List: proverb
Simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience.
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- thousands die to make one hero, one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry
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- only a hero can understand a hero, swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans
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- do not befriend those beneath you
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- even a clever woman is bound to mess up, a woman's intelligence only goes so far, female sagacity overreaches itself, a clever woman fails to sell a cow
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- the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long, the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- where there's a will, there's a way
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- a true gentleman is well-rounded
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- the virtuous man will not long remain lonely
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- there's no smoke without fire
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- to study and not think is a waste, learning without thinking is useless