Nepali proverb
एक माघले जाडो जाँदैन
Ek maagh le jaado jaadaina.
Ek choti vako kura feri feri huna sakxa.
Nepali proverb
एक पटकको चोर सधैँको चोर
Ek patak ko chor sadhai ko chor.
What it means
Ek patak aru ko naramro najar ma pare paxi tyo manxe sadaie naramrai hunxa. / Once you earn bad name, it will always be with you
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Nepali proverb
एकता नै बल हो
Ekataa nai bal ho.
Unity is strength.
Nepali proverb
ओरालो लागेको मृगलाई बाच्छाले पनि खेद्छ
Oraalo laageko mrigha lai bachchhaa le pani khedchha.
Tala pare paxi sabai le hepxan.
Proverbs that share words with this one
Nepali proverbs reuse the same images — the same animals, tools and weather — to land different lessons. These use some of the same words.
Advice
आकाश को राहु, पातलको केतु, एक पटक नपरी कसरी चेतु
Akash ko rahu, paataal ko ketu, ek patak napari kasari chetu?
One cannot learn without experience
Nepali proverb
मुर्ख तीन पटक हास्छ
Murkha teen patak haaschha
A foolish laughs three times.
Nepali proverb
चोर औंला अरु तिर, बाँकी औंला आँफै तिर
Chor aunla aru tira, baaki aula afai tira.