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If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap...

Chinese translation: 假如你想快樂—個小時,就去睡個午覺;一整天,就去釣魚;一個月,就去結婚;一整年,繼承一筆遺產;一輩子,去幫助別人。


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English term or phrase:If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap...
Chinese translation:假如你想快樂—個小時,就去睡個午覺;一整天,就去釣魚;一個月,就去結婚;一整年,繼承一筆遺產;一輩子,去幫助別人。
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16:32 Nov 16, 2009
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Chinese proverb
English term or phrase: If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap...
If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.
If you want happiness for a month, get married.
If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
据说这是中国谚语,网上盛传。请问哪位知道原文是怎么说的?我不要翻译,要原文和出处。谢谢。
tianshandun
Canada
Local time: 09:27
假如你想快樂—個小時,就去睡個午覺;一整天,就去釣魚;一個月,就去結婚;一整年,繼承一筆遺產;一輩子,去幫助別人。
Explanation:
以上为为网上流传的中文说法。

关于出处,有人说是译自英文 Authentic Happiness (作者: 美国 Martin Seligman)。有人说是来自中国无名氏。
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English Chinese Medical Translator - Jimmy Deng
Australia
Local time: 23:27
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Thank you very much. It is helpful.
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3 +2假如你想快樂—個小時,就去睡個午覺;一整天,就去釣魚;一個月,就去結婚;一整年,繼承一筆遺產;一輩子,去幫助別人。
English Chinese Medical Translator - Jimmy Deng


  

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if you want happiness for an hour, take a nap...
假如你想快樂—個小時,就去睡個午覺;一整天,就去釣魚;一個月,就去結婚;一整年,繼承一筆遺產;一輩子,去幫助別人。


Explanation:
以上为为网上流传的中文说法。

关于出处,有人说是译自英文 Authentic Happiness (作者: 美国 Martin Seligman)。有人说是来自中国无名氏。


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English Chinese Medical Translator - Jimmy Deng
Australia
Local time: 23:27
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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Thank you very much. It is helpful.

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