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תושלב״עUsed by an author to indicate the end of a book or other major work and thank God for assistance in its completion.Rate it:

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תנצב״התְּהֵא נַפְשׁוֹ/נַפְשָׁהּ צְרוּרָה בִּצְרוֹר הַחַיִּים a common used epitaph, for a male and female respectively.Rate it:

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“a sentence doesn't come out of nowhere, the writer planted it, watered it, took care of it and youSentenceRate it:

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“failure is bringing the wine and forgetting the glass, depression is forgetting the corkscrew."Wine Rate it:

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“god is the doctor, the world is the hospital and i am the patient.”GodRate it:

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一步一個腳印to work steadily and make solid progressRate it:

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一路走好Have a good and safe journey.Rate it:

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上有老下有小to have both one's aging parents and one's young children to take care of; to be a member of the sandwich generationRate it:

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云云used at the end of a quotation, implying that some words of the same purport are left out; "and so on and so forth"Rate it:

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你老母Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see 你, 老母.Rate it:

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你話呢Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see 你, 話, 呢 : what do you think?Rate it:

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來者何人who are you and why are you here?Rate it:

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劉姥姥進大觀園"Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens"; to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundingsRate it:

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又紅又專pro-communism and having professional skillRate it:

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呢樣嗰樣this and thatRate it:

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命苦不能怨政府，點背不能怨社會One cannot blame for their misfortune with the government and the society.Rate it:

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好好學習，天天向上study hard and every day you will improveRate it:

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尊王攘夷revere the king and expel the barbariansRate it:

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對不對Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see 對, 不, 對.Rate it:

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幾位dear everyone; ladies and gentlemenRate it:

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彼此彼此me too, same here, you and I bothRate it:

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恁老母Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see 恁, 老母.Rate it:

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有去無回to go and not returnRate it:

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有邊讀邊A method people use to pronounce a Chinese character when they do not know its exact pronunciation: one of the components of the character is taken as a phonetic and that pronunciation is used, sometimes erroneously.Rate it:

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活到老，學到老live and learn; it is never too old to learnRate it:

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生死有命，富貴在天Life and death are fated, riches and honour depend on the appointment of heaven. / Life and death, poor or rich, it's all destined.Rate it:

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百花齊放，百家爭鳴classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period in 475 BC to 221 BC, but adopted as a policy by Mao Zedong to promote progress in the arts and sciences, and the development of a dynamic socialist cultureRate it:

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色即是空，空即是色Form is precisely emptiness and emptiness precisely form.Rate it:

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色即是空，空即是色Lust is void, and void is lust. / Lust is nothing worthy of your pursuit.Rate it:

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買一贈一buy one and get one freeRate it:

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開心又一日，唔開心又一日it's unavoidable when someone is happy, and it's unavoidable when someone is sad too.Rate it:

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離鄉不離腔leaving hometown, does not forget languageRate it:

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離鄉無離腔leaving hometown, does not forget languageRate it:

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食過返尋味very delicious and leaving a rich aftertasteRate it:

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