- The cunning hare has three burrows
- The eyes are wide but the stomach is narrow
- A good friend shields you from the storm
- As a pig fears getting fat, so a man fears renown
- Tigers and deer do not walk together
- Ants can move even a mighty mountain
- Observers can see a chess game more clearly than players
- Genuine gold fears no fire
- Crows are black the world over
- A single spark can set a prairie on fire
- When the rabbits are dead the hounds that tracked them will be cooked
- You cannot satisfy hunger by drawing a cake
- Serving the powerful is like sleeping with a tiger
- Rivers and mountains are more easily changed than a man’s nature
- Distance tests the endurance of a horse; time reveals a man’s character
- When a tree falls, the monkeys scatter
- Water can both sustain and sink a ship
- It is difficult to get off a tiger’s back
- A swallow cannot know the lofty ambitions of an eagle
- If you do not brave the tiger’s lair, how can you capture the cub?
- When you drink water, remember the source
- A lean dog shames its master
- Water can drip through stone
- A swarm of mosquitoes can sound like thunder
- On earth no feast lasts forever
- It is easy to dodge a spear you can see, difficult to guard against an arrow shot from hiding
- Do not climb a tree to look for fish
- Better to make a net than to yearn for fish at the edge of a pond
- Sow melon, reap melon; sow beans, reap beans
- A good bee never takes pollen from a fallen flower
- A cornered rat will bite the cat
- A person without a smiling face should not open a shop
- You do not need a butcher’s knife to kill a chicken
- A tree has its roots ,a stream its source
- Ivory does not come out of a dog’s mouth
- An old horse knows the way
- Good medicine is bitter to the taste
- You cannot help shoots grow by pulling them up
- Better to be a rooster’s beak than a bull’s rump
- Trees may prefer calm, but the wind will not subside
- A mouse can see only an inch
- Do not wait until you’re thirsty to dig a well
- The sparrow may be a small but it has all the vital organs
- When weeding, destroy the roots
- Do not kill the hen for her eggs
- If the horse dies, then you have to walk
- Rats know the way of rats
- You cannot clip with one hand
- Flowers look different to different eyes
- A man is judged by his clothes, a horse by its saddle
- Spilt water cannot be retrieved
- One foot cannot stand on two boats
- Better to do without books than to believe everything they say
- If you do not climb the mountain, you will not see the plain
- An avaricious person is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant
- When you paint a dragon, dot its eyes
- It does not matter if the cat is black or white so long as it catches rats
- Beware the person with a Buddha’s mouth and a snake’s heart
