Chinese Proverb: 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 (What’s near cinnabar goes red, and what’s next to ink turns black.)

Chinese Proverb: 机不可失，时不再来 (When an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you.)

Chinese Proverb: 画蛇添足 (To draw a snake and add feet to it.)

Chinese Proverb: 画龙点睛 (To paint a dragon and dot its eyes.)

Chinese Proverb: 行百里者半九十 (Those who intend to walk a hundred miles often stop at ninety.)

Chinese Proverb: 海阔凭鱼跃，天高任鸟飞 (The sea’s breadth allows the fish to leap; the sky’s emptiness lets birds fly.)

Chinese Proverb: 民以食为天 (The masses regard sufficient food as their heaven.)

Chinese Proverb: 瓜田不纳履，李下不正冠 (Don’t put on your shoes in a melon patch; nor adjust your cap under a plum tree.)

Chinese Proverb: 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 (Sweep the snow from before your door, and never mind the frost on your neighbour’s roof.)

Chinese Proverb: 风马牛不相及 (to have nothing in common)

Chinese Proverb: 放长线，钓大鱼 (to throw a long line to catch a big fish)

Chinese Proverb: 多一事不如少一事 (Let sleeping dogs lie.)

Chinese Proverb: 读书破万卷，下笔如有神 (Having pored over ten thousand volumes, one can write with godly power.)

Chinese Proverb: 滴水之恩，涌泉相报 (For the favour of a drop of water, pay back a gushing fountain.)

Chinese Proverb: 车到山前必有路 (At the foot of a hill, there is a new way for the chariot —— in the end things will soon improve.)