清明前后，种瓜点豆。
Before and after Qingming, plant melons and beans.
芒种不种，再种无用。
If you don’t plant during Grain in Ear, later planting is futile.
朝霞不出门，晚霞行千里。
Red sky at morning, shepherd’s warning; red sky at night, shepherd’s delight.
立秋雨淋淋，遍地是黄金。
Rain during Start of Autumn turns fields to gold.
深栽茄子浅栽烟
Eggplants deep, tobacco shallow.
豆锄三遍圆溜溜
Three weedings make soybeans plump.
寸草铡三刀，无料也上膘
Chopped hay thrice fattens without feed.
小猪要游，大猪要囚
Piglets need space, hogs need pens.
燕子低飞蛇过道，大雨眨眼就来到
Swallows low and snakes cross paths – rain approaches fast.
蚂蚁搬家山戴帽，水缸出汗蛤蟆叫（大雨将到）
Ants move nests, clouds cap hills, jars sweat and frogs croak – storm nears.
春争日，夏争时
Spring races days, summer races hours.
八月葱，九月空
Plant onions in August, harvest emptiness in September.
沙土拌泥，好得出奇
Mix sand with clay, wonder crops you’ll see.
碱地盖上沙，强似把粪加
Sand on saline soil beats manure.
高地芝麻洼地豆
Sesame on hills, beans in valleys.
不是肥田不栽薯
Only fertile fields grow sweet potatoes.
九成开镰十成收，十成开镰两成丢
Harvest at 90% ripeness for full yield; wait for 100% and lose 20%.
瑞雪兆丰年
Timely snow foretells bounty year.
霜打片、雹打线
Frost strikes patches, hail strikes lines.
头伏萝卜二伏菜
First dog-day radishes, second greens.
七月十五定旱涝，八月十五定收成
July 15 decides drought/flood, August 15 decides harvest.
河里鱼打花，天天有雨下
Fish frolic in river, rain comes daily.
旱枣涝栗
Jujubes drought, chestnuts flood.
牛马年，好种田
Ox/Horse years bring fertile fields.
冬雪是宝，春雪是草
Winter snow treasure, spring snow weeds.
夏至不拔蒜，蒜在泥里烂
Garlic unharvested by solstice rots underground.
云往东，一场空；云往西，披蓑衣
Clouds east – rain ceases; clouds west – raincoats dressed.
白露早，寒露迟，秋分种麦正当时
Early White Dew, late Cold Dew, Autumn Equinox perfect for wheat.
七月耕金，八月耕银
July plowing gold, August plowing silver.
春旱不算旱，秋旱减一半
Spring drought bearable, autumn drought halves yield.