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Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of President Trump, celebrated her father’s landmark meeting with the leader of North Korea after decades of hostilities between the two countries by quoting what she called a Chinese proverb. “Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it,” Ms. Trump posted Monday on Twitter hours before Mr. Trump’s face-to-face meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore...The saying, it turned out, was not Chinese.
This section will highlight real proverbs that aptly describe daily headlines in this crazy world we currently live in.
Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do. I like Mike! -@realDonaldTrump, Aug 3, 2018
狗口里吐不出象牙 gou3 kou3 li3 tu4 bu4 chu1 xiang4 ya2
translation: can’t spit out an elephant tooth from a dog’s mouth
meaning: a bad person’s inability to say anything good
You don't have to agree with trump but the mob can't make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don't agree with everything anyone does. That's what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought. @kanyewest, Apr 25, 2018
猪朋狗友
translation: pig companions dog friends
meaning: disreputable peers
痴人说梦
translation: a fool talks dreams/nonsense
meaning: lunatic ravings
translation: destroys the house to catch the mouse
meaning: penny wise and pound foolish
translation: playing music to a cow
meaning: ridiculing the speaker for not knowing the audience OR ridicule the listener for not knowing what's talked ab
translation: how do you get the tiger cub w/o entering the tiger lair
meaning: have to take risks to get the reward
translation: waiting for the rabbit where it lives/caught last
meaning: getting something w/o effort OR reliant on past experiences and inflexible ab trying something new
translation: tracing the amountain range from start to finish
meaning: cause and effect of an event
translation: adding feet to a drawing of a snake
meaning: doing something unnecessary
translation: unstopping horse
meaning: always going forward, busy, nonstop
translation: sheepskin comes from the sheep
meaning: seemingly gaining something but had to pay a cost
translation: year of the monkey month of the horse
meaning: unreachable date in the future
translation: chickens flyies away and eggs are broken
meaning: loss on every side, left with nothing
translation: can't spit out an elephant tooth from a dog's mouth
meaning: bad person's inability to say anything good
translation: pig and dog friends
meaning: bad friends who are lazy and up to no good
郑人买鞋
- 丰衣足食
- 藏龙卧虎
- 人怕出名猪怕壮