1. Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要為發明之母 。窮則變,變則通。 |
2. Never put off till tomorrow what
may be
done / you can do today. 今日事,今日畢。 |
3. No news is good news. 沒消息就是好消息。 |
4. No pains, no gains. (No gain
without pain.) 一分耕耘,一分收穫。 |
5. No rose without a thorn. 沒有十全十美的幸福。 |
6. Nothing venture, nothing have.
(Nothing attempted, nothing gained.)
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。 |
7. No one is wise enough to advise himself.
聰明反被聰明誤。 |
8. No cross, no crown. 吃得苦中苦,方為人上人。 |
9. Never judge by appearances. 凡人不可貌相,海水不可斗量。 |
10. Never do things by halves. 有始有終。 |
11. Nothing comes from nothing. 事出必有因。 |
12. Never twice without three times.
有一就有二,無三不成禮。 |
13. No one is wise in his own affairs. 當局者迷,旁觀者清。 |
14. No one knows the weight of another's burden.
事非經過不知難。 |
15. No mill, no meal. 一分耕耘,一分收穫。 |
16. New lords, new laws. 新官新法。 |
17. Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班門弄斧。 |
18. No bees, no honey; no work, no money. 天下沒有白吃的午餐。 |
19. No garden without its weeds. 有利必有弊。 |
20. No man can do two things at once.
一心不能二用。 |