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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Chinese Proverb

Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.

Harmless as a paper tiger.

Firm-founded, like the bamboo’s clamping roots.

Silent as snow falls on the earth.

White as a flock of egrets.

Gleaming white, like peach and plum blossoms.