Chinese idioms in English (9)

A single flower does not make a spring.
一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。
A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆豐年。
A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓於健康的身體。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不補，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，駟馬難追。
A year’s plan starts with spring.
一年之計在於春。
A young idler, an old beggar.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
Bad news has wings.
好事不出門，壞事傳千裏。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love’s eyes.
情人眼裏出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。
Better late than never.
不怕慢，單怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
問路總比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之間不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血濃於水。
Blood will have blood.
血債血償。
Books and friends should be few but good.
讀書如交友，應求少而精。
Business is business.
公事公辦。
Business is the salt of life.
事業是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一葉障目，不見泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
謹慎和勤奮才能抓住機遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心駛得萬年船。
Cheats never prosper.
騙人發不了財。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言傳。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
擇書如擇友。
Come what may, heaven won’t fall.
做你的吧，天塌不下來。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
學習的敵人是自己的滿足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，繩鋸木斷。
Content is better than riches.
知足者常樂。
Count one’s chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先數雛。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
來而不往非禮也。