jìn
zhū
zhě
chì
jìn
mò
zhě
hēi
What's near cinnabar goes red, and what's next to ink turns black.
dào
yuǎn
zhī
jì
shì
wěi
zhī
xián
It takes a long journey to identify a good horse, and the world's hypocrisy and cunning to identify a wise man.
dào
gāo
yī
chǐ
mó
gāo
yī
zhàng
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.
dào
gāo
yì
ān
shì
gāo
yì
wēi
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger.
qiè
ér
bù
shě
jīn
shí
kě
lòu
carve without stop,even metal and stone can be engraved.
nán
dé
zhě
shí
yì
shī
zhě
jī
Hard won, easy lost.
mí
bù
yǒu
chū
xiān
kè
yǒu
zhōng
All things have a beginning but few can the end.
jū
gōng
jìn
cuì
sǐ
ér
hòu
yǐ
bend one's back to the task until one's dying day.
shùn
tiān
zhě
chāng
nì
tiān
zhě
wáng
Those who obey the mandate of heaven will prosper, while those who defy it will perish.
mó
gāo
yī
chǐ
dào
gāo
yī
zhàng
A vice rises one foot virtues rise ten.
