An old Chinese saying goes, " It takes ten years to grow trees but a hundred years to rear people ".

中国有句古话: “ 十年树木,百年树人. ”

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Don't you know the old proverb?'save your breath to cool your porridge !'

多吃饭,少开口:你们不晓得这句老 古话 么 ?

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But the old adage that men grow into office has not proved true in my experience.

但是,根据我的经验,人们所谓的工作岗位造就人材这句古话并不正确.

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China has a saying: " not not clinch a deal. "

中国有一句古话: “ 不打不成交 ” .

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Chinese old saying indicates, " Even brothers do accounts correctly. "

中国有句古话 “ 亲兄弟,明算帐. ”

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What was that old saying, that cynical saying?

那句古话怎么说的, 那句嘲弄人的古话?

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An old Chinese saying goes like " Food is the paramount necessity of the people. "

中国有一句古话叫做 “ 民以食为天 ”

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There an old Chinese saying that practice is the only criterion of inspecting the truth.

中国有句古话,实践是检验真理的唯一标准.

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The old French efforts to confirm an old Chinese phrase, " Kung Fu people live. "

这位法国老人的努力印证了那句中国古话, “ 功夫不负有心人. ”

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There is an ancient words in China: The first is teacher, life long is father.

中国有句古话: 一日为师, 终身为父.

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However, we don't usually refer to proverbs as proverbs - most people just call them'sayings '.

不过, 我们通常不把谚语称为格言 -- 更多人只是称之为古话.

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