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Chinese proverbs: Every experience is a lesson

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ID: 4207 Intermediate
Chinese proverbs are sentences that condense wisdom and knowledge, and also reflect the unique Chinese culture and philosophy. Although they mostly come from written Chinese, they are still popular and common in the spoken language today. In this lesson, we're showing you three Chinese proverbs on life and experience. You may have heard of their English equivalents: "Live and Learn“, "You reap what you sow", and "A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit." Check out these proverbs and learn how to apply them to daily life, and we hope you will feel inspired and encouraged after today's lesson!
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活到老学到老 huódàolǎoxuédàolǎo As long as you live, you learn
不经一事不长一智 bùjīngyīshìbùzhǎngyīzhì There's no wisdom without obstacles.
投资 tóuzī investment
智慧 zhìhuì wisdom; knowledge; intelligent
活到老学到老
huó 活dào 到lǎo 老xué 学dào 到lǎo 老
As long as you live, you learn.
不管你几岁你可能六十岁九十岁你都在学习新的东西
bùguǎn 不管nǐ 你jǐsuì 几岁nǐ 你kěnéng 可能liùshí 六十suì 岁jiǔshí 九十suì 岁nǐ 你dōu 都zài 在xuéxí 学习Xīn 新de 的dōngxi 东西
No matter how old you are, you can be sixty or ninety years old, but you'll still be learning something new.
最近我去法国到了一个商店进门之后呢没有跟店员说话结果我离开时她非常的生气
zuìjìn 最近wǒ 我qù 去Fǎguó 法国dào 到le 了yīgē 一个shāngdiàn 商店jìnmén 进门zhīhòu 之后ne 呢méiyǒu 没有gēn 跟diànyuán 店员shuōhuà 说话jiéguǒ 结果wǒ 我líkāi 离开shí 时tā 她fēicháng 非常de 的shēngqì 生气
Lately, I went to France. After I went into a store, I didn't talk to the shopkeeper. Then when I left, she got very mad.
我想了很久:你为什么要这么生气我什么都没做啊
wǒ 我xiǎng 想le 了hěn 很jiǔ 久: :nǐ 你wèishénme 为什么yào 要zhème 这么shēngqì 生气wǒ 我shénme 什么dōu 都méi 没zuò 做a 啊
I thought about this for a long time. "Why would you be mad at me? I didn't do anything!"
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