(exp) (id) When you wish to be filial, your parents are gone
(exp) (id) Small head but great wit
(exp) spare no effort while you are young
heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
(exp) (id) No man can resist the lure of a woman
(exp) wives and tatami are best when they're new
(exp) (id) (obsc) to put new wine into old wineskins
to put new wine into old bottles
(exp) you can't control what people say
you can't stop rumours (rumors)
(exp) Although blue dye comes from the indigo plant, it is bluer than indigo
The student has overcome the master (from whom he has learned)
(exp) (id) He who runs after two hares will catch neither
(exp) (obsc) just because a method works once doesn't mean it will work every time (lit: there aren't always loach under the willow tree)
(exp) (id) Good luck does not always repeat itself
(exp) (obsc) just because a method works once doesn't mean it will work every time (lit: there aren't always loach under the willow tree)
(exp) better safe than sorry
one should err on the side of caution
(exp) better safe than sorry
one should err on the side of caution
(exp) There's no smoke without fire.
(n) (arch) don't do unto others what you would not have done unto you
(exp) (id) No man can resist the lure of a woman
(exp) to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end
(exp) do not chase one who leaves, do not reject one who comes
(n) (arch) don't do unto others what you would not have done unto you
(exp) (id) Man shall not live by bread alone
(exp) (id) Better ask than go astray
(exp,v1) ill-gotten gains fade as fast as they were obtained
(exp) (id) Better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never to know
(exp) do not delay to make amends for one's wrongs
(exp) (id) A sound mind in a sound body
(exp) (id) You must protect yourself against any possible dangers
(exp) (obsc) you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them, just like you can't judge a horse until you've ridden it
(exp) (id) Man shall not live by bread alone
(exp) (id) There is nothing that I can't do
