Famous aphorisms, idioms, and proverbs about personality cultivation

[Zhiqi]

People have ambitions, and bamboos have festivals. The metaphor of ambition is the solar terms. Zhi, ambition, ambition; Jie, using bamboo knots as a metaphor for integrity.

Not afraid of being looked down upon by others, but afraid of not living up to expectations. It means that ambitious people don’t care about the evaluation of one thing or another. Look down on, look down upon, not get recognition; own family, oneself; don’t live up to expectations, have no ambition.

If a person is poor but has high ambitions, he will be good even if he is not good. If you are poor, you will have high ambitions, and having ambitions can change your destiny. Not good will be good, which means that even if the fate is bad, the result will be good.

A person who is determined can find a needle in a haystack, but a small thing is difficult to accomplish if he is determined. It means that a person who is determined can succeed in even the most difficult things, but a person who is not intentional cannot accomplish anything trivial. A person with a heart, a person with a heart, a person who has a certain ambition and is willing to use his brain; looking for a needle in a haystack, being able to find a needle in a haystack, is a metaphor for accomplishing something that is extremely difficult to do; 咒心, unintentional, having no ambition and using his brain.

As long as the sun and feet are abundant, the snake and the snail can reach Ningbo. It is a metaphor that as long as you work hard, you can achieve anything. The worm is a mollusk that crawls very slowly; Shang Ningbo means going from the countryside to the city, which is a long way; Riji, day, refers to the time of crawling.

[Character]

Character is born, and the rain clears it. It is a metaphor that people with strong personality would rather suffer a loss than change their original intention. Born, brought from the mother's womb; falling rain, rainy days; clear rain, to withstand the rain without an umbrella or cover, metaphorically speaking, not being fake and not yielding.

If there is a bridge, don’t cross it, rather swim the river. Same as above. If there is a bridge, don't cross it, which is a metaphor for using cleverness, cheating, excuses, and climbing along the pole; willing, which comes from the heart, willingly; swimming in the river is a metaphor for advancing through difficulties.

Jumping through the dragon gate and crawling through the dog hole means being able to go up and down, bending and stretching. Dragon Gate, the carp jumping over the Dragon Gate, is a metaphor for glorious things and great undertakings; jumping, leaping, is heroic and graceful; dog hole, a doorway for dogs to enter and exit, is a metaphor for humble things; crawling, crawling, is a metaphor for despicable behavior.

To fall down and to climb up means to be able to bend and stretch. Le, to get; to fall, to fall, to fall down, to be able to fall down on one's own initiative, is a metaphor for being able to endure humiliation; to climb up, to be able to get up, to be able to stand up, is a metaphor for being able to strive for self-improvement and to stand up. This proverb is also used to describe a capricious villain.

The more you cook the tofu, the harder it becomes. Using the metaphor of boiled tofu means that you should not look at the soft heart, which will become harder as it is stirred up. Tofu xinchang, the heart is like tofu; boil, (just like) boil tofu.

Being outspoken and quick-spoken can cause resentment and attract blame. It means that the city is not deep and the words are hurtful. To cause resentment, to cause resentment; to attract blame, to attract blame.

The river is straight and the feng shui is straight, and the person is straight and the family foundation means that the heart is straight and cannot accumulate wealth, which is a good sentence. Feng shui refers to the geographical situation of homesteads and cemeteries in Kanyuology. It is believed that it will affect the prosperity and bad luck of the descendants of the owner's family. However, feng shui cannot account for good feng shui. People are straightforward, and they are upright, careless, and do not leave any descendants for themselves. Road; family foundation, family property.

Don’t be afraid of big heads with a sharp knife. It means that a sharp knife dares to kill big heads. It means that you are not afraid of the target and dare to speak out. The knife is fast, which is a metaphor for the quick mouth; the head is big, which is difficult to kill and cut, and it is a metaphor for the extraordinary object.

Better to be squeezed than to be discouraged means that the material conditions may be poor, but the mood should be happy. Ning, rather, rather; to be crowded, to endure crowding, also refers to reasonable competition; to be angry, to be wronged, to be discriminated against and feel uncomfortable.

The whip bamboo is solid and has hard roots, but the moso bamboo is tall and empty. The first half of the sentence is a metaphor for a real person and a tough guy, and the second half is a metaphor for a vain and flashy person. Whip bamboo, the bamboo root used for whipping (commonly known as whip), grows underground and is not visible to ordinary people; solid, whip bamboo is shaped like bamboo and solid; the roots are hard, meaning that each root is hard; Moso bamboo, a large bamboo, The bamboo shoots are named after their shells are hairy; hollow, hollow, which means they have no inner qualities.

To be stubborn to the end and suffer until death means to have a stubborn character and endure hardships throughout one's life. Hard, character is hard and unyielding, unruly; bitter to death, life is bitter, the sound of death is "wash".

The pebbles in the jar are smelly and stiff, which is a metaphor for an unreasonable and stubborn person. Stones in the vat, stones in the vat; stiff, hard, stubborn; smelly and stiff, smelly and hard.

