危险是安全的近邻。Danger is next neighbour to security.

危险本身就是对付危险的最好办法。Danger itself is the best remedy for danger.

死人不会搬弄是非。Dead men tell no tales.

凡人都要死，大家都一样。Death is the grand leveller.

死亡到处和我门相遇。Death meets us everywhere.

人死百债了。Death pays all debts.

死亡来临时，无可抗拒之。Death when it comes will have no denial.

不要光说不练。Deeds, no words.

负债总比死亡强。Debt is better than death.

行动是果实，言语只是树叶而已。 Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves.

言柔弱无能，行刚强有力。 Deeds are males, and words are females.

深水静静流，浅溪潺潺流。一瓶子不响，半瓶子咣当。Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy.

坐失良机必有忧患。 Delays are dangerous.

着手前要深思熟虑，执行要果断有力。 Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour.

考虑要仔细，行动要迅速。 Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.

慎思不是拖延。 Deliberating is not delaying.

言不在多，而在有物。 Deliver not your words by number but by weight.

依靠别人总要后悔。 Depend on others and you always repent.

人急造反，狗急跳墙。 Despair gives courage to a coward.

树大招风。 Destruction pursues the great.

以毒攻毒。 Devil must be driven out with devils.

熟练来自经验。 Dexterity comes by experience.

强中更有强中手。 Diamond cut diamond.

药补不如食补。 Diet cures more than the doctor.

勤奋近乎成功。 Diligence is near success.

刻苦是成功之母。 Diligence is the mother of good luck.

勤奋是成功之母。 Diligence is the mother of success.

不知足是前进中的第一步。 Discontent is the first step in progress.

小心即大勇。 Discretion is the better part of valour.

病，仇与债这三者，一露苗头就砍掉。 Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow.

心灵上的疾病比肉体上的疾病更危险。 Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.

疾病是不正当娱乐的代价。 Diseases are the price of ill pleasures.

病来如山倒，病去如抽丝。 Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.

心怀不端的人是可耻的。 Disgraced may be he who thinks ill.

为众之所为，受众之所夸。 Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.

入乡要随俗。 Do as the Romans do

Do as they do at Rome.

推己及人。 Do as you would be done by.

要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。 Do business, but be not a slave to it.

物不伤其类。 Dog does not eat dog.

远处叫得凶的狗，不会近身来咬人。 Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.

多谋寡成。 Dogs that run after many hares kill none.

狗摇尾巴，爱的是面包。 Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread.

行胜于言。 Doing is better than saying.

入乡随俗。 Do in Rome as the Romans do.

不要为所能为，不要花尽所有，不要全信所闻，不要言尽所知。 Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know.

不要忘恩负义。 Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.

万勿轻敌。 Do not despise your enemy.

不要有求必应。 Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail.

切勿褒贬过早。 Do not praise a day before sunset.

不要见利就拼命追。 Do not run too fast after gain.

不要向不如你幸运的人述说你的幸福。 Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

处在危难中，不宜大变动。 Do not swap horses when crossing a stream.

不要因为怕贫苦而放弃自由。 Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty.

己所不欲，勿施于人。 Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you.

家丑不可外扬。 Do not wash dirty linen in public.

清水未来，莫泼脏水。 Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean.

不要过早乐观。 Don't count your chicken before they are hatched.

勿缘木求鱼。 Don't climb a tree to look for fish.

不要杞人忧天。 Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.

羽毛未丰不要飞。 Don't fly till you wings are feathered.

还没受苦，就别叫苦。 Don't cry out before you are hurt.

没有脱离危险不要先欢呼。 Don't halloo till you are out of the wood.

切莫临时抱佛脚。 Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.

勿孤注一掷。 Don't keep all your eggs in one basketball.

今日事，今日毕。 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

不要尽言所知，而要尽知所言。 Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak.

休要班门弄斧。 Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

清水未打来，脏水莫倒掉。 Don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh.

不要自寻烦恼。 Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

没有脱离险境，不要过早高兴。 Don't whistle until you are out of the wood.

尽力而为。 Do one's level best.

一点一划，循规蹈矩。 Dot the i's and cross the t's.

怀疑乃知识的钥匙。 Doubt is the key of knowledge.

说得好不如做得好。 Do well is better than say well.

嘴上没毛，办事不牢。 Downy lips make thoughtless slips.

事未齐备，切莫妄动。 Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed.

竹篮子打水一场空。 Draw water with a sieve.

梦不足信。 Dream are lies.

梦想总与现实相反。 Dreams go by contraries.

要推动事业，不要让事业来推动你。 Drive your business, do not let it drive you.

滴水汇大海，垒石筑高墙。 Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built.

溺水的人一根草也要抓。 Drowning man will catch at a straw.

今日花天酒地，明日潦倒穷途。 Drunken days have all their tomorrows.

酒后露真言。 Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.

哑犬最凶恶。 Dumb dogs are dangerous.

死亡与生存一样自然。 Dying is as natural as living.