Meta Proverbs

정석을 배우면 두점은 강해진다 : Learning pattern loses two stones strength.

네귀 뺏기고 바둑두지 마라 : Black should resign if one player has four corners.

축모르면 바둑두지 마라 : If you don't know ladders, don't play Go.

정수(正手)로 두어서는 접바둑을 이기지 못한다 : Proverbs do not apply to White.

손따라 두면 바둑 진다 : You can play Go but don't let Go play you.

패가 무서우면 바둑두지 마라 : If you don't like Ko don't Play Go.

바둑은 끊고 보라(棋者切也) : Cut First Think Later.

바둑을 배우려면 용어부터 알아라 : If It Has a Name Know It.

50판은 져야 바둑 배운다 : Lose Your First 50 Games as Quickly as Possible.

교활하게 이기지 마라 : Don't try to weasel a win out of a proverb.

Proverbs for all situations

상대에게 좋은 곳은 내게도 좋은 곳 : Your opponent's good move is your good move.

적의 급소는 나의 급소 : The opponent's vital point is my vital point.

좌우동형 중앙에 수 있다 : Play on the point of symmetry.

뒷손질 필요한 행마는 하지 마라 : Beware of going back to patch up.

격언이라고 무조건 따르지 마라 : Don't follow proverbs blindly.

잘 모르겠으면 손빼라 : When in doubt, play elsewhere.

손빼는 것도 수단이다 : Play elsewhere is always an option.

Life-and-death proverbs

죽음은 젖힘에 있다 : There is death in the bend.

공격을 하려면 눈을 뺏어라 : Learn the eye-stealing tesuji.

2선은 6번 늘면 죽고 8번 늘면 산다(六死八活)

Six die but eight live on the second line./ On the second line, six die, eight live.

3선은 4번 늘면 죽고 6번 늘면 산다(四死六活)

Four die but six live on the third line./ On the third line, four die, six live.

四宮-다섯수, 五宮-여덟수, 六宮-열두수 : Four is five, five is eight, six is twelve.

됫박형은 패가 난다 : The carpenter's square becomes ko.

대문(大門) 모양은 죽는다 : The door group is dead.

귀곡사 모양은 죽는다 : Bend four in the corner is dead.

1-2에 묘수 있다 : Strange things happen at the one two point.

유가무가 불상전(有家無家 不相戰)

Eyes win capturing race. The capturing race where only one player has an eye is a fight over nothing.

대궁소궁 불상전(大宮小宮 不相戰) : Big eye wins the small eye in the capturing race.

도망갈 길을 터주고 쫓으라 : Check escape routes first.