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好酒不怕巷子深
hao jiu bupa xiangzi shen
Hao means “good” while jiu refers to alcoholic drinks. Xiangzi refers to alley or hutong; shen means &ldquo…
- Lan flowers
二人同心，其利断金；同心之言，其臭如兰
er ren tongxin, qi li duan jin; tongxin zhiyan, qi xiu ru lan
Tongxin means “the same mind”; jin refers to gold…
- Three Kingdoms
The portrait of Cao Cao
说曹操，曹操到
shuo Cao Cao, Cao Cao dao
Shuo means to speak of; dao means to arrive. Cao Cao (155-220) was a military strategist, t…
- Mei
不经一番寒彻骨，哪有梅花扑鼻香
bu jing yi fan han che gu, na you meihua pu bi xiang
Meihua means plum blossoms while hua means flowers. This proverb, taken litera…
- Mountain
山不在高，有仙则名；水不在深，有龙则灵
shan buzai gao, youxian ze ming; shui buzai shen, youlong ze ling
Long means “dragons,” some of which live unde…
- Weiqi
落子无悔
luozi wuhui
Wuhui means “no regret.” This proverb, taken literally, means that once the weiqi stones touch the board, one should not regret t…
- Family
家必自毁，而后人毁之
A family can only be destroyed if it destroys itself.
Mencius said these words to demonstrate the importance of family virtue. The collapse o…
- CHINESE WISDOM
季札挂剑
Ji Zha hanging up the sword
The Wu Kingdom in the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE) was famous for its technical skill in forging swords. Ji Zha was the youn…
- CHINESE WISDOM
雪夜访戴
Visiting Daikui on a snowy night
Wang Huizhi (338-386) was a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420). He was the fifth son of Wang Xizhi, the…
Time:12/14/2017 Hits:27好酒不怕巷子深 hao jiu bupa xiangzi shen Hao means “good” while jiu refers to alcoholic drinks. Xiangzi refers to alley or hutong; shen means &ldquo…