Как аукнется, так и откликнется
With accent marks:
Как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется.
Translation:
What goes around comes around.
Meaning:
As you treat others, so they will treat you.
This proverb is hard to translate literally. "Аукнется" comes from the sound "ау" that Russian people use to find each other in a forest. "Аукнется" is only used in this proverb, you don't find this word anywhere else. So a close to literal translation can be as follows: as you say "ау", you will receive the same response back.
Other Russian proverbs
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Век живи, век учись, а дураком помрёшь
Live for a century, learn for a century, but die being a fool anyway.
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Being a guest is good, but being at home is better.
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A holy place is never empty.
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С кем поведёшься, от того и наберёшься
With whom you are friends with, from them you will learn.
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В чужой монастырь со своим уставом не ходят
Don't bring your set of rules in a foreign monastery
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A bad example is contagious.
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A wolf is fed by his legs
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Готовь сани летом, а телегу зимой
Get your sleigh ready in summer and your (horse-drawn) cart in winter.
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