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平生庸庸碌碌,一事无成


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04:33 Jan 22, 2009
Chinese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Chinese term or phrase: 平生庸庸碌碌,一事无成
平生庸庸碌碌,一事无成
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3My whole life was spent in indifference and idle dissipation, there is nothing I have achievedlutzmartina
3I have been mediocre and unambitious all my life without accomplishing anything.
Shirley Chen


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
I have been mediocre and unambitious all my life without accomplishing anything.


Explanation:
FYI.

Shirley Chen
United States
Local time: 15:49
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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74 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
My whole life was spent in indifference and idle dissipation, there is nothing I have achieved


Explanation:
I tried to make it sound a bit more poetic.

lutzmartina
Local time: 06:49
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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