a saying
English translation: explanation in Chinese
| 18:55 Feb 23, 2006 |
| Chinese to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Ray Luo United Kingdom Local time: 04:29 | ||||||
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| 5 +2 | 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 |
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| 2 +5 | explanation in Chinese |
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| 3 | went through hardships without finding the essential target |
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went through hardships without finding the essential target Explanation: 2nd part: I withstood bewitched mountains but didn't get to see the clouds |
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27 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 Explanation: Literarily it means: one who hav visited ChangHai thinks no other water is comparable to it; and one who have been to WuShan finds no other clouds can be similar to it. FYI -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 33 mins (2006-02-23 19:29:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Literarily it means: one who have visited ChangHai thinks no other water is comparable to it; and one who have been to WuShan finds no other clouds can be similar to the clouds there. |
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