A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善終。
A bad bush is better than the open field.
有勝於無。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
再差的和解也比勝訴強。
A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart.
做賊心虛。
A bad custom is like a good cake， better broken than kept.
好蛋糕莫保留，壞習氣要除掉/壞習慣像新鮮餡餅，分食要比保好。
A bad padlock invites a picklock.
開門揖盜。
A bad thing never dies.
遺臭萬年。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
拙匠常抱怨工具。
A beggars purse is bottomless.
乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
A bird is known by its note， and a man by his talk.
聞其聲知其鳥，聽其言知其人。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.
聊勝於無。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that its the boundary of the world.
坐井觀天。
A blind man will not thank you for a lookingglass.
秋波送盲，白費癡情。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
書是始終如一的，永遠不會改變。
A book that remains shut is but a block.
沒人翻的書就如一塊木頭。
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
借來的鬥篷不暖身。
Absence sharpens love， presence strengthens it.
相聚愛益切，離別情更深。
A burden of one’s choice is not felt.
自己選的擔子不嫌重。
A burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
燃燒自己，照亮別人。
A cat may look at a king.
貓也有權覲見國王。
Accidents will happen.
天有不測風雲。
A change of work is as good as a rest.
變化工作內容是很好的休息。
A cheerful wife is the joy of life.
快樂的妻子是生活的樂事。
A clean hand wants no washing.
不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
問心無愧，高枕無憂。
A clear conscience is a sure card.
光明磊落，勝券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
身正不怕影子斜。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
寧為清貧，不為濁富。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病從口入。
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
夜郎自大。
A common danger causes common action.
同仇敵愾。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厭。
A contented mind is perpetual feast.
知足常樂。
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
貪心於人無益，於己有害。
A crafty knave needs no broker.
狡猾的無賴不需中間人。
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.
戶樞不蠹。
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
行動是知識的佳果。
Actions’s peak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.
不滿足者坐無寧時。
A disease known is half cured.