只要工夫深，鐵杵磨成針。

只要工夫深，鐵杵磨成針。
生字 / Vocabulary:

只要 -as long as; if

工夫 -skill; work; effort
深 -deep
鐵杵 -iron bar
磨 -mill, grind, rub, polish, sharpen
針 -needle
只要工夫深，鐵杵磨成針。
英文翻譯 / English Translation：
An iron pestle can be ground down to a
needle.

意思 / Meaning：
Steady efforts can work miracles.

例子 / Example：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZstub39mNI
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
生字:

近 -接近 (near)
朱 - 硃砂 (vermilion; cinnabar)
者 - (person)
赤 - 紅色 (red)
墨 -墨汁 (ink; China ink)
黑 -黑色 (black)
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
 Vermilion is a brilliant red or scarlet pigment
originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar,
and is also the name of the resulting color.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
英文翻譯：
One who mixes with vermilion will turn red, one who
touches pitch shall be defiled therewith

意思：
Good companions have good influence while bad ones
have bad influence

例子：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBXP8WjqJQ
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
平生不作虧心事，半夜敲門也不驚。
平生不作虧心事，半夜敲門也不驚。
生字:

平生 -normally during lifetime

不作 -not do
虧心事 -shameful deed
半夜 -midnight
敲門 -knock on the door
也不驚 -also not scared
平生不作虧心事，半夜敲門也不驚。
英文翻譯：
Because of not doing anything shameful, there
is no need to be afraid of door knocking during
midnight.

意思：
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder

例子：
一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰。
一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰
生字:

一寸 -one inch
光陰 -time
金 -gold
難買 -hard to buy
一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰。
英文翻譯：
An inch of time is worth an inch of gold

意思：
Time is money, time is precious, time is
gold

例子：
己所不欲，勿施於人。
己所不欲，勿施於人。
生字:

己 -自己 (myself)
不欲 -不想要 (don’t want)
勿 -不要 (don’t)
施 -給 (give)
己所不欲，勿施於人。
英文翻譯：
What you don’t want yourselves, do not give to
other people.

意思：
Do not do to others what you don't want to be
done to you.

例子：
己所不欲，勿施於人。
平時不燒香，臨急抱佛腳。
平時不燒香，臨急抱佛腳。
生字:

平時 -normally
不燒香 -don’t burn incense
臨急 -suddenly in a hurry
抱 -hug
佛腳 -buddha’s feet
平時不燒香，臨急抱佛腳。
英文翻譯：
Not burning incense normally, hugging buhha’s
feet during rush.

意思：
To work hard just before the deadline; Face to
make a hasty last-minute effort urgently;
procrastinate

例子：
平時不燒香，臨急抱佛腳。
病從口入，禍從口出。
病從口入，禍從口出。
生字:
病 -illness
從 -from
口入 -enter from the mouth
禍 -trouble
口出 -goes out by the mouth
病從口入，禍從口出。
英文翻譯：
Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it

意思：
Illness comes from food and trouble from
speech

例子：
學如逆水行舟，不進則退。
學如逆水行舟，不進則退。
生字:

學 -learning
如 -is like; as if
逆水 -against the current
行舟 -sailing a boat
不進 -not advancing/moving forward
則退 -will be moved back/retreated
學如逆水行舟，不進則退。
英文翻譯：
Learning is like rowing upstream, not to
advance is to drop back.

意思：
Either to keep progressing or to be washed
backward

例子：
學如逆水行舟，不進則退。