良緣由夙締佳偶自天成;良緣由夙締佳偶自天成下一句
桃李不言，下自成蹊；道旁苦李，為人所棄。
Peaches and plums do not say, a path beneath; the bitter plum beside the road is abandoned by others.
識時務者為俊杰，昧先幾者非明哲。
Those who suit their actions to the times is wise, those who do not suit their actions at times are not wise.
事先敗而后成，曰失之東隅，收之桑榆；事將成而終止，曰為山九仞，功虧一簣。
Fail before you succeed, it can be said that you lost at sunrise but gained at sunset. Things will become and stop, say the mountain nine fathons, work loss a spring.
可憎者，人情冷暖；可厭者，世態炎涼。
Abomination, human cold and warm; repulsive, the world is cold.
以銅為鑒，可整衣冠；以古為鑒，可知興替。
With copper as a mirror, can be whole dress; taking the ancient as a mirror, we can know the vicissitudes.
滄海桑田，謂世事之多變；河清海晏，兆天下之升平。
Time brings a great change to the worlds; the Yellow river is clear and the seas are calm, the world of prosperity.
藏世界于一粟，佛法何其大；貯乾坤于一壺，道法何其玄。
Hiding the world in a drop, how big is the Dharma; store the universe in a pot, Dao how mysterious.
心多過慮，何異杞人憂天；事不量力，不殊夸父追日。
Heart more than worry, why different worrywart; things do not measure, not special Kua Fu sun.
當知器滿則傾，須知物極必反。
When you know something is full, you should know that things are reversed.
智欲圓而行欲方，膽欲大而心欲小。
Wisdom is round and action is square, courage is big and heart is small.
管中窺豹，所見不多；坐井觀天，知識不廣。
See not much; the knowledge is not wide
不凡之子，必異其生；大德之人，必得其壽。
Uncommon son, will be born differently; A man of great virtue will live long.
爾我同心，曰金蘭；朋友相資，曰麗澤。
I concentric, said gold Lan; Friends share capital, said Lize.
肝膽相照，斯為腹心之友；意氣不孚，謂之口頭之交。
As a friend of the heart; Spirit is not flowing, that is, oral communication.
為善則流芳百世，為惡則遺臭萬年。
Good will be remembered throughout the ages, evil will be remembered forever.
刻舟求劍，固而不通；膠柱鼓瑟，拘而不化。
Take measures without attention to the change, solid and impassable; stick to old ways stubbornly in the face, detained without digesting.
多才之士，才儲八斗；博學之德，學富五車。
He who is a versatile man, his talents can have eight buckets of storage; and more than five cars in erudite virtuous.
治亂之藥石，刑罰為重；興平之梁肉，德教為先。
The medicine stone of disorder, the punishment is important; prosperity of girder meat, moral education is first.
冰生于水而寒于水，比學生過于先生；青出于藍而勝于藍，謂弟子優于師傅。
Ice born in water and cold water, that mean the student better than the teacher; blue is extracted from the indigo plant, that says the disciple wins the master.
尊卑失序，如冠履倒置；富貴不歸，如錦衣夜行。
Out of order, such as crown and shoe upside down; riches and honour do not return, such as the night trip.
氣之輕清上浮者為天，氣之重濁下凝者為地。
The light air floating for the day, the heavy turbidity of the air coagulation for the ground.
世間最難得者兄弟。
The world’s most rare brother.
混沌初開，乾坤始奠。
The beginning of chaos, the beginning of the universe.
在世百年，那有三萬六千日之樂。
Living for one hundred years, there are thirty-six thousand days of joy.
世路之蓁蕪當剔，人心之茅塞須開。
The yakwifruit must be cut from the world, and the haste of the heart must be opened.
欲心難厭如溪壑，財物易盡若漏卮。
Desire is difficult to hate such as river gully, property is easy to do if leakage.
福壽康寧，固人之所同欲；死亡疾病，亦人所不能無。
Long live and healthy are all people’s desires; death and sick, also people can not live without.
臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網；揚湯止沸，不如去火抽薪。
It is better to retreat and weds; it is better to go to the fire than to stop boiling .
貧士之腸習黎莧，富人之口厭膏梁。
The poor of the intestine purslane, the rich of the mouth loathe cream beam.
良緣由夙締，佳偶自天成。
Good relation from the long ago, good couple from heaven.
老當益壯，寧知白首之心；窮且益堅，不墜青云之志。
Old and strong, rather know the head of the heart; poor and stronger, do not fall the Qingyun ambition.
木屑竹頭，皆為有用之物；牛溲馬勃，可備藥石之資。
Wood chips and bamboo heads are all useful things; the pee of cow and horse can prepare for materials of medicine stones
民之失德，乾糇以愆；他山之石，可以攻玉。
People’s loss of virtue, monkey to guilt; stones from other mountains can attack jade.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
千金之裘，非一狐之腋；綺羅之輩，非養蠶之人。
The fur that value of thousand gold is not a fox’s armpit; this people wear silk are not silkworm raisers
披星戴月，謂早夜之奔弛；沐雨櫛風，謂風塵之勞苦。
The stars and the moon, that early night running; shower and blowing, that row upon row of wind and dust.
韶華不再，吾輩須當惜陰；日月其除，志士正宜待旦。
Youth is no longer, we must cherish the shadow; in addition to the sun and the moon, Volunteers are appropriate to denier.
瓜田李下，事避嫌疑，秋菊春桃，時來尚早。
Melon field and plum tree, things to avoid suspicion, autumn chrysanthemum and spring peach, time is still early
兄弟既翕，謂之花萼相輝；兄弟聯芳，謂之棠棣競秀。
Good Brothers, that calyx phase delight; Brother Lianfang, that begonia’s competition show.
王者聘賢，束帛加壁；真儒抱道，懷瑾握瑜。
King hire wise, bundle and wall; true Confucianism hold road, cover Jin and hand jade.
一息尚存，此志不容少懈。
While you are still alive, you can not slacken your ambition.
惟智者能調，達人自玉。
But the wise can adjust, talent from jade.
鷦鷯巢林，不過一枝；鼴鼠飲河，不過滿腹。
A nest of cranes, but one, Yan rat drinks the river, a little is full.
紹箕裘，子承父業；恢先緒，子振家聲。
Bamboo basket and fur coat make, son inherits father’s business, recover before essentials, son vibration home sound.
魚目豈可混珠，?砆焉能亂玉。
Let not fish‘s eyes be mixed with pearls, and soda doesn’t mess the jade
口中雌黃，言事而多改移；皮里春秋，胸中自有褒貶。
In the mouth, say things and more change; in the spring and autumn period, the heart has its own praise and criticism.
纖指如春筍，媚眼若秋波。
Fiber fingers such as spring bamboo shoots, beauty eyes likes autumn‘s wave.
慈母望子，倚門倚閭；游子思親，陡崓陡屺。
The loving mother looking her son, leaning door and street; the travelling son miss his parents, furthermore the steep.
蒲柳之姿，未秋先槁；姜桂之性，愈老愈辛。
The appearance of Puliu, before autumn haggard; the nature of ginger and cinnamon grows stronger with age.
