A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

Bshn sh zh b shnzhng.

Actions speak louder than words.

Shsh shng y xingbin.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Hunnn jin zhnqng.

A fox may grow gray but never good.

Jingshn y gi, bnxng nn y.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Shn sh zh shnzhng.

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

B zu ku xnsh, bp gu qio mn.

A good medicine tastes bitter.

Lingyo kku.

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

Jnz zh jio dn rshu.

All roads lead to Rome.

Tio tio dl tng lum.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Sh zh hol, ch zh qinl.

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Y yn hi yn, yyhiy.

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

Y r zh j ziy chn.

A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.

Shn zhng bp yngzi xi.

A wise head makes a close mouth.

Zhnrn b luxing, luxing fi zhnrn.

A word spoken is past recalling.

Y yn jch, sm nn zhu.

A young idler an old beggar.

Shozhung b nl, lod t shng bi.

Bad news has wings.

Hosh b chmn, huish chun qinl.

Beauty lies in the love's eyes.

Qngrn yn l ch xsh.

Caution is the parent of safety.

Xioxn sh d wnnin chun.

Content is better than riches.

Zhz zh chng l.

Do as you would be done by.

J su b y, w sh y rn.

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

Jnr sh, jnr b.

Every day is not Sunday.

Hojng b chng zi.

Failure is the mother of success.

Shbi sh chnggng zh m.

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Mng qing y du, njin nn fng.

Fields have eyes and woods have ears.

G qing yu r.

Fool's haste is no speed.

Y s z b d.

Great minds think alike.

Yngxing sujin l tng.

He who does not advance loses ground.

Nshuxngzhu, b jn z tu.

If you make yourself an ass don't complain if people ride you.

Rn shn bi rn q, m shn bi rn q.

If you venture nothing you will have nothing.

B r hxu, yn d h zi.

It is better to die when life is a disgrace.

Nng wi ysu, b wi wqun.

It is the unforeseen that always happens.

Tin yu bc fngyn, rn yu dnx huf.

Judge not from appearances.

Rn bk moxing, hishu bk du ling.

Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.

Jn zh zh ch, jn m zh hi.

Lookers-on see more than players.

Dngjzhm, pnggunzhqng.

Losers are always in the wrong.

Shngzh wi wng, bizh wi ku.

Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.

Yuxn zi huhu bu f, wxn ch li lichngyn.

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.

Hunnn jin zhnqng.

No man is content.

Rnxn bz sh tn xing.

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

Shshng wnn sh, zh p yuxnrn.

Old sin makes new shame.

Y shz chng qing hn.

Once bitten twice shy.

Y zho bi sh yo, sh nin p co shng.

One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.

Biwn br yjin.

Take things as they come.

J li zh, z nzh.

The pot calls the kettle black.

Wsh b xio bi b.

There is a skeleton in the cupboard.

Ji ji yu bn nn nin de jng.

The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.

Shu nng zi zhu, y nng f zhu.

The wise man knows he knows nothing the fool thinks he knows all.

Qng zh z qng, zhu zh z zhu.

The world is but a little place after all.

Hi nicn zhj, tiny ru bln.