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1 lit. one object bests another object
2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock

不明事理

bù míng shì lǐ

1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense

不经一事

bù jīng yī shì

1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience

不经一事，不长一智

bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì

1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience

世上无难事，只怕有心人

shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén

1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
2 persistence will overcome

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英国、法国、比利时等欧洲多国宣布，高等院校开学将推迟至9月。这意味着，高校本学期将全部采取网络教学。对于很多高校而言，网课并不是新鲜事物。但面对如此大规模将课堂授课改为线上授课，各国教育机构和师生们都仍在探索和调整。

Yīngguó 、Fǎguó 、Bǐlìshí děng Ōuzhōu duō guó xuānbù ，gāoděng yuànxiào kāixué jiāng tuīchí zhì jiǔ yuè 。zhè yìwèi zhe ，gāoxiào běn xuéqī jiàng quánbù cǎiqǔ Wǎngluò jiàoxué 。duìyú hěnduō gāoxiào éryán ，wǎngkè bìng búshi xīnxiān shìwù 。dàn miànduì rúcǐ dà guīmó jiāng kètáng shòukè gǎi wéi xiànshàng shòukè ，gèguó jiàoyù jīgòu hé shīshēng men dōu réng zài tànsuǒ hé tiáozhěng 。

Several European countries including the UK, France, and Belgium have announced that colleges and universities are postponing the new semester to September. This means that universities are implementing online teaching for this whole semester. For many universities, online courses are not something new. But when facing the replacement of physical classrooms with online courses on such a large scale, the educational institutions, teachers, and students in these countries are still exploring and adjusting accordingly.

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都是最近从网络上开始流行的词语，高大上就是形容高端、大气、上档次的事物；白富美呢就是形容白净、富有、美丽气质好的女生。

dōu shì zuìjìn cóng wǎngluò shàng kāishǐ liúxíng de cíyǔ ，gāo dà shàng jiùshì xíngróng gāoduān 、dàqì 、shàngdàngcì de shìwù ；bái fù měi ne jiùshì xíngróng báijìng 、fùyǒu 、měilì qìzhì hǎo de nǚshēng 。

They are both words that have gotten popular on the internet lately. HEC is used to describe things which are high-end, elegant and classy; as for PRP, it describes pale-skinned, rich and pretty women.

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说实在的，虽然我们每天都在对周遭的事物进行分类，但是其实认真要说出自己心目中所有的分类标准还真不那么容易呢！

shuōshízàide ，suīrán wǒmen měitiān dōu zài duì zhōuzāo de shìwù jìnxíng fēnlèi ，dànshì qíshí rènzhēn yào shuōchū zìjǐ xīnmù zhōng suǒyǒu de fēnlèi biāozhǔn hái zhēn bù nàme róngyì ne ！

Frankly speaking, although every day we classify the things around us, it's not really that easy to verbalize all the classification standards we have in our minds!

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养老院里迎来了年轻人，在志愿服务时间得到保证的前提下，老人有了新朋友，能在年轻人引导下接触到许多新鲜事物不仅心灵上得到了慰藉，心态也能跟着变年轻。

yǎnglǎoyuàn lǐ yínglái le niánqīngrén ，zài zhìyuàn fúwù shíjiān dédào bǎozhèng de qiántí xià ，lǎorén yǒu le Xīn péngyou ，néng zài niánqīngrén yǐndǎo xià jiēchù dào xǔduō xīnxiān shìwù bùjǐn xīnlíng shàng dédào le wèijiè ，xīntài yě néng gēnzhe biàn niánqīng 。

When young people move into the nursing home, the elderly makes friends with them knowing that they are in house volunteers. They get in touch with many new things under the guidance of these young people. They no longer feel lonely and their minds are kept young.

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他们都在紧张的盯着电脑，好像电脑里有什么让他们牵肠挂肚的事物，

tāmen dōu zài jǐnzhāng de dīng zhe diànnǎo ，hǎoxiàng diànnǎo lǐ yǒu shénme ràng tāmen qiānchángguàdù de shìwù ，

They all nervously stared at their computers, as if on their computers, there was something for them to worry about.

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在冥想过程中，要轻柔地设法将心灵集中在某一个事物上，如果心灵游离开去，就设法再次轻柔地将她逮住，把心灵带回来。要极为柔和，反复操练。

zài míngxiǎng guòchéng zhōng ，yào qīngróu de shèfǎ jiāng xīnlíng jízhōng zài mǒuyīge shìwù shàng ，rúguǒ xīnlíng yóulí kāiqù ，jiù shèfǎ zàicì qīngróu de jiāng tā dǎi zhù ，bǎ xīnlíng dài huílai 。yào jíwéi róuhé ，fǎnfù cāoliàn 。

In the process of meditation, you should gently focus your spirit on a certain object. If your spirit starts to drift, then try to gently recapture it, and bring it back. You should be very gentle, and repeat it over and over.

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也是，我们已经太习惯不假思索地给事物下定义了，因为这样不但可以省去很多论证的辛苦，还可以在言谈间显得有趣又高明。

yě shì ，wǒmen yǐjīng tài xíguàn bùjiǎsīsuǒ de gěi shìwù xià dìngyì le ，yīnwèi zhèyàng bùdàn kěyǐ shěng qù hěn duō lùnzhèng de xīnkǔ ，hái kěyǐ zài yántán jiān xiǎnde yǒuqù yòu gāomíng 。

I guess that's true. We are already too accustomed to giving things a definition without thinking. This not only saves us from the pain of actually having to expound on a point, but it can also make us appear interesting and feel superior in conversation.

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名堂（事物的名称；事情；状况；道理）

míngtang （shìwù de míngchēng ；shìqing ；zhuàngkuàng ；dàolǐ ）

name of items; things; a situation; an argument

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第一是，所谓的现代化，其实说穿了就是便利性。简便，迅速是现代人对周遭所有事物的诉求，于是大多数人便养成了同时多工的习惯，以及预期即刻效果的心态。

dì yī shì ，suǒwèi de xiàndàihuà ，qíshí shuōchuān le jiùshì biànlìxìng 。jiǎnbiàn ，xùnsù shì xiàndài rén duì zhōuzāo suǒyǒu shìwù de sùqiú ，yúshì dàduōshù rén biàn yǎngchéng le tóngshí duōgōng de xíguàn ，yǐjí yùqī jíkè xiàoguǒ de xīntài 。

The first is that what you call modernization, when you really look at it, is just convenience. Simple, convenient and quick are the demands people make of the things around them these days, so the majority of people get into the habit of doing several things at the one time and approach things with the expectation of instant results.

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像信息技术、生物技术、新材料技术，还有新能源技术，这些都是世界最前沿的科技，未来会有更多我们现在不敢想像的新鲜事物出现的。

xiàng xìnxījìshù 、shēngwùjìshù 、xīn cáiliào jìshù ，háiyǒu xīn néngyuán jìshù ，zhèxiē dōu shì shìjiè zuì qiányán de kējì ，wèilái huì yǒu gèng duō wǒmen xiànzài bùgǎn xiǎngxiàng de xīnxiān shìwù chūxiàn de 。

Like information technology, biotechnology, advanced materials technology and new energy resources are all cutting edge technology, in the future many things we don't dare imagine will likely appear.

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