Chinese ProverbsDefinitions

Action is everything — Talk doesn't cook rice.

Almsgiving , giving openly will be rewarded in secret.

Anger is as useless as the waves of the ocean without wind.

Anger is a state in which one ought never answer a letter.

Appetite , restrained, avoids debt.

Criticism is always at risk of excess. One should take care not to use a hatchet to remove a fly from a friend's forehead.

Happiness is like a sunbeam which the least shadow intercepts.

Intelligence consists in recognizing opportunity.

Kissing is like drinking salted water in that the thirst increases when drinking thereof.

Learning is a treasure no thief can touch.

Learning is a weightless treasure that is easily carried.

Lending should never be done with the feckless — lending to the feckless is like pelting a stray dog with dumplings.