Alex_01 Posted December 31, 2013 at 03:39 AM Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 at 03:39 AM In this part of the blog you can share chinese proverbs if possible with english meaning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooironic Posted January 1, 2014 at 09:34 PM Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 at 09:34 PM You may find these two posts on my blog useful: 23 Actually Useful Proverbs (谚语) 33 Proverbs that Translate Well Between English and Mandarin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Mao Posted January 7, 2014 at 05:11 PM Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 at 05:11 PM My favorites: 画蛇添足 Drawing feet on a snake: to ruin a successful effort by going to far. Not knowing when to stop. 班门弄斧 To show off your skill with an axe in front of a famous axe-weilder's front door: to show off in front of experts (very useful when a native Mandarin speaker compliments you on your Chinese) 拔苗助长 To try to make the plants grow faster by pulling on them: to ruin something by acting when you should just leave it alone. Doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. Overeagerness. 乱七八糟 Chaotic, messed up, disorganized 对牛弹琴 Playing a violin to a cow: wasting your time by doing something good for someone who can't appreciate it. I often use it self-deprecatingly for some part of Chinese culture or entertainment I don't enjoy much, to clarify the problem is MY taste, not the entertainment. Roughly equivalent to Pearls before swine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deezy Posted September 17, 2014 at 05:40 PM Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 at 05:40 PM Has anyone ever heard of some possibly old Chinese sayings: Of pure heart of one mind. To have and to hold is a beautiful thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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