Chinese Proverbs

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Reduced to mere skeletons by one's grief. (Chinese original: 哀毁骨立 Chinese Pinyin: Aī-huǐ-gǔ-lì.)
Love my house, love the crow on it. (Chinese original: 爱屋及乌 Chinese Pinyin: ài-wū-jí-wū.)	The crow may be ugly, but love it if your really love my house. A close English counterpart of this proverb is "Love me, love my dog."
One gourd is pushued under the water, but another floats up. (Chinese original: 按下葫芦起了瓢。 Chinese Pinyin:  àn xia húlu qǐ le piáo.)	Too many problems pop up one after another and prove to be too much to cope with.