Mifim Bia 20

Source: Thawngpang Group Mail (on 20 APR 2009) ( 1 )      Still water runs deep            - Tidai cu thuuk pi in aluang" ti nak asi. Asawh duh mi cu minung ah hin a holh tamtuk mi nak in dai tein um zir i thuuk pi in khua ruat mi khi mifim an si deuh ti asi.   ( 2 )     The want of money is the source of all evils            - Phaisa duhtuk hi thatlonak vialte te i ahrampi asi" ti nak asi. Asawh duh mi hi  hakkauh tuk i aza ti hngal loin phaisa mit lawng au ahcun thatlonak zong in phaisa hmuhnak asi poh ahcun kal asi cang caah thatlonak thingkung i ahrampi cu phaisa duhtuk hi asi tinak khi asi.         ( 3 )     A wise foe is better than a foolish pal            - Mihrut  hawikom ngeihnak in mifim he i ral hman atha deuh" tinak asi. Asawh duh mi cu na thanchonak ding le na hngalhthiamnak kauhter nak caah zeihmanh santlai lo i hruh lei lam lawng an pialpitu hawikom ngeihnak cun afim mi naral kha atha deuh ti asi.   ( 4 )   Action speaks louder than words          - Tuahnak cu chimmi nak in a aw a thang deuh" tinak asi. Asawh duhmi cu kaa lawng chim len nak incun a tuah bak tuah mi nih khan chim hau ti loin tuahnak nih khan achim viar cang ti nak khi asi.   ( 5 )  It is no use crying over spilt milk.          - Atlecia mi cawhnuk cung ah va tah len cu san atlai lo" tinak asi. Asawh duh mi cu a thicia mi ruak cung ah kan dawt tuk ee tiah va tah len cu san tlai ti lo tinak zong asi.   ( 7 )  A bad excuse is better than none          - Thiam lo bu pi in ngeihthiam hal cu hal lo nak in atha deuh" tinak asi. Minung nih kan palh kan theih ko nain ka palh ti duh lo hi kan palhnak kha kan dirpi ko ti alawh lo caah ka palh ko ti poh kha chim loin um nak cun atha deuh zungzal ko tinak asi. Greece phungthlukbia asi. Laimi nih kan chanbaucem nak te asi fawn.   ( 8 ) Don't hear one and judge two         - Bia kamkat lawng theih cang ka in kam hnih in biachahnak tuah colh hlah" ti asi. Asawh duh mi cu - Minung pahnih buainak kong ah pakhat chim mi lawng ngeih in an pahnih ah ahodah palh / palh lo ti ah biachahnak tuah colh phung asi lo ti asi.   ( 9 ) All that glitters is not gold        - A tleu mi poh sui an si lo" tinak asi. Asawh duh mi cu zeithil poh hi asimi alo nain asi lomi an um dih caah thleidan thiam ahau ti asi. Kawlholh cun: Atuh - Asit ti khi asi hnga..   ( 10 ) Among the blind the one eyed is king          - Mitcaw lak ah mit pakhat tein khuahmu mi cu an lak ah siangpahrang asi" tinak asi. Aduh nak cu zeihmanh hngal lo mi zapi lak ahcun arak hngaltu te pakhat aum ahcun cu pa cu an siangpahrang tluk asi ko ti nak asi.   ( 11 )  Beauty is only skin-deep            - Dawhnak cu titvun caan lawng athuuk" tinak asi. Asawh duhmi cu muidawh hna i ani dawh cu an titvun cung te ah ai benh sawh sawh mi khi asi ko tinak asi.   ( 12 ) Bad news travel fastest           - Thawngchia hi a khualtlawn arangbik" tinak asi. Chim duh mi cu thawngpang tha nak in thawngpang thalo hi mi nih theih afawi deuh tinak asi.   ( 13 ) Danger past, God forgotten           - Thinphan thlalau nak adih tik ah Pathian kha philh asi" tinak asi. Asawh duh mi cu tihnak /thinphan nak / harnak um tik poh ah Pathian auh zokzok i mah tihnak le harnak in vun luat tik ah Pathian kha philh diam asi tawn tinak khi asi.   ( 14 ) Eat to live and not live to eat           - Na nunnak ding ah ei law ei ding lawng tu ah nung hlah" tinak si. Ei lawng rianh i tuan ve lo kha minung phung asi lo tinak asi.   ( 15 ) Medicines cures the man who is fated not to die.           - Athi ding asi rih lo mi pa cu sii nih adamh khawh" Tinak asi. Thihcaan achuah cang ahcun zeitluk thlopbul zong ah an thi ko tinak khi asi. Chinese phungtlukbia asi.   ( 16 ) People who have little to do are excessive talkers           - Aholh tamtuk mi khi rian tlawmte lawng atuan mi an si" tinak asi. Asawh duh mi cu mi holh kho tuk khi an holh nak ah an rian tu atlolh mi an tam deuh ti nak asi.   ( 17 ) There is no secret that is known to three.            - Minung pathum nih theih cang mi biathli cu biathli asi ti lo" tinak asi.   ( 18 ) Open rebuke is better than secret love            - Lungchung uam mi duhnak nak in lenglang in i sik hmanh a tha deuh" tinak asi. Asawh duh mi cu phuan ngam tung lo in mi fak pi in duh i mah pi lawng nih thideng in rak tuar len nak cun va kal i va sik len hmanh hmanh khi atha deuh ti khi asi.   ( 19 ) A live dog is better than a dead lion          - Anung mi uico cu athi mi chandeih nak in a tha deuh" tinak asi.   ( 20 ) Speech is silver but silence is golden           - Biachim hi Ngun asi i daite um hi Sui asi" tinak asi.     Ka peh than te lai.   Kawi Khen Kitchener, ON   "The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs". Francis Bacon  ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------   Keimah phuahchom mi:   A look that cheats, a book that teaches A hook the catch, a rook that loots A wise who search, a wick who weeps A man who feats, a dump who fails   A wife who rules, a hub who loses A house that hosts, a bowl that boils A son who learns, a boy he is A turn that comes, a man he is ================= Life is like a book, everyday is new pages