Author: CHUNG Yoon Ngan
Date: 10-03-11 19:27
中國賢文 Chinese Words of Wisdom (2011 to 2060)
管中窺豹,---Guan3 zhong kui bao4,
可見一班.---Ke3 jian4 yi ban.
Look at one spot on a leopard
And you can visualize the whole animal.
(conjure up the whole thing through seeing a part of it)
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光輝燦爛者,---Guang1 hui can4 lan4 zhe3,
非盡黃金也.---Fei jin4 huang2 jin ye3.
All is not gold that glitters
(People and things that make a show,
are not always as good as they look.)
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光說空話不做事,---Guang1 shuo kong4 hua4 bu4 zuo4 shi4,
猶如花園光長剌.---You2 ru2 hua yuan2 guang zhang3 ci4.
A man of words and not of deeds,
Is like a garden full of weeds.
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廣闊天地,---Guang3 kuo4 tian di4,
大有作為.---Da4 you3 zuo4 wei2
A vast world where much can be accomplished
(a vast field for using one's talents)
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龜兒不要笑鱉,---Gui1 er2 bu4 yao xiao3 bie,
共個洞里歇.-------Gong4 ge4 dong4 li3 xie.
The tortoise should not laugh at the soft-shelled turtle,
As they both are living together in the same hole.
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By CHUNG Yoon-Ngan (鄭永元)
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