中 国 成 语（第二十九期）
(Chinese sayings and proverbs)
(何国龙收集整理)

·知彼知己，百战不殆
Knowing one’s situation and that of the enemy guantees victory in every battle.

·种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
One reaps what he sows.

· 毛出在羊身上
Without a sheep,there can be no wool.
or: The benefit comes from a price one has paid.

·老吾老以及人之老
to take care of one’s own aged parents first and then extend the same care to the aged people in general.

·说曹操，曹操就到
Talk of the devil and the devil appears.

·谋事在人，成事在天
Man proposes but god disposes.

·近朱者赤，近墨者黑
Good companion have good influence while bad ones have bad influence.

·道高一尺，魔高一丈
The force of evil always manages to beat the force of law.

·远水救不了近火
Water from afar cannot quench a nearby fire.

·得道多助，失道寡助
A just cause enjoys abundant support while an unjust cause finds little support.

·麻雀虽小，五脏俱全
The sparrow may be small but it has all the vital organs.

·比上不足，比下有余
to fall short of the best,but be better than the worst.

·不管三七二十一
regardless of the consequences.

·不入虎穴，焉得虎子
How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger’s lairs.

·大事化小，小事化了
to turn big problems into small problems and small problems into no problems at all.

·当局者迷，旁观者清
The spectators see the chess game better than the players.