xuechengfeng Posted July 17, 2004 at 10:30 PM Author Report Posted July 17, 2004 at 10:30 PM something like.. One person wanting to not work hard, in the future he will accomplish nothing. Quote
Claw Posted July 17, 2004 at 10:35 PM Report Posted July 17, 2004 at 10:35 PM One person wanting to not work hard, in the future he will accomplish nothing. Close... 要是 means "if" in this context, not "want," so a better translation would be: If one doesn't work hard, he will accomplish nothing. How about for the next sentence, try translating what's in my signature: 一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰。 It's a pretty popular expression... more motivation for you. Quote
roddy Posted July 18, 2004 at 03:34 AM Report Posted July 18, 2004 at 03:34 AM Here's another one, to show what might happen to you if you don't keep studying hard 黄永农的一天是这样度过的：早上6点多起床，到一个居民小区清扫卫生；白天，走街串巷，捡些汽水瓶罐和废纸卖；晚上，他给一个私人老板看门市，每月100块 From this newspaper article. Roddy Quote
shibo77 Posted July 18, 2004 at 12:46 PM Report Posted July 18, 2004 at 12:46 PM 每月100块 Not bad! More than I make! Which is 0. -Shibo Quote
maybedaisy Posted July 18, 2004 at 04:49 PM Report Posted July 18, 2004 at 04:49 PM in my opinion ,"颠" means "shake" . there's many ancient prose in china which even most chinese people can't understand,that's what the chinese lessons learn about. like" 颠"，in fact,we're not often use this word often,sometimes we use "抖" instead of " 颠"。 Quote
maybedaisy Posted July 18, 2004 at 04:53 PM Report Posted July 18, 2004 at 04:53 PM 哈哈 ，100RMB/month, what does he live on?? Quote
andrewfz Posted July 19, 2004 at 04:08 AM Report Posted July 19, 2004 at 04:08 AM Roddy - another interesting one is ...颠倒黑白 dian1dao3hei1bai2...which is some think like....to stand truth on its head. Quote
maybedaisy Posted July 19, 2004 at 01:26 PM Report Posted July 19, 2004 at 01:26 PM 颠倒黑白 means "confuse right and wrong" the same as "颠倒是非" Quote
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