{"id":3186,"date":"2010-12-22T23:59:31","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T23:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2010-12-23T00:01:09","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T00:01:09","slug":"axioms-and-proverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/axioms-and-proverbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Axioms and Proverbs (\u6210\u8bed\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some very…lets say…unique Chinese proverbs or \u6210\u8bed (ch\u00e9ng<\/a> y\u01d4<\/a>). See if you can figure them out before you read the English transliteration\/translation:<\/p>\n

\u718a\u778e\u5b50\u6458\u82de\u7c73\uff0c\u6458\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e22\u4e00\u4e2a pinyin: xi\u00f3ng xi\u0101 zi zh\u0101i b\u0101o m\u01d0, zh\u0101i y\u00ed g\u00e8 di\u016b y\u00ed g\u00e8
\nvariant: \u72d7\u718a\u63b0\u82de\u7c73 (pinyin: g\u01d2u xi\u00f3ng ba b\u0101o m\u01d0)
\nLiterally: Blind bear picks corn, picks one and drops one.
\nMeaning: You will lose what you already have if you keep seeking for more.
\nNote: (Story) A bear (a bear, in Chinese culture, frequently symbolizes someone with little common sense) was picking corn and sticking the corn in his armpit. As he puts the next corn cob into his armpit, opening his arm, he drops the one he already had.
\nCompare:\u00a0A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. (Benjamin Franklin – Poor Richard’s Almanac)
\n\u6709\u5fd7\u8005\uff0c\u4e8b\u7adf\u6210 (pinyin: y\u01d2u zh\u00ec zhe, sh\u00ec j\u00ecng ch\u00e9ng)
\nLiterally: If a person has ambition, things will be accomplished.
\nMoral: Where there is a will, there is a way (English equivalent).<\/p>\n

\u864e\u7236\u65e0\u72ac\u5b50 (pinyin: h\u01d4 f\u00f9 w\u00fa qu\u01cen z\u01d0)
\nLiterally: A tiger father has no canine sons.
\nMoral: People who are closely related are similar
\nEnglish Equivalent: A chip off the old block.
\nEnglish Equivilant 2: An apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.<\/p>\n

\u864e\u7236\u65e0\u72ac\u5b50 (pinyin: h\u01d4 f\u00f9 w\u00fa qu\u01cen z\u01d0)
\nLiterally: A tiger father has no canine sons.
\nMoral: People who are closely related are similar
\nEnglish Equivalent: A chip off the old block.
\nEnglish Equivilant 2: An apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are some very…lets say…unique Chinese proverbs or \u6210\u8bed (ch\u00e9ng y\u01d4). See if you can figure them out before you read the English transliteration\/translation: \u718a\u778e\u5b50\u6458\u82de\u7c73\uff0c\u6458\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e22\u4e00\u4e2a pinyin: xi\u00f3ng xi\u0101 zi zh\u0101i b\u0101o m\u01d0, zh\u0101i y\u00ed g\u00e8 di\u016b y\u00ed g\u00e8 variant: \u72d7\u718a\u63b0\u82de\u7c73 (pinyin: g\u01d2u xi\u00f3ng ba b\u0101o m\u01d0) Literally: Blind bear picks corn, picks one and drops…<\/p>\n

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