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Setback & Rebound

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By form All ProverbsFour charactersUntranslatable wordsStories behind wordsHaiku · By theme PatiencePerseveranceWorkDisciplineRelationsCourageHumilityLearningLifeSetback & ReboundNatureTime ·
  1. 002 Fall seven times, rise eight.
  2. 010 Even monkeys fall from trees.
  3. 011 Even skilled hands let water slip through.
  4. 012 Failure is the foundation of success.
  5. 071 Tomorrow, tomorrow's wind will blow.
  6. 076 Everything in life is like the old man's horse.
  7. 077 After the rain, the ground hardens.
  8. 084 After ease comes hardship, after hardship comes ease.
  9. 087 The third time is the charm.
  10. 102 Snow does not break the willow.
  11. 138 Beyond the clouds, blue sky.
  12. 145 A bee on a tear-streaked face.
  13. 156 There are mountains, there are valleys.
  14. 163 Skinny frog, do not give up — Issa is here.
  15. 179 The real fault is not to mend one's fault.
  16. 184 To gain one life out of nine deaths.
  17. 185 Bringing back to life what seemed dead.
  18. 186 A full turn of the heart.
  19. 187 Returning in a cloud of dust.
  20. 190 If pushing fails, try pulling.
  21. 191 At the dead end, a way opens.
  22. 193 Knowing when to withdraw is winning.
  23. 205 Water on a frog's face.
  24. 206 A rumor lives but seventy-five days.
  25. 207 The outcome of a contest belongs also to the hour.
  26. 208 Let the water carry it away.
  27. 225 June rains — facing the swollen river, two houses.
  28. 245 Lost in five leagues of fog.
  29. 299 The country is broken; mountains and rivers remain.
  30. 304 Bloom where you were sown.