Chinese Proverbs and Original Translations. 29

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Chinese Proverbs and Original Translations

Chinese-proverbs
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谚语, 成语 and 歇后语


A single tree makes no forest; one string makes no music.
独木不成林,单弦不成音 (Dú mù bù chéng lín, dān xián bù chéng yīn)

Play a harp before a cow
对牛弹琴 (Duì niú tán qín)

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True saying @bityobit.
One will chase one thousand and Two will chase ten thousand.
Nice proverb! Keep it up.... Cheers!

This is very interesting, thank you for sharing both the original and translation. What does "play a harp before a cow" mean? Is it like "pearls before swine" in English? In other words, don't waste your valuable talent or possession for those who couldn't care less?

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