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2. In your past poverty, never forget
Wife shared hardships, should not neglect affection.
3. Choose your place wisely, and choose your companion.
=> When building a house, build it next to a good neighbor just as you choose friends, choose good friends to befriend.
4. Horses run in herds, birds fly with companions.
5. Wealth from friends, elegance from the spouse.
=> Being rich and kind, like a wife who knows how to behave properly, will help one lead a prosperous life, earning respect from many.
6. Sell distant siblings, buy close neighbors.
=> Siblings may share blood but infrequent encounters cannot compare to close neighbors. When in need, they are there; in difficulty, they assist.
7. Deep rivers are hard to fathom
Fearing the ferry won't take you to visit friends.
8. Friends are mutual meanings
Create a new shore after the old one.
=> The folk saying advises that true friends are like one, always by each other's side in times of need.
9. Blue ink on white paper writes short but lasts long
Hoping that friendship will be remembered for a thousand years.
=> The proverb comparing blue ink to white signifies the desire to respect and cherish friendship.
10. Give me roses to choose
Give me a friend with a loyal heart.
=> Among flowers, the rose is hailed as the queen, hence the choice. Friends possess many virtues, but the best are those with a loyal heart.
11. Siblings in four directions are home
Strangers are still siblings despite different surnames.
=> The proverb wants to convey to us that even though we may not share blood ties, once gathered here, we will forever be brothers, supporting and protecting each other.
12. Change friends when wealthy, change wives when affluent.
=> The traditional saying criticizes those with fickle hearts. In difficulties, everyone is a friend, but in wealth, there is fear of relying on poor friends, just as there is fear of a wife who no longer matches one's status during prosperity.
13. Friends are like close kin
In adversity and prosperity, showing care for each other.
=> It suggests that friends should help each other in any difficult circumstances. If unable to offer assistance, a caring inquiry is enough to warm the heart.
14. Choose friends wisely, choose a place to stay wisely.
=> Living in this world requires actively engaging, making friends with good people to learn valuable lessons. A good friend provides valuable advice. Choose a living place with good neighbors to avoid being influenced by bad habits or unjustly blamed without cause.
15. Bonded for a lifetime like glue and paint
Sharing the same purpose, forming a lasting friendship together.
16. Friendship is like mutual kinship
In difficulties, calamities, and kindness, we have each other.
17. Living in a pool of jade and diamonds
Not as valuable as living amidst the love of friends.
=> This proverbial saying conveys a profound message to each of us, emphasizing that no matter how wealthy one becomes, life will be dull without friends.
18. Acquainted since modest times
Nowadays, sophistication reveals the true nature of modesty.
=> Friends got acquainted during tough and impoverished times; now, amidst affluence, there's no need to pay attention to social status.
19. As long as the earth keeps turning
Hearts beating, we'll still be friends.
=> Our friendship will endure through time until the very last breath; as long as this heart keeps beating, we'll remain friends.
20. Catch a snakehead fish, grill it
Prepare a feast with wine to treat those from afar.
=> Even though these two friends may be far apart, when they reunite, they warmly welcome each other, displaying a beautiful and noble friendship.
21. Although from the North, from the East
All across this realm, we are siblings.
22. We return and send a letter,
Asking our old friend, where are you now?
23. Brothers in the four seas.
=> Embrace optimism widely, the four seas are home, all are brothers and friends.
24. Friends are a bond from the beginning to the end
From childhood to silver hair, never fades.
=> The intention is to remind to always cherish lasting friendships over time, even as we age. We will forever be friends.
25. Friendship is as vibrant as flowers
Friendship is a perfect love song.
=> A friendship as vibrant as flowers is always joyful, symbolizing a perfect love song that will be perpetually passed down, much like our shared friendship.
26. Departing, remember friends, silently weep
Five-body clothes soaked for the entire year.
=> Friendship is akin to mutual love, both stemming from sincere and warm emotions. Meeting brings joy, but parting leads to sadness, silent tears for the uncertainty of reunion, and lingering sorrow for the impending separation.
27. Leaving, just meeting a dear friend
Is like eating a heavenly peach.
=> Eating a heavenly peach is the wish of many. If consuming a peach is for a healthy and long life, encountering a good friend is akin to partaking in a heavenly peach, always joyful and blissful.
28. Oh, remember these words
Friendship is a fate bestowed by the heavens.
=> The intention is to remind that friendship is a heavenly fate, so do not lose this precious friendship for unworthy reasons.
29. Eating from the same dish, lying under the same quilt.
=> Praise the bond of friendship as close as blood siblings at home.
30. Guests sell what they have
Friends greet each other with warmth.
31. Add a friend, subtract an enemy.
=> Adding a friend means subtracting an enemy, a worry. Therefore, in life, one should not harbor resentment towards others. Instead, create numerous relationships and friendships in life.
32. Friends gossip for a while
But don't pour out a gallon of bitterness.
33. Friendship is a mysterious thing
Grilling a snakehead fish and playing, suddenly tipsy
Only after playing do you feel a bit dizzy
Hugging each other, friends for a thousand years.
=> No definition can encompass the full meaning of the two words 'friends.' It's all expressed through actions. Not only when sober but also when tipsy or unaware of heaven and earth, still embracing each other. Nothing can separate them.
34. Love each other, understand each other
Areca nut, tobacco, and betel for friends.
35. The company you keep affects you
Choose friends wisely, avoid those
Who indulge in reckless and idle play
Avoid the lazy, for a harmonious day.
=> Being close to bad influences makes it easy to adopt bad habits, so when choosing friends, one must be very selective. If the person is prone to reckless behavior and laziness, it's crucial to stay away.
36. The Mekong River flows for a thousand years
Friendship lasts forever, never disappears.
=> The everlasting bond of friendship is like the Mekong River, flowing continuously for a thousand years.
37. Life's lessons must be heeded
Swallow your pride, heed your friend's words
Rely on a teacher if you're unskilled
Rely on a friend if you're clumsy, that's the path you should tread.
38. Turn enemies into friends.
=> Subtract one foe, add one friend; life becomes more joyful, more meaningful.
39. The phoenix flower season is exam season
Wishing you success, dear friend.
=> The phoenix flower season marks exam time, signaling the end of an academic year. This proverb is commonly used to wish someone success in their exams and abundant achievements.
40. Returning home, advise a friend or two
Don't be too bright or too dull, be true to your heart.
41. Lost birds miss the tree and its roots
Far from friends, far from kin, navigating to find each other.
=> Lost birds often long for their flock, just as dear friends, no matter the time or distance, will eventually reunite.
42. Gazing at the moon, wishing upon stars that gleam
Sharing joys with friends, sorrows kept within.
43. Losing to heaven a myriad times, not as painful
As losing to a friend over a single glass.
44. The enemy of an enemy is a friend.
=> Those who share a common hatred are drawn closer, easily forming bonds and becoming friends with shared purposes.
45. Learning from friends is better than learning from teachers.
=> Learning from friends surpasses learning from teachers. Broadening our knowledge beyond the classroom, it's like learning from close and trusted friends.
46. Friendship is a garden of countless flowers
Friendship is a myriad-colored symphony.
47. Near ink, it's dark; near light, it's bright.
=> When playing with bad friends, we inevitably adopt their bad habits. However, playing with good friends, we naturally become better. For this reason, choose genuine and true friends to become a better companion.
48. Loved by many, hated by plenty.
Here is a compilation of the best proverbs about friendship. Hope it will be helpful for you in both work and life. Wishing those who haven't found a soulmate to find one soon, and those who already have one to cherish this friendship.
