《弟子规》名句翻译
见未真，勿轻言。知未的，勿轻传。
See the truth, don’t speak lightly. Don’t pass on what you don’t know.
人不闲，勿事搅。人不安，勿话扰。
Do not stir things when you are not idle. If you are upset, don’t bother.
父母教，须敬听。父母责，须顺承。
Parents teach, must listen to respect. Parental responsibility, must follow.
冠必正，纽必结。袜与履，俱紧切。
The crown must be right and the knot must be knotted. Socks and shoes, both tightened.
读书法，有三到。心眼口，信皆要。
Reading method, there are three to. Heart, eye, mouth, believe all.
人有短，切莫揭。人有私，切莫说。
People have short, do not reveal. People have private, do not say.
凡是人，皆须爱。天同覆，地同载。
All people must be loved. The sky is the same, the earth is the same.
同是人，类不同。流俗众，仁者希。
Same people, different kinds. Common people many, benevolent person short.
衣贵洁，不貴华。上循分，下称家。
Your clothes are clean, not expensive. On the points, under the home.
年方少，勿饮酒。饮酒醉，最为丑。
Don’t drink when you are young. Drunkenness is the ugliest.
冬则温，夏则清。晨则省，昏则定。
Winter is warm, summer is clear. Morning is sober, evening is decided.
己有能，勿自私。人所能，勿轻訾。
If you can, don’t be selfish. People can, not jealous.
无心非，名为错。有心非，名为恶。
No, the name is wrong. If you have a wrong mind, it is called evil.
勿自暴，勿自弃。圣与贤，可驯致。
Don’t be violent, don’t abandon yourself. Sages can be tamed.
话说多，不如少。惟其是，勿佞巧。
Less is better than more. But let not I be clever.
奸巧语，秽污词。市井气，切戒之。
Foul language, foul words. Market gas, must be cut.
彼说长，此说短。不关己，莫闲管。
One says long, the other short. Don’t care, don’t idle.
用人物，须明求。倘不问，即为偷。
With characters, must be clear. If you don’t ask, you steal.
扬人恶，即是恶。疾之甚，祸且作。
It is evil to raise evil in others. The disease is very serious, the disaster is repeated.
称尊长，勿呼名。对尊长，勿见能。
Don’t call elders by name. Don’t see power to your elders.
见人善，即思齐。纵去远，以渐跻。
See good people, then think of them. To go far, to near by.
财物轻，怨何生。言语忍，忿自泯。
Property is light, why complain. Words endure, fury min.
心有疑，随札记。就人问，求确义。
In doubt, follow the notes. Ask, and seek righteousness.
父母呼，应勿缓。父母命，行勿懒。
Parents call, should not slow. Parents life, do not lazy.
对饮食，勿拣择。食适可，勿过则。
Don’t be choosy about what you eat. Eat well, not too much.
不力行，但学文。长浮华，成何人。
Not good at doing, but good at writing. Long flashy, into who.
见人恶，即内省。有则改，无加警。
See evil, that is, introspection. Will be changed, no alarm.
凡出言，信为先。诈与妄，奚可焉？
If you speak, believe first. Fraud and false, how can I?
事非宜，勿轻诺。苟轻诺，进退错。
Don’t make promises when things are inappropriate. If he promises, he makes a mistake.
凡道字，重且舒。勿急疾，勿模糊。
Where the word, heavy and comfortable. Don’t rush, don’t blur.
出必告，反必面。居有常，业无变。
Out will tell, anti will face. Where there is residence, there is no change in business.
行高者，名自高。人所重，非貌高。
Line high, name will be high. It is not beauty that counts.
果仁者，人多畏。言不诈，色不媚。
Benevolent, people will afraid him. Outspoken, Color is not flattering.
能亲仁，无限好。德日进，过日少。
Can be benevolence, infinite good. The virtue day by day more, the wrong day by day short.
步从容，立端正。揖深圆，拜恭敬。
Step calmly and stand upright. Bowing deep circle, worship.
借人物，及时还。后有急，借不难。
When you borrow something, have to return quickly. After be urgency, borrow is not difficult.
亲爱我，孝何难。亲憎我，孝方贤。
Kinsfolk love me, filial piety is not difficult. Kinsfolk hate me, filial piety will be worthy.
物虽小，勿私藏。苟私藏，亲心伤。
Small as things are, keep them not. If you hide something, it hurts the heart.
亲所好，力为具。亲所恶，谨为去。
Kinsfolk love this, force for a. Kinsfolk hate that, be careful go.
尊长前，声要低。低不闻，却非宜。
Before your elders, keep your voice low. Low do not hear, but not appropriate.
不亲仁，无限害。小人进，百事坏。
Do not benevolence, unlimited harm. Villain into, hundred of things will be bad.
过能改，归于无。倘掩饰，增一辜。
Mistake can change, to nothing. If cover up, a punk.
晨必盥，兼漱口。便溺回，辄净手。
In the morning one must wash the face, plus rinse the mouth. Then go to toilet and clean the hand.
将入门，问孰存。将上堂，声必扬。
Will enter the door, ask who exist. Will be in central room, voice must shout.
事诸父，如事父。事诸兄，如事兄。
Serve the fathers, as father. Serve the brothers, as brother.
置冠服，有定位。勿乱顿，致污秽。
Crown suit, positioning. Don’t mess up, cause pollution.
或饮食，或坐走，长者先，幼者后。
Or eat, or sit away, the old first, the young last.
长呼人，即代叫。人不在，己即到。
When call the person, namely call. If he is not there, I will be there.
长者立，幼勿坐。长者坐，命乃坐。
The old stand, the young do not sit. The old sit, then the young can sit.
身有伤，贻亲忧。德有伤，贻亲羞。
A wound brings kinsfolk sorrow. If virtue have wound, brings kinsfolk shame.
事虽小，勿擅为。苟擅为，子道亏。
Do not act on small things. If you do, could be loses.
人问谁，对以名。吾与我，不分明。
People ask who, to the name. Me and me, not clear.
丧尽礼，祭尽诚。事死者，如事生。
Lose the ceremony, sacrifice do sincere. For the dead, as for the living.
亲有疾，药先尝。昼夜侍，不离床。
Kinsfolk has disease, medicine first taste. Day and night, not left from the bed.
丧三年，常悲咽。居处变，酒肉绝。
Three years of mourning, often sad. Change of location, wine and meat never eat.
