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近朱者赤,近墨者黑

 Chinese proverbs

jìn
zhū
zhě
chì,
jìn
mò
zhě
hēi
近
朱
者
赤,
近
墨
者
黑


Near vermilion, one gets stained pink; near ink, one gets stained black.

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酒逢知己千杯少,话不投机半句多

Chinese proverbs

jiǔ
féng
zhī
jǐ
qiān
bēi
shǎo,
huà
bù
tóu
jī
bàn
jù
duō
酒
逢
知
己
千
杯
少,
话
不
投
机
半
句
多


If you drink with a bosom friend, a thousand cups are not enough; if you argue with someone, half a sentence is too much.

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空穴来风,未必无因

             Chinese Proverbs
     

kōng
xué
lái
fēng,
wèi
bì
wú
yīn
空
穴
来
风,
未
必
无
因
                                    
                                         Weakness lends wings to rumors.
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苦海无涯,回头是岸

Chinese proverbs

kǔ
 hǎi
wú
yá, 
 huí
 tóu 
 shì
àn 
苦
 海
 无
 崖,
 回
头
  是
岸

 The sea of suffering is boundless; yet a turn of the gear is the other shore.

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老当益壮,穷当益坚

                 Chinese Proverbs

 

lǎo
dāng
yì
zhuàng,
qióng
dāng
yì
jiān
老
当
益
壮,
穷
当
益
坚

 
                                  Old but vigorous, poor but ambitious.

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良药苦口利于病,忠言逆耳利于行

               Chinese Proverbs

liáng
yào
kǔ
kǒu
lì
yú
bìng,
zhōng
yán
nì
ěr
lì
yú
xíng
良
药
苦
口
利
于
病,
忠
言
逆
耳
利
于
行

It takes bitter medicine to cure a disease properly, and it takes blunt advice to put us on the right track.

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