【25】由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难。
——谚语 司马光《训俭示康》

投票：外方评委 8人投票 ★ ，中方评委 7人投票 ●

1．It's easier for one to live a thrifty-to-luxurious life than to live a luxurious-to-thrifty life．

（魏红霞译） ★★★●●●●●

2．Easy to be wasteful but hard to be frugal．

（曹小菁译） ★★★★★★●

3．It is easy to go from thrift to extravagance，but not vise versa．

（倪庆行译） ★★●●

4．It's easy to go from thrift to luxury，but hard from luxury to thrift．

（任诚刚译 1） ●●●●

5．It's easier to go from frugality to indulgence，not vice versa．

（王绍昌译 1） ★●●

6．It's easier to spend pounds than earn pennies．

（冯雷译 1） ★●●

7．One easily falls from frugality into luxury，and struggles to climb back up．

（叶如钢译 1） ★★★

8．Switching from frugality to luxury is like an easy downhill slide，while the other way around is like a hard uphill climb．

（叶如钢译 2） ★★★

9．It's easy to go from thrift to luxury，but not the other way around．

（任诚刚译 2） ●●●

10．It's easier to become frugal from luxury than to be luxury from thrift．

（赵宜忠译） ★●

11．Bus takers love to sit in a BMW；BMW owners hate to take a crowded bus．

（冯雷译 2） ★●

12．Easy it is for a thrifty man to turn extravagant；hard it is for an extravagant man to turn thrifty．

（石永浩译） ★●

13．It is easy for thrifty people to become squandering，while hard for squanderers to become thrifty．

（铁冰译） ●●

14．It's easy to shift from thrift to extravagance but it isn't to go the other way round．

（程永生译） ●●

15．How about living from frugality to extravagance？Easy！And the other way around？Difficult！

（王昌玲译） ★

16．The transition from thrift to indulgence is easier than from indulgence to thrift．

（王绍昌译 2） ★

17．It's easier to climb up than walk down the high mountain．

（艾朝阳译） ★

18．It's a wide gate to go from thrift to squandering but it's a narrow gate the other way round．

（乐国斌译） ★ qQ3pLxNvt127oM/Ae+8UC0oQeKCDcWDEkb95b2qimrD6hnDkg6w73KVqot+Ad0hd