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1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively

他乡遇故知

tā xiāng yù gù zhī

1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我是看的美联社的报导。据说科学家们做过这样一个实验，科学家故意将手里的衣服夹子掉在地上，他不用担心，一个刚学会走路的孩子会过去帮他捡起来，并且还给他。研究员在整个实验过程中，从来不主动要求婴儿帮助他，也不说“谢谢”之类的话。婴儿则完全展现了真正的利他主义精神，助人而不图回报。

wǒ shì kàn de Měiliánshè de bàodǎo 。jùshuō kēxuéjiā men zuò guo zhèyàng yī ge shíyàn ，kēxuéjiā gùyì jiāng shǒulǐ de yīfu jiāzi diào zài dìshang ，tā bùyòng dānxīn ，yī ge gāng xuéhuì zǒulù de háizi huì guòqu bāng tā jiǎn qǐlai ，bìngqiě huángěi tā 。yánjiūyuán zài zhěnggè shíyàn guòchéng zhōng ，cónglái bù zhǔdòng yāoqiú yīng ér bāngzhù tā ，yě bù shuō “xièxie ”zhīlèi de huà 。yīng ér zé wánquán zhǎnxiàn le zhēnzhèng de lìtā zhǔyì jīngshén ，zhùrén ér bù tú huíbào 。

Why do I feel like that's a bit unbelievable? I guess I'll never really be able to understand these kind of profound philosophical theories. Whether people are inherently good or evil, I think that the education and training you get are much more important. I don't think it's that effective to rely just on stuff like people's inherent nature.

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