floatingmoon Posted February 26, 2008 at 08:19 PM Report Posted February 26, 2008 at 08:19 PM Can someone help me to explain the meaning of 海納百川，有容乃大 in English? Thank you very much. Quote
monto Posted February 27, 2008 at 02:06 AM Report Posted February 27, 2008 at 02:06 AM 海: sea(s) 納: to contain, to accept 百: hundred 川: river(s) 有: to have 容: volume 乃: to be 大: big by puting them together, we get the literal meaning: The sea accepts (water from) hundreds of rivers, it is big because of its huge volume. This saying is used to advise people to be tolerent. Quote
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