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各花入各眼

“Different flowers enter different eyes.”

Beauty and taste are subjective — what one person finds appealing, another may not.

— Traditional Hong Kong Wisdom, Hong Kong

Source: Traditional Hong Kong proverb, public-domain oral tradition

More Proverbs from Hong Kong

未食五月糉，寒衣未入櫳

“Before eating the Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings, don't put away your winter clothes.”

Warns that the weather stays changeable until after the Dragon Boat Festival in early summer, so don't put winter clothing away too soon.

Source: Traditional Hong Kong proverb, public-domain oral tradition

有錢使得鬼推磨

“With money, you can even make a ghost push the millstone.”

Money can accomplish things that would otherwise seem impossible.

Source: Traditional Hong Kong proverb, public-domain oral tradition

一雞死一雞鳴

“When one rooster dies, another crows.”

Life goes on — when one thing ends, something else rises to take its place.

Source: Traditional Hong Kong proverb, public-domain oral tradition

山大斬埋有柴

“The mountain is big — keep chopping and there will always be more firewood.”

There are always more opportunities or options if you keep looking.

Source: Traditional Hong Kong proverb, public-domain oral tradition

天無絕人之路

“Heaven never seals off every path for a person.”

No matter how dire the situation, some way forward will appear.

Source: Traditional Hong Kong proverb, public-domain oral tradition

求人不如求己

“Better to rely on yourself than to ask others.”

Self-reliance is more dependable than depending on other people's help.

Source: Traditional Hong Kong proverb, public-domain oral tradition