Don’t be hard-edged with your ears and don’t be undecided with your mind. It means that you can’t make up your mind after hearing too much. Hard ears are a metaphor for being assertive and not being disturbed by other people's gossip; thoughts, ideas, ideas; undecided, undecided, and in a dilemma.

If you suffer three points of losses, you will be calm; if you take a step back, it will last forever. It means that you can bear the losses and be tolerant in dealing with things. In this way, you will be calm and cheerful, and you will be able to get along with others for a long time. To suffer a loss, to accept embarrassment; three points, three percent, three tenths; to retreat means to be patient, to give in, to take the initiative to give up some interests or advantages; as time goes by, time and space are broad, and life is long-lasting.

To pinch is to be afraid of pinching, and to put it is to be afraid of breaking. It is a metaphor for hesitation. To pinch, to close the five fingers to hold something; to pinch, to pinch to death; to release, to stretch out the fingers and let go; to pinch, to let go.

[Courage]

Bold in art and bold in wealth means that one is brave with skills and bold in wealth. Yi generally refers to martial arts, skills, and art; courage, courage; Qi, breath, momentum, style and habits; thick, thick, and extraordinary momentum.

The clothes are torn and the courage is careless. It means that if you are poor, you have no worries but have courage. It is a metaphor for a desperado. Thief, very, has a derogatory meaning and means "taking off the bottom".

Be bold and be a general means that only those who have the courage to take the lead in action. Bold, courageous, courageous, and daring to act; general generally refers to a successful person with authority and commanding ability.

Don't be bold when things happen, don't be timid when things happen. It means to be cautious at ordinary times and not to panic when things happen. Bah, no; thing, something happened; bold, careless, indifferent, unprepared; timid, frightened, panicked.

Don’t be afraid of God when you respect your parents, don’t be afraid of officials when you pay taxes. It means you can sit back and relax if you follow the rules. Respecting parents means being filial; Heaven means heavenly punishment; paying taxes means abiding by the law and being loyal; official means legal sanctions; this proverb uses "loyalty" and "filial piety" as the standards of conduct in life.

The first half of the sentence means that death is the most important thing in the world, but I am not afraid of death; the second half of the sentence means that even if I am reduced to begging, I will not be poor and unable to live.

Afraid of wolves in front and tigers in back, so I have no choice but to touch the chicken’s butt. It means that timid people are only worthy of doing useless things.

When you are full of strangers, you must make up your own rules. It means that when the situation is unclear and you are alone and helpless, you must make your own decisions. A stranger, a stranger, a person who cannot help you; 沲, to capture, extended to grasp; regulations, ideas, propositions.

Being afraid of having your head cuffed open when leaf petals fall down is a metaphor for timidity and fear of objective infringement. Leaf petals, leaves; fall, fall; beat, beat; beat the head open, break the head.

To be afraid of ants when walking is a metaphor for timidity and fear of subjective mistakes. 蔔 means to trample, the sound is "noisy"; 蔔sha means to be trampled to death.

[Virtue]

Don’t count wealth as wealth. A penny of kindness and righteousness is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Real wealth is to gain a reputation of virtue by being kind to others. Guan, in the old days, money was made in a string of thousands of coins, which was called consistent; one point, one point; benevolence, love and justice, refers to caring for and helping others, upholding justice for others, and even sacrificing one's life for benevolence and martyrdom; value, value.

Don’t be Nongge’s wealth, don’t leave it in Nongge’s bag. It means don’t covet money that you don’t deserve. Nonge, your; wealth, money, property; bag, pocket, private bag.

A person relies on his conscience, and a tree relies on his roots, and he walks purely on his heels. It means that one must have a conscience to stand up, a metaphor. Rely on, rely on, rely on; conscience, conscience, good heart; rely purely on, rely entirely on; heel, heel.

The conscience of heaven and earth prevails everywhere, which means that everyone in the world acts according to conscience. Conscience of heaven and earth, conscience can reflect heaven and earth, and it is also the conscience when "heaven knows and earth knows and I know"; it passes, circulates, and is implemented.

Standing in the middle of the road, not afraid of criticism means that as long as you are upright and behave well, you will not be afraid of criticism from others. The middle of the road, the middle of the road, is a metaphor for doing things right; discussing shortcomings and lengths means other people's opinions.

A hundred years of accumulation of virtue, a day of loss of virtue. Virtue is the result of long-term benevolence and righteousness. If you are not careful, it will be destroyed in one day. Accumulating virtue refers to the accumulation of virtue; a hundred years refers to a long time; losing virtue refers to the loss of virtue; one day refers to a fleeting moment.

If you do good deeds, you will survive for thousands of years; if you do bad deeds, you will be hated by thousands of people. It means that doing good deeds will accumulate virtue, and doing the opposite will damage virtue. It will last for thousands of years and will be remembered for centuries; it will be hated by thousands of people and resented by millions of people.

When a person has no ambitions, he will be self-exalted. When he reaches an official position and can be poor, he will be pure. It means selfless desire and keeping poverty is the highest state.

