- When two people always have the same opinion, one of them is an extra.
如果有两个人意见始终一致的话,那么,其中的一个是属于不必存在的人。
- During the first half of life, people compare about who has higher things – higher education, higher position, and higher salary; during the second half of life, people compare about who has lower things – lower blood pressure, lower blood fat, and lower blood sugar.
人生一世,上半世比高——学历、职位、薪金;下半世比低——血压、血脂、血糖。
- The higher a monkey climbs, the better one can see its ass.
猴子爬得越高,别人越能看清楚它的屁股。
- Only knowing not to do bad things oneself, but not the fact that others could do bad will cause a man to lose badly.
只知道自己不做坏事,不知道别人会做坏事,这样的人难免要吃大亏。
- There is one interesting observation between the debtor and the debtee: the former one's memory always becomes better while the latter's always worse.
放债人与欠债人之间有个奇妙的现象:前者记忆力越来越好,后者记忆力越来越差。
- To offend your boss needs courage, but to offend your colleague only needs anger.
冒犯你的上司需要有勇气,冒犯你的部下只要有气就可以了。
- The word "忙"(busy) in Chinese is made of "心"(heart) and "亡"(death), so one should not work too hard.
忙字由“心”、“亡”两字组成,所以劝君切莫太劳心。
- True flavor is usually subtle and faint, and only that can last long.
真味本是淡,淡味方能长。
- If you want to know the defect on any management, ask the people being managed.
欲知管理上的漏洞,去请教被管理者。
- An inspiration from taking the elevator: last one in, first one out.
乘电梯的启示:末位进,首位出。
- The problem with modern medicine is underestimate the ability of human's body but overestimate the ability of human's knowledge.
现代医学最大的问题是:低估人体的自身能力,高估人类的知识能力。
- The weakness of one can be the strength of another.
一个人的弱点可能就是另一个人的支点。
- When you can hold it up and put it down, it's called weight lifting; but when you can hold it but can't put it down, it's called burden.
举得起放得下,叫举重;举得起放不下,叫负重。
- Implications from the Chinese characters: "尖"(the point) can be small or large, "卡"(getting stuck) can go up or down and "引"(the way of guidance) can be straight or winding.
汉字的启示:尖——能大能小;卡——能上能下;引——能曲能伸。
- The difference between dos and don'ts is that the latter has the power to judge the former.
做与不做的最大区别是:后者拥有对前者的评论权。
- Simplicity is made up of complexity.
简单是由复杂来支撑的。
- A profitable shop assaults customers with no background, while customers with a great background assault a small shop.
店大欺客,客大欺店。
- Not every "sorry" will have a "It's OK" back.
不是每句“对不起”,都会换来“没关系”。
- A saying in trading stocks: the apprentice knows when to buy, the master knows to sell and the master's master knows when to rest.
炒股金言:会买的是徒弟,会卖的是师父,会休息的是师爷。
- Views are usually not at where you live, but at elsewhere.
风景不再家乡,风景多在他乡。
- What delights you in a long queue is not that there are less people in front of you but there are more people behind you.
排队的欣慰不是前面的人越来越少,而是后面的人越来越多。
- Obesity does not come one night, but bite after bite can make one obese.
一口不能吃个胖子,但胖子却是一口一口吃出来的。
- You can go anywhere as long as you ask the way.
行路勤开口,天下随心走。
- To climb a mountain, one needs to know the characteristics of the mountain and the same with swimming, while to be successful one needs to understand the characteristics of a human being.
爬山要懂山性,游水要懂水性,成功必须要懂人性。
- When you don't want to do something, you find ten reasons not to do it; when you want to do something, you only need one.
你若不想做,可找出十个借口;你若想做,会找到一个入口。
- A place where money is gathered, usually has the most problems.
金钱集中的地方,也是矛盾集中的地方。
- Buying paintings: some use their eyes and some use their ears.
买画:有人靠眼睛,有人靠耳朵。
- The accumulated points of businesses are like sugar on the tip of your nose; you can smell it but can't taste it.
商家玩积分,往往就像粘在你鼻尖上的糖,闻得到吃不到。
- The milkman is usually healthier than the people drinking milk.
送牛奶的人比喝牛奶的人身体棒。
- The true "iron bowl" is not to have food at one place forever but to have food everywhere forever.
真正的铁饭碗,不是在一个地方吃一辈子,而是一辈子到哪儿都有饭吃。
