有其父必有其子。 Like father, like son.
　　一报还一报。 Like for like.
　　惺惺相惜。 Like knows like.
　　有其母必有其女。 Like mother, like daughter.
　　什麽样的老师教什麽样的学生。 Like teacher, like pupil.
　　羊毛出在羊身上。 Like tree, like fruit.
　　小人无大志。 Little things amuse little minds.
　　摸清情况再行动。 Look before you leap.
　　当局者迷，旁观者清。 Lookers-on see more than players.
　　胜者为王，败者为寇。 Losers are always in the wrong.
　　岁月既往，一去不回。 Lost time is never found again.
　　一见锺情。 Love at first sight.
　　爱情不能强求。 Love cannot be compelled.
　　爱情是盲目的。 Love is blind.
　　爱情充满烦恼。 Love is full of trouble.
　　良机勿失。 Make hay while the sun shines.
　　化敌为友。 Make your enemy your friend.
　　人是万物之灵。 Man is the soul of the universe.
　　谋事在人，成事在天。 Man proposes, God disposes.
　　为人拾柴火焰高。 Many hands make light work.
　　三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。 Many heads are better than one.
　　有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。 Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
　　针锋相对。 Measure for measure.
　　祸不单行。 Misfortunes never come alone.
　　患难见真情。 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
　　纸包不住火。 Murder will out.
　　儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。 My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
　　天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。 Nature is the true law.
　　需要是发明的动力。 Necessity is the mother of invention.
　　不要混水摸鱼。 Never fish in trouble water.
　　不可以貌取人。 Never judge from appearances.
　　永不言败。 Never say die.
　　亡羊补牢，为时未晚。 Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
　　旧瓶装新酒。 New wine in old bottles.
　　不经历风雨，怎样见彩虹。 No cross, no crown.
　　没有不长草的园子。 No garden without its weeds.
　　世上没有万事通。 No living man all things can.
　　一心不可二用。 No man can do two things at once.
　　没有生而知之者。 No man is born wise or learned.
　　人心不足蛇吞象。 No man is content.
　　聪明一世，糊涂一时。 No man is wise at all times.
　　没有消息就是好消息。 No news is good news.
　　昨日不会重现。 No one can call back yesterday.
　　没有付出就没有收获。 No pains, no gains.
　　没有苦就没有乐。 No pleasure without pain.
　　没有不带刺的玫瑰。 No rose without a thorn.
　　先苦後甜。 No sweet without sweat.
　　无风不起浪。 No smoke without fire.
　　不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Nothing brave, nothing have.
　　眼眺F得最快。 Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
　　世上无难事，只怕有心人。 Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
　　世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
　　没有追求就没有收获。 Nothing seek, nothing find.
　　外出旅行，语言最要紧。 Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
　　世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。 Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
　　不进则退。 Not to advance is to go back.
　　不懂世故，幼稚可笑。 Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
　　军人以服从命令为天职。 Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
　　观察是最好的老师。 Observation is the best teacher.
　　进攻是最好的防御。 Offense is the best defense.
　　陈酒味醇，老友情深。 Old friends and old wines are best.
　　一失足成千古恨。 Old sin makes new shame.
　　一次老，两次小。 Once a man and twice a child.
　　偷盗一次，做贼一世。 Once a thief, always a thief.
　　一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 Once bitten, twice shy.
　　一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚为水喝，三个和尚没水喝。 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
　　时钟不能倒转。 One cannot put back the clock.
　　百闻不如一见。 One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
　　一著不慎，满盘皆输。 One false move may lose the game.
　　行善积德。 One good turn deserves another.
　　争分夺秒效率高。 One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
　　讲礼貌不吃亏。 One never loses anything by politeness.
　　一燕不成夏。 One swallow does not make a summer.
　　无债一身轻。 Out of debt, out of danger.
　　无官一身轻。 Out of office, out of danger.
　　眼不见，心为静。 Out of sight, out of mind.
　　忍耐是良药。 Patience is the best remedy.
　　贪小便宜吃大亏。 Penny wise, pound foolish.
　　正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。 Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
　　贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。 Please the eye and plague the heart.
　　苦尽甘来。 Pleasure comes through toil.
　　竹篮子打水一场空。 Pour water into a sieve.
　　熟能生巧。 Practice makes perfect.
　　恭维话不能当饭吃。 Praise is not pudding.
　　好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。 Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
　　宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 Prefer loss to unjust gain.
　　预防胜於治疗。 Prevention is better than cure.
　　骄傲使人落後。 Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
　　一诺千金。 Promise is debt.
　　谚语是日常经验的结晶。 Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
　　火中取栗。 Pull the chestnut out of fire.
　　本末倒置。 Put the cart before the horse.
　　鼎力相助。 Put your shoulder to the wheel.
　　开卷有益。 Reading enriches the mind.
　　读书健脑，运动强身。 Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
　　要人尊敬，必须自重。 Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
　　冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 Rome is not built in a day.
　　言行不一。 Saying is one thing and doing another.
　　眼见为实。 Seeing is believing.
　　实事求是。 Seek the truth from facts.
　　智者当差，不用交代。 Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
　　以贼捉贼。 Set a thief to catch a thief.
　　好朋友勤算账。 Short accounts make long friends.
　　聊胜於无。 Something is better than nothing.
　　学得快，忘得快。 Soon learn, soon forgotten.
　　熟得快，烂得快。 Soon ripe, soon rotten.
　　能言是银，沈默是金。 Speech is silver, silence is gold.
　　静水常深。 Still water run deep.
　　趁热打铁。 Strike the iron while it is hot.