1、三更灯火五更鸡，正是男儿读书时。 The lights on the third watch and the chickens at the fifth watch are just when the boys are reading.
2、不摸锅底手不黑，不拿油瓶手不腻。 Do not touch the bottom of the pot, hands are not black, do not take the oil bottle is not greasy.
3、不摸锅底手不黑，不拿油瓶手不腻！ Do not touch the bottom of the pot, hands are not black, do not take the oil bottle is not greasy!
4、不笑补，不笑破，只笑日子不会过。 If you don't laugh, you can't make up for it.
5、为群众大局而争不为个人名利而争。 Fight for the overall interests of the masses, not for personal fame and wealth.
6、事情的开端，都会有困难。 There will be difficulties in the beginning of things.
7、人在屋檐下，不得不低头。 People under the eaves have to bow their heads.
8、人穷志不穷，富人无长志。 The rich have no long aspirations.
9、人穷志短，马瘦毛长。 A man of poverty and ambition is short, and his horse is thin and long.
10、做一行，怨一行，到老不在行。 Do a line, complain a line, to the old is not good at.
11、刀不快，石上磨。人不会，世上学。 If the knife is not fast, grind it on the stone. People don't. the world goes to school.
12、千学不如一看，千看不如一练。 It is better to have a look than to learn a thousand, and to practice a thousand times.
13、发回水，积层泥；经一事，长一智。 If you send back water, you will accumulate mud.
14、只向良言低头，不向刀枪弯腰。 Bow to good words, not to swords and guns.
15、只有上不去的天，没有做不成的事。 There is nothing that can't be done.
16、只给君子看门，不给小人当家。 Only for gentlemen, not for villains.
17、吃尽苦中苦，方为人上人。 He who has suffered a lot is a master.
18、善于做小事，才能够完成伟大的事业。 Be good at small things, you can accomplish great things.
19、团结就是力量。 Unity is strength.
20、好男儿志在四方。 A good man is ambitious.
21、宁当鸡头，不当凤尾。 Better be a chicken head than a chicken tail.
22、富贵不忘贫贱友，身荣休弃糟糠妻。 Rich and noble do not forget poor friends, body glory, abandon wife.
23、成家子粪如宝，败家子钱如草。 If you have a family, dung is like treasure; if you are a loser, your money will be like grass.
24、抓住今天，尽可能少依赖明天。 Seize today and rely on tomorrow as little as possible.
25、星星之火，可以燎原。 A single spark can start a prairie fire.
26、有苦干的精神，事情便成功了一半。 If you have the spirit of hard work, you will be half successful.
27、有钱难买少年时，失落光阴无处寻。 When money is hard to buy, lost time is nowhere to be found.
28、树不修，长不直；人不学，没知识。 If a tree is not built, it will not grow straight.
29、树老根多，人老识多。 Many old trees and many old people know.
30、欲得真学问，须下苦工夫。 If you want true knowledge, you have to work hard.
31、水往下流，人争上游。 The water flows down and people fight for the upper reaches.
32、熟能生巧，巧能生精。 Practice makes perfect, skill makes essence.
33、燕雀安知鸿鹄之志哉。 The bird knows the ambition of a swan.
34、知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。 Knowledge can only be progressive, not leap forward.
35、老人不讲古，后生会失谱。 If the old don't talk about the ancients, the posterity will lose their marks.
36、走不完的路，知不完的理。 The end of the road, do not know.
37、逆来顺受，后福无穷；百炼成钢，百忍成圣。 If you accept adversity, you will be blessed forever.
38、飞蛾扑火，非死不止。 A moth to a fire must die.
39、马瘦腿不软，人穷志不短。 A man is not a short horse.
40、鼓不敲不响，理不辩不明。 If the drum does not beat, it will not sound.