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Annotation
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- A
person cannot be judged by his appearance in the same token as the sea
cannot be measured with a bucket.
(Chinese
original: 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 Chinese Pinyin: Ren2 bu4ke3 mao4 xiang4; hai3shui3
bu4ke3 dou3 liang2.)
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- Appearance
is deceiving: youll never know how capable and/or how powerful he may
be.
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- The
evil is dreaded by men but not heaven; the kind-hearted is cheated by
mortals but not God.
(Chinese
original:  Chinese Pinyin: Ren2 e4 ren2 pa4 tian1 bu2 pa4, ren2 shan4 ren2 qi1
tian1 bu4 qi1.)
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Void
of a long-term plan will bring you trouble soon.
(Chinese
original: 人无远虑，必有近忧 Chinese Pinyin: Ren2 wu2 yuan3 lü4
bi4 you3 jin4 you1.) |
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- A
person moves up while water runs down.
(Chinese
original: 人往高处走，水往低处流Chinese Pinyin: Ren2 wang3 gao1 chu4 zou3, shui3
wang3 di1 chu4 liu2.)
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- One should
never give up efforts to improve oneself, whether morally or financially.
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- A
man's greed is like a snake that wants to swallow an elephant.
(Chinese
original:  Chinese Pinyin: Ren2 xin1 bu4 zu2 she2 tun1 xiang4.)
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- You can
never tell what one really thinks. Sincerity shows through one's actions
rather than words and appearance.
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- A
man's heart is indiscernible behind his chest.
(Chinese
original:  Chinese Pinyin: Ren2 xin1 ge2 du4 pi2.)
(A similar proverb: You may know someone by his appearance,
but you may never know what he thinks.  :
Zhi1 ren2 zhi1 mian4 bu4 zhi1 xin1.)
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- You can
never tell what one really thinks. Sincerity shows through one's actions
rather than words and appearance.
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