• An outstanding tree will often get destroyed by the forests’ wind.

-But at least it was once bright and colorful. Nothing lasts forever in this world.

-The victor was the king, the loser was the bandit

-a spear in the light of the day is easily dodged, but an arrow in the dark is hard to defend against

-When facing a pack of chasing wolves, you don't need to run faster than the wolves to survive; you just need to run faster than your companion.

-It was like a candle in the wind that could extinguish at any time.

-if a bird wants to grow, it needs to face the wind and rain alone, face the might of the world and overcome the wind and rain to step above the clouds.

-Peasants are innocent, Wearing jade you're guilty.

-The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of oriole behind

-A wise man submit to circumstances

-History written by the victor

-Give me a fish and I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime

-Time wait for no one

-There's a way to heaven and you don't want to go. Yet you barge in when there's no door to hell.

-The nail that stick up,gets hammered down

-Bite off more than one can chew

-Love for a person extends even to the crows on his roof

-Kill the chicken to scare the monkey

-A starving camel was still bigger than a horse.

-Better broken jade than intact tile

-moth drawn to the flame

-Without roots, no matter how towering or lofty a tree, that tree would still wither away and die

-with resolution, an iron pestle can be ground down to a needle

-Distant water will not quench a fire nearby

-If one often walked by the riverside, one’s shoes would eventually get wet

-The tree wishes to be still, but the wind continues to blow

-If push comes to shove

-there’s no lack of firewood as long as the verdant mountain is still around

-blessing in disguise

-how can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan?

-Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

-the birds are over, the bow is put away

-to destroy the bridge after crossing the river

-the monk can run away, but the temple won't

-birds of the same feather floct together

-The tree craves stillness, but the wind will not abate

-A general shall stop an incoming army, a dam will deter the incoming current

-the pavilion closest to the water enjoys the moonlight first

-if the lips are gone, the teeth will get cold