Nepali proverb
किन रोइस् मङ्गले आफ्नै ढंगले
Kina royis mangale aafnai dhangale.
aafaile garda kaam bigranu
Nepali proverb
कालो अक्षर भैँसी बराबर
Kaalo akshar bhaisi barabar.
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Kaalo akshar bhaisi barabar.
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Nepali proverb
कुकुर भुक्दै गर्छ, हात्ती लम्कँदै गर्छ
Kukur bhukdai garchha, hatti lamkidai garchha.
Little people will try to stop you, keep moving
Nepali proverb
कुकुरलाई मासु पैंचो
Kukur lai maasu paicho.
Lending things to someone who doesn’t know the value or they will never return the thing.
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.
Awareness
अर्काको आङ्गको जुम्रा देख्ने, आफ्नो आङ्गको भैसी पनि नदेख्ने
Arka ko aang ko jumra dekhne, aafno aang ko bhaisi pani nadekhne.
It is easy to point out others' flaws but difficult to recognize one's own shortcomings
Nepali proverb
जसको लाठी उसको भैंसी
Jasko lathi usko bhaisi.
Jo snagha srot sadhan xa uni mathi hunxa
Nepali proverb
भैंसीलाई सिङ भारी हुँदैन
Bhaisi lai singh bhaari hudaina.
Nepali proverb
छालो जाला तर कालो जादैन
Chhalo jaalaa tara kaalo jaadaina
Nepali proverb
जोगी देख्दा भैँसी तर्सिने, भैँसी देख्दा जोगी तर्सने
Jogi dekhda bhaisi tarsine, bhaisi dekhda jogi tarsine.
Nepali proverb
कालो बादलले संधै पानी पार्दैन
Kaalo baadal le sadhai paani paardaina.