Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy.
［译］深水静静流，浅溪潺潺流。
Distance lends enchantment to the view. (or Mountains look beautiful from a distance.)
［注解］意指远观往往胜过近赏。远看是湖光山色，近瞧也许就变成穷山恶水。distance既可指空间的距离也可指时间的距离。lend提供，给予；enchantment入迷，着迷。
［译］景色远看，分外迷人；远处看山山更美。
Draw water with a sieve.
［注解］“sieve”指“筛子”。
［译］竹篮打水一场空。
Dreams go by contraries.
［注解］指梦中的情景和现实发生的事情正好相反，梦凶为吉；梦吉为凶。
［译］梦与现实常相反。
Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built.
［译］滴水汇大海，垒石筑高墙。
Dumb dogs are dangerous.
［译］哑犬最危险。