( 15 ) 谚语 proverb : 祸莫大于不知足。Woe is greater than what's not enough.

 

祸莫大于不知足。
Woe is greater than what's not enough.

 

出处 source * 老子 * 四十六章
(约 前500--580前 around before the year of 500-580)
作者 author : 李耳，
朝代 dynasty : 先秦

 

相关熟语 related idioms ：
人心不足蛇吞象
A person's unsatisfy heart is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant

 

意思 meaning :
一个人最大的祸害就是不知道满足。
A greater scourge for a person is do not aware the unsatisfaction.

 

劝告 advice :
人们要懂得知足，因为贪心将会带来很大的祸害。
People need to know enough because the greedy will bring great evil.

( 14 )谚语 proverb : 业精于勤，荒于嬉。Mastery of work comes from diligent application, neglect the lessons of study lie in the joy of playing.

 

业精于勤，荒于嬉。
Mastery of work comes from diligent application, neglect the lessons of study lie in the joy of playing. 

 

出处 source * 进学解
作者 author : 韩愈 ，
朝代 dynasty : 唐朝(618-907年year)

 

意思 meaning :
学业的精深在于勤奋学习，而学业的荒废则在于嬉戏欢乐。
Intensive academic learning is due to hard work, but academic is abandoned due to the playful joy. 

 

劝告 advice :
人们不要只顾玩乐而荒废学业，应该勤奋学习，努力进取。
people do not just have fun and forget their studies,  should study hard, hard enterprising.

（13 ）谚语 proverb ： 一日不见，如三秋兮。One day is not seeing, seems like three years. / 一日不见，如隔三秋。One day apart seems like three years.

 

一日不见，如三秋兮。
One day is not seeing, seems like three years. /
一日不见，如隔三秋。
One day apart seems like three years.

 

意思 meaning :
非常想念某一个人。
miss someone very much.

出处 source * 诗经 * 王风 * 采葛

（ 12 ）谚语 proverb ： 亡羊而补牢，未为迟也。Mend the fold after the sheep is lost, it is still not too late.

 

 

亡羊而补牢，未为迟也。
Mend the fold after the sheep is lost, it is still not too late.

 

出处 source * 战国策 * 楚策四
朝代 dynasty : 先秦(before 前221年year)

 

意思 meaning :
羊儿走失了就赶快修补羊圈，也不算迟。
Sheep was lost so repair the sheepfold quickly, it is not too late yet.

 

劝告advice :
一旦发现了问题要及时补救，从错误中吸取教训，还来得及去避免以后将出现同样的问题。
Once found the problem to be remedied immediately, learn from mistakes, not too late to avoid the same problem will occur again in future.

( 11 ) 谚语 proverb : 一语为重百金轻。A single phrase is heavier, the hundreds of golden are lighter.

一语为重百金轻。
A single phrase is heavier, the hundred of gold is lighter.

出处 source * 商鞅
作者author : 王安石，
朝代 dynasty : 宋朝(960-1279年year)

意思 meaning ：
一句话的分量比一百两黄金还重。
A phrase is heavier than the weight of a hundred of gold.

劝告advice :
人要守信用，实践诺言。如果失去了信用，以后做事遇到困难时就会困难重重了。
People want to keep and practice the promise. If you lose a credit,  difficulties will encounter difficulties in the future when you meet troubles in your work.

信用 credit / trustworthy

两 two/both/couple/ a small unit of measurement

一百 one hundred
一百两黄金 a hundred of gold
（一两 = 0. 0387kg ， 30g (old) /50g (new) ）

( 10 ) 谚语 proverb : 小时了了，大未必佳。Intelligent in childhood, when grow up is not always better.

 

小时了了，大未必佳。
Intelligent in childhood,  when grow up is not always better.

 

出处 source * 世说新语 * 言语
作者 author : 刘义庆，
朝代 dynasty : 南北朝 (420 - 589年year)

 

意思 meaning :
小时候很聪明，长大后未必是特出的人才。
A child is very smart in his or her childhood but when he or she grows up will not be the person of outstanding talents.

 

劝告 advice :
一个天资聪颖的人也要经过被栽培后及其本身的努力，长大后才能有卓越的表现。
A talented person is also needed to be cultivated and with his or her own efforts, then he or she will have excellent performance when they grow up .

 

天资 talent                   他 he     他的 his
聪颖 intelligent            她 she   她的 her
栽培 cultivate
本身 own = 自己 self
特出 / 优秀 outstanding
卓越 excellent
表现 performance

( 9 ) 谚语 proverb : 敏而好学，不耻下问。Smart and eager to learn, not feel ashamed to ask.

 

敏而好学，不耻下问。
Smart and eager to learn, not feel ashamed to ask.

 

出处 source * 论语* 公治长
朝代 dynasty : 先秦(前before221年year)

 

意思 meaning :
聪敏而又喜爱学习的人，即使向学识比自己低的人请教，也不需要觉得羞耻。
a person who is smart and love to learn, even ask from the lower than his or her own level of knowledges,  nothing to be felt ashamed.

 

劝告advice :
人们要虚心地向别人学习。
people humbly want to learn from others.