Meaning: A snake begets a dragonfly, and the dragonfly a snake

Context: Evil produces evil — nature repeats itself

Meaning: A snake and a chicken can't be neighbors

Context: Enemies can't coexist — avoid impossible relationships

Meaning: Calamity is the teacher of the world

Context: Hardship teaches more than comfort — pain brings wisdom

Meaning: The snake is killed from the head

Context: Problems must be solved at the source — leadership determines outcome

Meaning: Don't swing where you won't sleep

Context: Don't invest where you won't stay — choose wisely before acting

Meaning: Where the lion leaves, the jackal sits

Context: Weakness fills the void of strength — leadership is never empty

Meaning: Leave the place where children and women know your shame

Context: Reputation matters — dignity requires change of environment

Meaning: Stories don't heal wounds

Context: Entertainment can't fix real pain — solutions need action

Meaning: Words don't help where food is needed

Context: Practical help outweighs talk — action beats sympathy

Meaning: The place where a camel is slaughtered lacks neither talk nor meat

Context: Big events bring both wealth and gossip

Meaning: You can't retreat from where your head has reached

Context: Once committed, you must continue — no turning back after action

Meaning: You're dried where you got wet

Context: Problems must be solved where they began — face your issues

Meaning: Without unity, isolation follows

Context: Division weakens — strength lies in togetherness

Meaning: Death has no ears, even if angels cry out

Context: Fate doesn't listen — destiny is unchangeable

Meaning: A boil under the skin isn't touched; if touched, pus flows

Context: Some problems worsen when meddled with — let time heal

Meaning: Once you've entered, there's no returning from wandering places

Context: Some paths change you permanently — caution before action

Meaning: The heated knife cuts backward

Context: Anger harms its owner — control your temper

Meaning: Unripe fruit is swallowed whole

Context: Rushed results bring pain — patience perfects all things

Meaning: Fruit in the lap isn't dropped for fruit in the tree

Context: Don't abandon what's certain for what's uncertain — value what you have

Meaning: If your house is dark, do you light others'?

Context: Help yourself before helping others — charity begins at home