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**Re.TiReD** · 10-06-2008

Romaji: Baka mo ichi-gei
Literally: Even a fool has one talent

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Romaji: Juu-nin to-iro
Literally: Ten people, ten colours
Meaning: Everyone has their own tastes; "Different strokes for different folks"

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Romaji: Neko ni koban
Literally: A coin to a cat
Meaning: "Pearls before swine" - don't offer things to people who are incapable of appreciating them.

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Romaji: Ame futte ji katamaru
Literally: Rained on ground hardens
Meaning: Adversity builds character

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Romaji: He wo hitte, shiri tsubome
Literally: Breaking wind, closing buttocks
Meaning: There's no point in squeezing your buttocks after you have farted; "No use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted"

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Romaji: Fuku sui bon ni kaerazu
Literally: Overturned water doesn't return to the tray
Meaning: What's done is done - "There's no use crying over spilt milk"

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Romaji: Rakka eda ni kaerazu, hakyou futatabi terasazu
Literally: Fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine
Meaning: What's done is done - "There's no use crying over spilled milk"

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Romaji: Atama kaku****e, shiri kakusazu
Literally: Cover/hide your head, and not cover your bottom
Meaning: Don't cover your head but expose your bottom - you have to be careful not to expose your weak point while attempting to protect yourself

**Danah** · 10-06-2008

Chines are very complecated characters, I think most of the curving in japanese coming from hiragana......right?

but sis Mawadah, wow.....masha allah you can read those Kanji charactor, I think I need an ages to be able to learn how to read them...they are soo complecated

*ahem....* some one correct me if I am wrong since we have experts here

**north_malaysian** · 10-07-2008

Originally Posted by SAYA

Chines are very complecated characters, I think most of the curving in japanese coming from hiragana......right?

but sis Mawadah, wow.....masha allah you can read those Kanji charactor, I think I need an ages to be able to learn how to read them...they are soo complecated

*ahem....* some one correct me if I am wrong since we have experts here

FYI, 90% of my Chinese friends dont know how to read Chinese...and about 10% of them dont even know how to speak Chinese...

Both my parents can speak Chinese too (Mum - Hokkien, Dad - Mandarin) but they dont know how to read Chinese too...

**alcurad** · 10-07-2008

Originally Posted by north_malaysian

heck...we can even differentiate a Japanese, a Korean and a Chinese physically....just by looking at their heights and skin colours...

could you expand on that, I've heard this before and the guy said the eyes made the difference

. he european though...

**Mawaddah** · 10-07-2008

Originally Posted by north_malaysian

FYI, 90% of my Chinese friends dont know how to read Chinese...and about 10% of them dont even know how to speak Chinese...

Both my parents can speak Chinese too (Mum - Hokkien, Dad - Mandarin) but they dont know how to read Chinese too...

But isn't that what they learn in all of those SJK(C)'s all over the place?

And are your parents Chinese?

I signed up for Mandarin classes but the lady took 4 months to get back to me, and by that time I was like fuh-gettitt :blind:

**doorster** · 10-07-2008

Originally Posted by JolieFleur

Sorry

I feel like a retard today

Romaji: Saru mo ki kara ochiru
Literally: Even monkeys fall from trees
Meaning: Even an expert can make mistakes

**north_malaysian** · 10-07-2008

Originally Posted by Mawaddah

But isn't that what they learn in all of those SJK(C)'s all over the place?

And are your parents Chinese?

I signed up for Mandarin classes but the lady took 4 months to get back to me, and by that time I was like fuh-gettitt :blind:

I dont have any friends who studied in SRJK(C).... maybe because they only mingle among themselves....

Both of my parents are non-Chinese (but we look like one

)...most of my parents colleagues are Chinese....and they managed to pick up the language.

My younger sister attended Mandarin class in IIUM years ago ...when she was crazy about anything "Taiwan".

And the youngest sister (an anime fan) is learning Japanese a lil bit.

**Re.TiReD** · 10-07-2008

Originally Posted by doorster

Romaji: Saru mo ki kara ochiru
Literally: Even monkeys fall from trees
Meaning: Even an expert can make mistakes

Lol JazakAllah khayr, that stretched my face into a much-needed smile =) BarakAllah feek. Where did you get that btw?

WassalamuAlaykum

**AmarFaisal** · 10-07-2008

nice sayings

**Danah** · 10-07-2008

Originally Posted by north_malaysian

FYI, 90% of my Chinese friends dont know how to read Chinese...and about 10% of them dont even know how to speak Chinese...

Both my parents can speak Chinese too (Mum - Hokkien, Dad - Mandarin) but they dont know how to read Chinese too...

Oh really !!
then I dont need to worry if I dont be able to read chinese in my life

but I read somewhere that in japanese schools they are suffering there to teach their students Kanji....they even tried to reduce the number of kanji characters to make it easy on people there.....
I wonder why they still keep them, if they suffering that much

**FatimaAsSideqah** · 10-07-2008

Oooh I love to learn Japanese language. Its cool to learn.

Insha'Allah, keep it up more.

**Güven** · 10-07-2008

Konichiua ! i can a lil japanese too

JazakAllahu Khair for this

**FatimaAsSideqah** · 10-07-2008

^ What is that mean?

**Güven** · 10-07-2008

^lol its a greeting

**truemuslim** · 10-07-2008

Those ar kwl sayings sis

yehh i kno japenese to! about 5 words..but i wont say them in case ther are japenese understanding members here :X

**FatimaAsSideqah** · 10-07-2008

Originally Posted by Güven

^lol its a greeting

Oooh Konichiua u too akhi!

Jazaak'Allah khair.

**truemuslim** · 10-07-2008

Originally Posted by Güven

Konichiua ! i can a lil japanese too

JazakAllahu Khair for this

i HATE that word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the next person who says it is gna......................................so how r u?

**Güven** · 10-07-2008

^Goman nasai ! :X

Sayonara... lol

**truemuslim** · 10-07-2008

Wad u say in the first line???????????????

**Güven** · 10-07-2008

Im sorry

and the second one was good bye..

**truemuslim** · 10-07-2008

yeh u better have said that........im just kidding of course.

ok back on topic.........

theres this japenese saying..goes like sumthin but translated its

"Rain on the old parchment spice"

get it?

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