Jenny's phrase at the end was: "有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎。” 意思是说，如果你有一个朋友从远的地方来看一看你的话，这肯定是兴福啊。It is part of a very popular Confucian saying that we learned in school. It goes, "学而时习之，不亦说乎，then the line from the dialogue, and then, 人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎。” Note that the character that looks like "shuo1 to speak" is actually pronounced yun4 and means something akin to happiness in classical Chinese. So, the first line means, to study and practice what you learn, isn't that happiness? And the last line means, If someone does not recognize what you know but you still are not upset, then aren't you a gentlemen? I hope this helps - David
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June 2, 2009 at 9:06 PMJenny's phrase at the end was: "有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎。” 意思是说，如果你有一个朋友从远的地方来看一看你的话，这肯定是兴福啊。It is part of a very popular Confucian saying that we learned in school. It goes, "学而时习之，不亦说乎，then the line from the dialogue, and then, 人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎。” Note that the character that looks like "shuo1 to speak" is actually pronounced yun4 and means something akin to happiness in classical Chinese. So, the first line means, to study and practice what you learn, isn't that happiness? And the last line means, If someone does not recognize what you know but you still are not upset, then aren't you a gentlemen? I hope this helps - David