People, ordinary people; have nothing to seek, seek, and have no desires; character, character; self-exaltation, naturally noble; officials, officials; able to be poor, able to endure poverty without being greedy; Qing, incorruptible, also refers to the so-called "honest official" ".

Giving money has merit, don’t worship Bodhisattva. It means giving money to do charity is merit. Contributing money to support public welfare; the original meaning of merit in Buddhism is doing good deeds, chanting sutras, and saving the souls of the dead, and is extended to merit and kindness; the second half of the sentence means that there is no need to worship Buddha to seek merits and reputations that have no practical meaning.

Donating two nunneries is not like building a road three feet long. Same as above. Giving, giving, funding Buddhist services; nunnery, a Buddhist temple where nuns (female monks) live; building roads, building public roads.

Conscience is born in the back, which is a metaphor for violating one's conscience. Conscience, conscience, kindness; birth, growth; back, back, back.

Don’t watch "Three Kingdoms" if you are old, and "Water Margin" if you are young. It means that old people should not commit adultery and young people should not cause chaos. Old, an old man with more experience; "Three Kingdoms", Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which means that there are many descriptions of strategies in the book, and the more adults read, the more cunning they become; small, a child, a minor; "Water Margin", refers to Shi Nai'an's "Water Margin" means that there are many descriptions of irregular behaviors in the book, and minors will imitate them and cannot control themselves.

Reading "Chen Qing Biao" without crying cannot be called loyalty, and reading "Chen Qing Biao" without crying cannot be called filial piety. This means that two articles can be used to test a person's loyalty and filial piety. "Chen Qing Biao", Zhuge Liang's "Chen Qing Biao" before and after Zhuge Liang's "Chen Qing Biao", the loyalty of the courtiers is vividly expressed in the article, which is touching; "Chen Qing Biao", Li Mi's "Chen Qing Biao", the filial piety is expressed in the article in a tear-jerking manner.

[Qian Shen]

Ten fingers have different lengths. It is a metaphor that everyone is not the same. Some people have strengths and some have shortcomings.

An ox does not know its horns, and a horse does not know its face. It is a metaphor for people who do not know their shortcomings and shortcomings. The horns are crooked, and the horns of the cow are crooked, which implies that it is not upright; the face is long, and the face of a horse is long and inelegant, which implies that the long face is cold.

Don’t go too far after knowing your mistakes and correcting them. Set up the stage again and beat the gong again. It means that correcting mistakes is progress, and you can start from the beginning again. Guo, fault, mistake; heavy, re-; stage, gong, re-acting is a metaphor for doing the right thing again.

Proud that the steamed buns are white, biting open the pure wheat is a metaphor for boasting without any inner ability. Proud, boasting about oneself; pure, all; wheat, wheat grains, the sound of "Mai" is designed to rhyme, has no special meaning, and generally refers to things of poor quality.

Don’t let others take advantage of you later. If you tolerate it, you will get an advantage in the end. To make people, to be tolerant to others, to be unreasonable and unforgiving; to be humble, to make low-level moves, to make bad decisions; afterward, afterwards; cheap, beneficial, convenient, convenient and suitable.

To be patient with one step will prevent you from getting into trouble, and let the three points pass safely. It means to be patient and keep peace. Forbearance, tolerance, forbearance; one step, one move, an action that was meant to happen; causing trouble, causing trouble; yield, humility, tolerance, one should fight back (verb) rather than retaliate (verb); live peacefully, live peacefully .

Don’t fix the small holes, suffer the hardships in the big holes. It is a metaphor that if you don’t correct the small flaws, you will suffer yourself when they lead to big mistakes. Hole, loophole; endure hardship, endure hardship, receive punishment, retribution.

Be careful not to make big mistakes. Be careful not to make mistakes. Be careful, pay attention, pay attention, be cautious; big mistake, big mistake.

Don’t listen to the old man, you will suffer a loss in front of you. It means if you don’t listen to the old man, you will suffer a loss. To suffer a loss is to suffer a loss; in front of your eyes, it will happen immediately.

If you want to be good, ask the three elders; if you don’t respond to the three elders, there must be something wrong. It means that if you want to deal with people correctly, you should ask more elders for advice. Good, doing well in dealing with others; asking, asking, asking for advice; Sanlao, a rural official in the pre-Qin Dynasty, now generally refers to the elderly; do not respond, do not respond, no response; fault, problem, there is something wrong.

Master Lu Ban builds a pavilion and begs for food to criticize. It is a metaphor that even the most brilliant people will have shortcomings. Master Lu Ban, Gongshu Ban (general), a skilled craftsman of the Lu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, is extended to be a skilled craftsman; a pavilion, a pavilion, is named because it can block the sun and enjoy the cool; a small beggar, a beggar; criticism, from a folk story, the beggar criticized Lu Ban for not understanding the purpose of the pavilion ( Refers to a place where beggars usually stay overnight), but one nail is missing to hang the begging basket.

The tiger's butt cannot be touched, which is a metaphor for being bossy and having to listen and agree with opinions.