Kingfisher Blue

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Made by isana

Theme: Proverbs
1. 管他三七二十一: don’t care if three times seven is twenty-one (throwing caution to the wind)
2. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩: bitten by a snake one morning, fear the rope for ten years (once bitten, twice shy)
3. 一分錢，一分貨 (you get what you pay for)
4. 抱佛腳: grabbing Buddha’s feet (to leave something for the last minute)
5. 勿以善小而不為, 勿以惡小而為之 (don’t fail to commit an act of kindness because it’s small in scale, don’t commit an act of evil because it’s small in scale)
6. 皮笑肉不笑: the skin smiles, the flesh does not (to wear a false smile)
7. 青出於藍，而勝於藍: blue comes from indigo, but is bluer than the plant itself (the student has surpassed the teacher)
8. 求人不如求己 (it’s better to rely on yourself than to rely on others)
9. 為善不欲人知 (those who do good deeds should not do them out of desire for attention)
10. 察言觀色 (reading the mood)
11. 天下無難事, 只怕有心人 (nothing is impossible if you want it badly enough)
12. 不做虧心事, 半夜不怕鬼敲門: he who never wrongs others is not afraid of ghosts knocking in the night (a quiet conscience sleeps in thunder)
13. 一日千里: a thousand li in one day (tremendous progress)
14. 人山人海: mountains and seas of people (people everywhere)
15. 井底之蛙: frog in the well (narrow-minded, ignorant)


Banners (by silvercat17):

Tea

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Made by isana

Theme: Food and Drink
1. beef noodle soup
2. scallion pancakes
3. tea eggs
4. pan-fried dumplings
5. rice porridge
6. red-cooked pork
7. mapo tofu
8. Hainan chicken
9. Peking duck
10. grass jelly
11. wintermelon soup
12. pineapple cake
13. seaweed egg-drop soup
14. egg fried rice
15. pumpkin rice

White Russian

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Made by finch

Theme: Proverbs
1. Арте́льный горшо́к гу́ще кипи́т. (Many hands make light work.)
2. Без кота́ мыша́м раздо́лье. (When the cat is away, the mice will play.)
3. Век живи́ — век учи́сь. (Live for a century — learn for a century.)
4. Где то́нко — там и рвётся. (Only as strong as the weakest link.)
5. Дарёному коню́ в зу́бы не смо́трят. (Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.)
6. За чем пойдёшь, то и найдёшь. (What you seek is what you find.)
7. Из двух зол выбира́ют ме́ньшее. (The lesser of two evils.)
8. Лежа́чего не бьют. (Don't kick a man when he's down.)
9. На Бо́га наде́йся, а сам не плоша́й. (Trust God, but have insurance.)
10. Нашла́ коса́ на ка́мень. (You have met your match.)
11. Свя́то ме́сто пу́сто не быва́ет. (Nature abhors a vacuum.)
12. Ско́ро ска́зка ска́зывается, да не ско́ро де́ло де́лается. (Easier said than done.)
13. У́мная голова́, да дураку́ доста́лась. (A clever head given to a fool.)
14. Хоро́ший това́р сам себя́ хва́лит. (Quality sells itself.)
15. Чему́ быть, того́ не минова́ть. (Whatever will be, will be.)


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