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




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




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.




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




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"





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"





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"




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
 
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Re: >> Chinese Sayings <<

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Romaji: Ame futte ji katamaru
Literally: Rained on ground hardens
Meaning: Adversity builds character
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I like that...deep and true.
 
Re: >> Chinese Sayings <<

sis, those are Japanese sayings...not Chinese
 
^ LoL no I dont know Japanese but the moment I read the transliteration I knew that it was Japanese and not Chinese.........it's a huge difference between those two..

Oh yea, also when I saw the curvy writing I knew it was Japanese
 
Okay shush :-[

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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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^ True say, just go out and but another carton Maybe there was something in that milk that would cause you to get ill
 
AsSalamOAlaikum WaRehmatuAllah WaBarkatuhu

Wow, these says are are awesome. SubhanAllah!

FiAmaaniAllah
 
Oh huni!!.......how I can thank youuuu
I have been looking for these loooong time ago
I like japanese and I am learning it as well.....thanks thanks thanks.....jazaki allah khair

could please post the source ?

BIG REP FOR YOU.......
 
Aww! lol Wa Iyaaki.

It was a random website. I'll try finding it again and PM'ing you the link Insha'Allah
 
Mawaddah said:
^ LoL no I dont know Japanese but the moment I read the transliteration I knew that it was Japanese and not Chinese.........it's a huge difference between those two..

Oh yea, also when I saw the curvy writing I knew it was Japanese
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Yeah...it's obviously Japanese....

Korean alphabets have circles....and Japanese is a lil bit curvy.... which make both writing systems different than Chinese...
 
JσℓιєFℓєυя;1018758 said:
Sorry :hiding: I feel like a retard today :-[
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hey...you need not to be sorry..... I cant differentiate between Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, Malayalam alphabets....:hiding:

the only reason why we Malaysians can differentiate between Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages is because we're exposed to those languages....

heck...we can even differentiate a Japanese, a Korean and a Chinese physically....just by looking at their heights and skin colours...
 
north_malaysian said:
hey...you need not to be sorry..... I cant differentiate between Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, Malayalam alphabets....:hiding:
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I can :statisfie

the only reason why we Malaysians can differentiate between Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages is because we're exposed to those languages....

heck...we can even differentiate a Japanese, a Korean and a Chinese physically....just by looking at their heights and skin colours...
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Isn't that true now...