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谚语 Chinese Proverbs

少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。

He who will not learn when he is young will regret it when he is old.

一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴。 Time is precious.

一分耕耘,一分收获。 No pains, no gains.

书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦做舟。 There is no royal road to learning.

有志者事竟成。 Where there is a will, there is a way.

尺有所短,寸有所长。 Every man has his strong point.

书读百遍,其义自见。 Read a book a hundred times, its meaning is self-evident.

学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。

Learning without thinking is futile; thinking without learning is perilous.

人无远虑,必有近忧。 A man who has no foresight must have immediate worries.

学而不厌,诲人不倦。 Be insatiable in learning and tireless in teaching.