酒後吐真言。
When wine is in, truth is out./ Speak truth after drinking.
經一事長一智
A fall in the pit, a gain in your wit./ By every experience a person gains more wit.
It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水難收。
A Jack of all trades is master of none. 樣樣通樣樣稀鬆
多言惹禍
Talk to much will get you into troubles.
少說少錯
Less talk, less mistakes/ Least said soonest mended
江山易改，本性難移。
A country is easy to change, but its nature cannot be changed./ A crow is never whiter for washing herself often./Old habits die hard/A fox may grow gray, but never good.
別自找麻煩
Don’t ask for trouble.
自找麻煩 invite trouble
有其父必有其子
like father, like son
一知半解 Have a superficial knowledge of/ have have-baked knowledge
小人物易發怒
A little pot soon hot.
活到學到老
Never too old to learn
三思而後行 Think twice before you do.
旁觀者清
A bystander is always clear-minded./A bystander sees through everything
当局者迷，旁观者清 Those closely involved cannot see as clearly as those outside.
末雨綢繆
To repair the house before it rains
謀事在人，成事在天 Man proposes, God disposes.
積少成多
From small increments comes abundance
匆匆結婚，慢慢後悔 Marry in haste and repent at leisure
人不可以貌相
Never judge a person by his appearance/their looks/ Don’t judge a book by its cover
強權即是公理
Might is right
強權能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go.
貪得無饜
Avarice is insatiable.
如欲人不知，除非已莫為 If you don’t want anyone to find out, don’t do it
做事切莫半途而廢
Do not give up halfway
理智去愛 To love in sense/to love with reason
君子 a man of noble character
子欲養而親不待 Sometimes parents pass away before their children have a chance to repay their hard work in bringing them up
淋漓盡致 describe fully/most incisive/thoroughly
事半功倍 Yield the result with half the effort/ to achieve the result effortlessly/achieve twice the result with half the effort
拿得起放得下 Merry meet, merry part
心安有策、事緩則圓。Peaceful mind leads to viable plans, and things will go smoothly if you slow things down.
Meandering leads to perfection 