1、肥牛骏马多点好,闲言滥语少点好。
It's better to have more fat cattle and horses and less gossip.
2、王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸。
Wang Po sells melons and boasts of herself.
3、说起话来没个完,一见干活就摇头。
Speak endlessly and shake your head at the sight of work.
4、闭着眼睛说瞎话。
Close your eyes and tell lies.
5、美言不信,信言不美。
Belief in good words is not good.
6、吃江水,讲海话。
Eat the river and speak the sea language.
7、言善非难,行善为难。
It's hard to say good or criticize, but hard to do good.
8、柴经不起百斧,人经不起百语。
Wood can't stand a hundred axes, man can't stand a hundred languages.
9、少说话,多做事。
Speak less and do more.
10、满口金牙说假话。
Golden teeth are full of lies.
11、多言不如少言,少言不如实干。
More words than less words, less words than deeds.
12、临渊羡鱼,不中退而结网。
Linyuan admires fish, but does not retreat into nets.
13、良言一句三冬暖,恶语伤人六月寒。
Good words are warm in winter, bad words hurt in June.
14、漂亮话不真实。
Beautiful words are not true.
15、大鸡上灶,小鸡看样。
Big chicken cooks, chicken looks like.
16、良药苦口利于病,忠言逆耳利于行。
Good medicine is good for the mouth, but good advice is good for the ear.
17、讲在口,做在手。
Speak in your mouth, do in your hand.
18、大话怕算数。言过其实,终无大用。
Big talk is afraid of arithmetic. It's no use overstating.
19、高头饭好吃,高头话难讲。
Tall head meals are delicious, but tall head words are hard to say.
20、口如注,言无据。
Speech like note, words without evidence.
21、行动比诺言更响亮。
Actions speak louder than promises.
22、喊破嗓子,不如做出样子。
If you break your voice, you might as well act like that.
23、多做强似多说。
Doing more is better than saying more.
24、动手成功,伸手落空。
If you succeed, you will fail.
25、嘴巧不如手巧。
A clever mouth is better than a clever hand.
26、劳动暖身,空话冷心。
Work warms up, empty talk cools up.
27、一个羊过河,十个羊照样。
One sheep crosses the river, so do ten sheep.
28、鼓空则声高,人狂则话大。
Drum empty is loud, maniac is loud.
29、说谎难瞒当地人。
It's hard to lie to the local people.
30、人嘴两层皮,言是又言非。
A man's mouth has two skin layers: right and wrong.
31、好把式不在嘴会说。
Well, you can't say it in your mouth.
32、日里讲到夜里,菩萨还在庙里。
Day talks about night, the Bodhisattva is still in the temple.
33、牛无力拉横耙,人无理说横话。
Cows can't pull the rake and people can't speak crosswords.
34、会捉鼠的猫不叫。
A cat that catches mice does not bark.
35、听君一席话,胜读十年书。
It is better to listen to your words than to read for ten years.
36、大狗爬墙,小狗看样。
The big dog climbs the wall, the little dog looks like it.
37、口说不如身到,耳闻不如目睹。
Speaking is better than seeing, hearing is better than seeing.
38、半放说起五更走,天亮还在大门口。
Half let's talk about Wugeng. Dawn is still at the gate.
39、老鸡不上灶,小鸡看样。
Old chickens don't cook, chickens look good.
40、满饭好吃,满话难说。
A full meal is delicious, but a full word is hard to say.