Meaning: Don't call back a calamity that's leaving you

Context: When misfortune passes, let it go — don't bring back the past

Meaning: Trouble can be stopped from the front, not from behind

Context: Prevent issues early — too late is too late

Meaning: Calamity says to you, "marry or get married"

Context: Sometimes disaster forces change — hardship drives action

Meaning: Trouble you didn't bring home won't follow you outside

Context: Avoid creating your own problems — prevention is safety

Meaning: Love the liver, love the fat

Context: If you love one part, love the whole — accept people entirely

Meaning: Only a cultivated field yields crops

Context: Effort brings reward — you reap what you sow

Meaning: Your earlier lies destroy your later truths

Context: Once you lie, even your truth is doubted — honesty builds trust

Meaning: Lies leave no trail

Context: Falsehood has no foundation — truth endures, lies fade

Meaning: A lie that escapes can't be caught by truth

Context: Lies spread faster than truth — words can't be recalled

Meaning: A liar swears by his own lie

Context: Dishonest people use oaths to hide deceit

Meaning: Business begins with flour and porridge

Context: Every enterprise starts small — patience and persistence build success

Meaning: Among men, one's thigh is exposed each day

Context: Everyone faces shame or hardship at some point — life exposes all

Meaning: An onion is still an onion, no matter how it's cooked

Context: Things don't change their essence — appearances don't alter truth

Meaning: The sparrow belongs to its own nest

Context: Everyone belongs where they come from — home defines belonging

Meaning: Begging and pride don't go together

Context: You can't ask for help and act proud — humility fits the needy

Meaning: Too much begging and too much sickness make people avoid you

Context: Overdependence and constant complaining drive people away

Meaning: The poor man's fat belongs to the rich man

Context: The poor man's success often benefits the wealthy — inequality in society

Meaning: Rotten fat spoils fresh fat

Context: Bad company corrupts good people

Meaning: He who knows the place won't lose his livestock there again

Context: Lessons learned prevent future loss

Meaning: He who knows the spot doesn't add more dawns

Context: Experience needs no repetition — once you've learned, don't redo mistakes