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Bird

Image: Batrachostomus septimus (Philippine Frogmouth) by Joseph Smit (1836–1929) from Wikimedia Commons ( https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Batrachostomus_septimus_01.jpg) in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less, including U.S.

Bird, Bosnian Proverb


Latin: Bolje vrabac u ruci, nego golub na grani.
Cyrillic: Боље врабац у руци, него голуб на грани.
Translation: A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the branch.

- Bosnian Proverb; Kovačević (1991). Srpsko-engleski rečnik idioma, izraza i izreka. Filip Višnjić. p. 48.

Proverbs from all Bosnian speaking parts of the world.

손 안에 참새가 나뭇가지 위의 비둘기 보다 낫다.


English equivalent

¶ A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
손 안에 든 새 한 마리가 숲 속에 있는 두 마리보다 낫다.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bosnian_proverbs

Nature, Chinese Proverb


If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.

- Chinese Proverb

만약 내 마음에 녹색 가지가 있다면, 노래하는 새가 올텐데.

- 중국속담

Advice, Avatamsaka Sutra


自利利他,如鳥兩翼。

- 華嚴經

Likewise, helping oneself and helping others are like the two wings of a bird.

- Avataṃsaka Sūtra (華嚴經)

나도 이롭고 남도 이로우면 새의 양쪽 날개와 같다.[自利利他,如鳥兩翼。(자리이타 여조양익)]

- 화엄경 (華嚴經)

Deity, Chilean Proverb


The little birds have god for their caterer.

- Chilean Proverb

작은 새들도 그들에게 먹을 것을 주는 신을 가지고 있다.

- 칠레 속담