More Chinese Proverbs

With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm.... >>

Like ants eating a bone... >>

Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve... >>

When you bow, bow low.... >>

There is no one to sweep a common hall.... >>

Other Proverbs

Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight.... (Italian) >>

Nip sin in the bud.... (French) >>

When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war.... (French) >>

Paper bears anything.... (French) >>

Maturity consists of no longer being taken in by oneself.... (French) >>

Prepare for calamity not yet in bud.

- Chinese Proverb