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Sun Yat-sen (Chinese: 孫逸仙; November 12, 1866–March 12, 1925) was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader often referred to as the “father of modern China”. Sun is highly regarded as the National Father of modern China. His political philosophy, known as the Three Principles of the People, was proclaimed in August 1905. 三民主義
The 1949 Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases quotes Barnard as saying he called it "a Chinese proverb, so that people would take it seriously." [ 24 ] An actual Chinese expression, "Hearing something a hundred times isn't better than seeing it once" ( 百闻不如一见 , p bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn ) is sometimes claimed to ...
Live to fight another day (This saying comes from an English proverbial rhyme, "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day") Loose lips sink ships; Look before you leap; Love is blind – The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591) Love of money is the root of all evil [16] Love makes the world go around
3. Money is a homophonic pun for "right before your eyes", this is because the word "money" (錢, qián) sounds like the word for front (前, qián), and the square in the coin was sometimes referenced as "the eye of the coin". [16] 4. Chinese cash coins reflect ancient Chinese philosophy concerning the relationship of the heavens, earth, and ...
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"Time is Money, Efficiency is Life" (Chinese: 时间就是金钱，效率就是生命) is a well-known slogan of Chinese economic reform. [1] It was initially a quote from Yuan Geng who made it public in 1981 as the director of Shekou, Shenzhen. [1] [2] [3] The slogan is often associated with the "Shenzhen speed". [4]
A modern 'money tree' observed in Yunnan, China, 1 December 2015. They are made from bronze and green-glazed earthenware. Money trees are decorated with scenes of paradise containing magical creatures and immortals including the sun bird, the moon toad, the deer who finds the main ingredient for the elixir of immortality, and the clever monkey who steals the elixir.
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