| Proverbs |
Annotation
And Connotations |
- Ruthlessness
is key to a man's accomplishment.
(Chinese
original: 无毒不丈夫Chinese Pinyin: Wu2 du2 bu4 zhang4fu1.)
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- Unfortunately
history proves it to be true again and again, particularly among statesmen
and politicians.
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- No
wind, no waves.
(Chinese
original:  Chinese Pinyin: Wu2 feng1 bu4 qi3 lang4.)
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- How about
"There is no fire without smoke."? The assumption here is that
rumors may have some grounds.
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- One
never comes to pray in the Temple of Three Treasures if he is not in
trouble.
(Chinese
original:  Chinese Pinyin: Wu2 shi4 bu1 deng1 san1bao3dian4.)
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- When
someone who rarely contacts you suddenly comes to you and you know what
he is come to, you will say this to yourself.
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- If
you have never done anything wrong, you should not be worrying about
devils to knock at your door.
(Chinese
original:  Chinese Pinyin: Wu2 shi4 bu2 pa4 gui3 jiao4 men2.)
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- Same
as "If you have not done anything evil, you should not worry
too much": the good/regular always overwhelms the bad/irregular
though in real life it is not necessarily so.
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- Fifty
steps laugh at a hundred steps.
(Chinese
original:  Chinese Pinyin: Wu3 shi2 bu4 xiao4 yi1 bai3 bu4.)
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Don't
gloat over others' mistakes while you are making the same ones in a different
fasion. |
- Things
will develop in the opposite direction when they become extreme.
(Chinese
original: 物极必反Chinese Pinyin: Wu4 ji2 bi4 fan3.)
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- The pendulum
is also swing back and forth.
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- Visiting
monks give better sermons.
(Chinese
original: 外来的和尚好念经 Chinese Pinyin: Wai4 lai2 de he2shang4
hao3 nian4jing1.)
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- People
always value opinions coming from sources other than their fellow employees.
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- He
who plays with fire may become its victim.
(Chinese
original:  Chinese Pinyin: Wan2 huo3 zi4 fen2.)
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- An evil
doer will eventually end up being punished.
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- Mend
the pen only after the sheep are all gone.
(Chinese
original:  Chinese Pinyin: Wang2 yang2 bu3 lao2.)
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- Some
say it is too late. Some say, well, if you learn a lesson, it is not
necessarily late: no more sheep will flee. It is better than if you
leave the pen broken at all. Therefore people use the proverb to either
purpose.
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