more than five cars in erudite virtuous.
治乱之药石，刑罚为重；兴平之梁肉，德教为先。
The medicine stone of disorder, the punishment is important; prosperity of girder meat, moral education is first.
冰生于水而寒于水，比学生过于先生；青出于蓝而胜于蓝，谓弟子优于师傅。
Ice born in water and cold water, that mean the student better than the teacher; blue is extracted from the indigo plant, that says the disciple wins the master.
尊卑失序，如冠履倒置；富贵不归，如锦衣夜行。
Out of order, such as crown and shoe upside down; riches and honour do not return, such as the night trip.
气之轻清上浮者为天，气之重浊下凝者为地。
The light air floating for the day, the heavy turbidity of the air coagulation for the ground.
世间最难得者兄弟。
The world’s most rare brother.
混沌初开，乾坤始奠。
The beginning of chaos, the beginning of the universe.
在世百年，那有三万六千日之乐。
Living for one hundred years, there are thirty-six thousand days of joy.
世路之蓁芜当剔，人心之茅塞须开。
The yakwifruit must be cut from the world, and the haste of the heart must be opened.
欲心难厌如溪壑，财物易尽若漏卮。
Desire is difficult to hate such as river gully, property is easy to do if leakage.
福寿康宁，固人之所同欲；死亡疾病，亦人所不能无。
Long live and healthy are all people’s desires; death and sick, also people can not live without.
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网；扬汤止沸，不如去火抽薪。
It is better to retreat and weds; it is better to go to the fire than to stop boiling .
贫士之肠习黎苋，富人之口厌膏梁。
The poor of the intestine purslane, the rich of the mouth loathe cream beam.
良缘由夙缔，佳偶自天成。
Good relation from the long ago, good couple from heaven.
老当益壮，宁知白首之心；穷且益坚，不坠青云之志。
Old and strong, rather know the head of the heart; poor and stronger, do not fall the Qingyun ambition.
木屑竹头，皆为有用之物；牛溲马勃，可备药石之资。
Wood chips and bamboo heads are all useful things; the pee of cow and horse can prepare for materials of medicine stones
民之失德，乾糇以愆；他山之石，可以攻玉。
People’s loss of virtue, monkey to guilt; stones from other mountains can attack jade.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
千金之裘，非一狐之腋；绮罗之辈，非养蚕之人。
The fur that value of thousand gold is not a fox’s armpit; this people wear silk are not silkworm raisers
披星戴月，谓早夜之奔弛；沐雨栉风，谓风尘之劳苦。
The stars and the moon, that early night running; shower and blowing, that row upon row of wind and dust.
韶华不再，吾辈须当惜阴；日月其除，志士正宜待旦。
Youth is no longer, we must cherish the shadow; in addition to the sun and the moon, Volunteers are appropriate to denier.
瓜田李下，事避嫌疑，秋菊春桃，时来尚早。
Melon field and plum tree, things to avoid suspicion, autumn chrysanthemum and spring peach, time is still early
兄弟既翕，谓之花萼相辉；兄弟联芳，谓之棠棣竞秀。
Good Brothers, that calyx phase delight; Brother Lianfang, that begonia’s competition show.
王者聘贤，束帛加壁；真儒抱道，怀瑾握瑜。
King hire wise, bundle and wall; true Confucianism hold road, cover Jin and hand jade.
一息尚存，此志不容少懈。
While you are still alive, you can not slacken your ambition.
惟智者能调，达人自玉。
But the wise can adjust, talent from jade.
鹪鹩巢林，不过一枝；鼹鼠饮河，不过满腹。
A nest of cranes, but one, Yan rat drinks the river, a little is full.
绍箕裘，子承父业；恢先绪，子振家声。
Bamboo basket and fur coat make, son inherits father’s business, recover before essentials, son vibration home sound.
鱼目岂可混珠，䟼砆焉能乱玉。
Let not fish‘s eyes be mixed with pearls, and soda doesn’t mess the jade
口中雌黄，言事而多改移；皮里春秋，胸中自有褒贬。
In the mouth, say things and more change; in the spring and autumn period, the heart has its own praise and criticism.
纤指如春笋，媚眼若秋波。
Fiber fingers such as spring bamboo shoots, beauty eyes likes autumn‘s wave.
慈母望子，倚门倚闾；游子思亲，陡崓陡屺。
The loving mother looking her son, leaning door and street; the travelling son miss his parents, furthermore the steep.
蒲柳之姿，未秋先槁；姜桂之性，愈老愈辛。
The appearance of Puliu, before autumn haggard; the nature of ginger and cinnamon grows stronger with age.
