May 31, 2009

共存共生 live and let live

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共 (common) 存 (exist) 共 (common) 生 (live) Let's review what John Locke told us, "No one ought to harm another in his life, health, l...
May 25, 2009

心心相印 wordless heart to heart

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心 (mind) 心 (mind) 相 (mutual) 印 (stamp) Sometimes you just get someone, with not so many words, gestures. Isn't it better that way? bal...
May 2, 2009

有備無患 an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

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The government is certainly hoping for the best, preparing for the worst, just in case the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus turns out to be as...
May 1, 2009

電光石火 blink of an eye

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電 (lightning) 光 (light) 石 (stone) 火 (fire) How fast does an eye blink? For less than half a second, normally. In this digital age (the...
Mar 23, 2009

千篇一律 cookie-cutter

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千 (thousand) 篇 (article) 一 (one) 律 (rule) Aren't you?
Feb 4, 2009

陰德陽報 let not thy left hand know; blessings to follow

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陰 (shade) 德 (virtue) 陽 (sunlight) 報 (repay) Hannah Arendt dreamed of it (see the letter transcribed below) and so did Truman Capote, Robert ...
Jan 14, 2009

怒蠅拔劍 angry at nothing

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怒 (anger) 蠅 (fly) 拔 (draw) 劍 (sword) You draw a sword upon the sight of a fly. Mighty anger caused by... a trifle. A fly, no less. Feel s h...

兎死狐悲 mourning for fellow creatures

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兎 (rabbit) 死 (die) 狐 (fox) 悲 (sad) The bunny dies, so the fox is sad. H e's forgotten all a bout their differences. The loss of a fellow...