只要工夫深，鐵杵磨成針。

只要工夫深，鐵杵磨成針。生字 / Vocabulary:

只要 -as long as; if

工夫 -skill; work; effort

深 -deep

鐵杵 -iron bar

磨 -mill, grind, rub, polish, sharpen

針 -needle

只要工夫深，鐵杵磨成針。英文翻譯 / English Translation：

An iron pestle can be ground down to a needle.

意思 / Meaning：

Steady efforts can work miracles.

例子 / Example：http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZstub39mNI

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。生字:

近 -接近 (near)

朱 - 硃砂 (vermilion; cinnabar)

者 - (person)

赤 - 紅色 (red)

墨 -墨汁 (ink; China ink)

黑 -黑色 (black)

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 Vermilion is a brilliant red or scarlet pigment

originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar, and is also the name of the resulting color.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。英文翻譯：

One who mixes with vermilion will turn red, one who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith

意思：

Good companions have good influence while bad ones have bad influence

例子：http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBXP8WjqJQ

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

平生不作虧心事，半夜敲門也不驚。

生字:

平生 -normally during lifetime

不作 -not do

虧心事 -shameful deed

半夜 -midnight

敲門 -knock on the door

也不驚 -also not scared

平生不作虧心事，半夜敲門也不驚。

英文翻譯：

Because of not doing anything shameful, there is no need to be afraid of door knocking during midnight.

意思：

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

例子：

平生不作虧心事，半夜敲門也不驚。

一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰。

一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰

生字:

一寸 -one inch

光陰 -time

金 -gold

難買 -hard to buy

一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰。英文翻譯：

An inch of time is worth an inch of gold

意思：

Time is money, time is precious, time is gold

例子：

己所不欲，勿施於人。

己所不欲，勿施於人。生字:

己 -自己 (myself)

不欲 -不想要 (don’t want)

勿 -不要 (don’t)

施 -給 (give)

己所不欲，勿施於人。英文翻譯：

What you don’t want yourselves, do not give to other people.

意思：

Do not do to others what you don't want to be done to you.

例子：

己所不欲，勿施於人。

平時不燒香，臨急抱佛腳。

平時不燒香，臨急抱佛腳。生字:

平時 -normally

不燒香 -don’t burn incense

臨急 -suddenly in a hurry

抱 -hug

佛腳 -buddha’s feet

平時不燒香，臨急抱佛腳。英文翻譯：

Not burning incense normally, hugging buhha’sfeet during rush.

意思：To work hard just before the deadline; Face to make a hasty last-minute effort urgently; procrastinate

例子：

平時不燒香，臨急抱佛腳。

病從口入，禍從口出。

病從口入，禍從口出。生字:

病 -illness

從 -from

口入 -enter from the mouth

禍 -trouble

口出 -goes out by the mouth

病從口入，禍從口出。英文翻譯：

Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it

意思：

Illness comes from food and trouble from speech

例子：

學如逆水行舟，不進則退。

學如逆水行舟，不進則退。生字:

學 -learning

如 -is like; as if

逆水 -against the current

行舟 -sailing a boat

不進 -not advancing/moving forward

則退 -will be moved back/retreated

學如逆水行舟，不進則退。英文翻譯：

Learning is like rowing upstream, not to advance is to drop back.

意思：

Either to keep progressing or to be washed backward

例子：

學如逆水行舟，不進則退。