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Never judge from appearances.

bù
kě

mào
qǔ
rén


Never say die.

yǒng
bù
yán
bài


Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.

wáng
yáng
bǔ
láo

wèi
shí
wèi
wǎn


New wine in old bottles.

jìu
píng
zhuāng
xīn
jǐu


No cross, no crown.

bù
jīng

fēng
yǔ

zěn
me
jiàn
cǎi
hóng


No garden without its weeds.

méi
yǒu
bù
cháng
cǎo
de
yuán



No living man all things can.

shì
shàng
méi
yǒu
wàn
shì
tōng


No man can do two things at once.


xīn
bù
kě
èr
yòng


No man is born wise or learned.

méi
yǒu
shēng
ér
zhī
zhī
zhě


No man is content.

rén
xīn
bù
zú
shé
tūn
xiàng


No man is wise at all times.

cōng
míng

shì

hú
tú

shí


None are so blind as those who won't see.

shì
ér
bù
jiàn


None are so deaf as those who won't hear.

chōng
ěr
bù
wén


No news is good news.

méi
yǒu
xiāo

jìu
shì
hǎo
xiāo



No one can call back yesterday.

zuó

bù
huì
zhòng
xiàn


No pains, no gains.

méi
yǒu
fù
chū
jìu
méi
yǒu
shōu
huò


No pleasure without pain.

méi
yǒu
kǔ
jìu
méi
yǒu
lè


No rose without a thorn.

méi
yǒu
bù
dài

de
méi
guī


No sweet without sweat.

xiān
kǔ
hòu
tián


No smoke without fire.

wú
fēng
bù

làng


Nothing brave, nothing have.

bù
rù
hǔ
xué

yān
dé
hǔ



Nothing dries sooner than a tear.

yǎn
lèi
gàn
dé
zuì
kuài


Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

shì
shàng
wú
nán
shì

zhī
pà
yǒu
xīn
rén


Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

shì
shàng
wú
nán
shì

zhī
yào
kěn
dēng
pān


Nothing seek, nothing find.

méi
yǒu
zhuī
qíu
jìu
méi
yǒu
shōu
huò


Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.

wài
chū

xíng

yǔ
yán
zuì
yào
jǐn


Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.

shì
shàng
wéi
yǒu
pín
qióng
kě

bù
láo
ér
huò


Not to advance is to go back.

bù
jìn
zé
tuì
退


Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.

bù
dǒng
shì
gù

yòu
zhì
kě
xiào


No way is impossible to courage.

yǒng
zhě
wú
jù


Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.

jūn
rén

fú
cóng
mìng
lìng
wèi
tiān
zhí


Observation is the best teacher.

guān
chá
shì
zuì
hǎo
de
lǎo
shī


Offense is the best defense.

jìn
gōng
shì
zuì
hǎo
de
fáng
yù


Old friends and old wines are best.

chén
jǐu
wèi
chún

lǎo
yǒu
qíng
shēn


Old sin makes new shame.


shī
zú
chéng
qiān
gǔ
hèn


Once a man and twice a child.



lǎo

liǎng

xiǎo


Once a thief, always a thief.

tōu
dào



zuò
zéi

shì


Once bitten, twice shy.


cháo
bèi
shé
yǎo

shí
nián
pà
jǐng
shéng


One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.


gè
hé
shàng
tiāo
shuǐ
hē

liǎng
gè
hé
shàng
tái
shuǐ
hē

sān
gè
hé
shàng
méi
shuǐ
hē


One cannot put back the clock.

shí
zhōng
bù
néng
dǎo
zhuǎn


One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.

bǎi
wén
bù
rú

jiàn


One false move may lose the game.


zhāo
bù
shèn

mǎn
pán
jiē
shū


One good turn deserves another.

xíng
shàn

dé


One hour today is worth two tomorrow.

zhēng
fēn
duó
miǎo
xiào

gāo


One man's fault is other man's lesson.

qián
chē
zhī
jiàn


One never loses anything by politeness.

jiǎng

mào
bù
chī
kuī


One swallow does not make a summer.


yān
bù
chéng
xià


One's words reflect one's thinking.

yán
wèi
xīn
shēng


Out of debt, out of danger.

wú
zhài

shēn
qīng


Out of office, out of danger.

wú
guān

shēn
qīng


Out of sight, out of mind.

yǎn
bù
jiàn

xīn
wèi
jìng


Patience is the best remedy.

rěn
nài
shì
liáng
yào


Penny wise, pound foolish.

tān
xiǎo
pián
便

chī
dà
kuī


Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.

zhèng
dà
guāng
míng
zhě

shuō
dào
de
duō

zuò
dào
de
shǎo



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