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1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

做一天和尚撞一天钟

zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng

1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
3 to hold a position passively

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虽然说两岸因为历史和政治体制的原因，还会出现这样那样不和谐的声音，但总体来说，在马英九上台的这几年中，台湾和大陆保持了较好的和平发展的状态。

suīránshuō liǎngàn yīnwèi lìshǐ hé zhèngzhì tǐzhì de yuányīn ，hái huì chūxiàn zhèyàng nàyàng bùhéxié de shēngyīn ，dàn zǒngtǐ láishuō ，zài Mǎ yīngjǐn shàngtái de zhèjǐnián zhōng ，Táiwān hé dàlù bǎochí le jiào hǎo de hépíng fāzhǎn de zhuàngtài 。

Although, due to reasons relating to history and the political system, dissenting voices can still be heard on both sides of the strait, overall, during the years since Ma Ying-jeou took office, Taiwan and Mainland China have maintained a state of reasonably good peaceful development.

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中国正在实施的乡村振兴战略中推进乡村绿色发展，打造人与自然和谐共生发展新格局成为重要内容。

Zhōngguó zhèngzài shíshī de xiāngcūn zhènxīng zhànlu:è zhōng tuījìn xiāngcūn lǜsè fāzhǎn ，dǎzào rén yǔ zìrán héxié gòngshēng fāzhǎn Xīn géjú chéngwéi zhòngyào nèiróng 。

Green development in the countryside is part of China's rural revitalization strategy to create a harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

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习近平主席从责任共享、合作共赢、幸福共享、文化共兴安全共筑以及和谐共生六个方面加以阐释，使得构建人类命运共同体这样一个伟大的事业成为中非双方共同努力的方向，李成文说。

XíJìnpíng zhǔxí cóng zérèn gòngxiǎng 、hézuò gòngyíng 、xìngfú gòngxiǎng 、wénhuà gòng xīng ānquán gòng zhù yǐjí héxié gòng shēng liù ge fāngmiàn jiāyǐ chǎnshì ，shǐde gòujiàn rénlèi mìngyùn gòngtóngtǐ zhèyàng yīgē wěidà de shìyè chéngwéi ZhōngFēi shuāngfāng gòngtóngnǔlì de fāngxiàng ，lǐchéngwén shuō 。

According to Li Chengwen, President Xi Jinping shared six aspects for both China and Africa to work towards building a “community of shared future” : responsibility sharing, cooperation and win-win, happiness sharing, cultural co-prosperity, security and harmonious symbiosis.

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历史是最好的老师。这段历史表明，无论相隔多远，只要我们勇敢迈出第一步，坚持相向而行就能走出一条相遇相知、共同发展之路，走向幸福安宁和谐美好的远方。

lìshǐ shì zuìhǎo de lǎoshī 。zhè duàn lìshǐ biǎomíng ，wúlùn xiānggé duō yuǎn ，zhǐyào wǒmen yǒnggǎn màichū dìyībù ，jiānchí xiāngxiàng ér xíng jiù néng zǒuchū yī tiáo xiāngyùxiāngzhī 、gòngtóng fāzhǎn zhī Lù ，zǒuxiàng xìngfú Ānníng héxié měihǎo de yuǎnfāng 。

History is the best teacher. This period of history shows clearly that, no matter how far apart we are, we only need to be brave enough to make the first step and resolve to continue walking towards one another, and we can walk a road on which we can encounter and get to know one another and engage in joint development, leading towards a happy, peaceful, harmonious, though distant beautiful place.

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我就喜欢酱紫滴老板哈哈，如果想阻止他做出坏决定，可以提醒说，老板，如果这样干，别部门负责人会有意见滴，影响和谐哈。

wǒ jiù xǐhuan jiàng zǐ dī lǎobǎn hāhā ，rúguǒ xiǎng zǔzhǐ tā zuòchū huài decision ，kěyǐ tíxǐng shuō ，lǎobǎn ，rúguǒ zhèyàng gàn ，bié bùmén fùzérén huì yǒu yìjiàn dī ，yǐngxiǎng héxié ha 。

I like this kinda boss, ha ha. If you want to prevent him from making bad decisions, you can give him a reminder by saying, "Boss, if we do this, the leaders of other departments will disagree and that it will affect harmony", ha.

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这首词经过现代音乐人的再创作，就变成我们今天听到的这首歌曲了，词曲搭配和谐，似乎就像是宋代曲赋的原创，再加上歌手王菲空灵的嗓音把音乐演绎得几近完美。

zhè shǒu cí jīngguò xiàndài yīnyuèrén de zài chuàngzuò ，jiù biànchéng wǒmen jīntiān tīngdào de zhè shǒu gēqǔ le ，cí qǔ dāpèi héxié ，sìhu jiù xiàng shì Sòng Dài qǔfù de yuán chuàng ，zài jiāshang gēshǒu Wáng Fēi kònglíng de sǎngyīn bǎ yīnyuè yǎnyì de jījìn wánměi 。

After being reinterpreted by modern musicians this ci poem became the song that we heard today. The poem paired with the harmony seem almost like an original Song Dynasty poem and in addition the singer Faye Wong's ethereal voice goes with the music almost perfectly.

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是啊，而且没有人的性格是十全十美的，两个人在一起，关键还是看性格合不合。一个大男子主义者和一个女权主义者在一起，当然会彼此看不顺眼，天天吵架，但要是换成了大男子和小女人的组合，生活就很和谐了。

shì ā ，érqiě méiyǒu rén de xìnggé shì shíquánshíměi de ，liǎng ge rén zài yīqǐ ，guānjiàn hái shì kàn xìnggé hé bu hé 。yī ge dànánzǐzhǔyì zhě hé yī ge nǚquánzhǔyì zhě zàiyīqǐ ，dāngrán huì bǐcǐ kàn bù shùnyǎn ，tiāntiān chǎojià ，dàn yàoshì huàn chéng le dà nánzǐ hé xiǎo nǚrén de zǔhé ，shēnghuó jiù hěn héxié le 。

Yeah, and no one's personality is one-hundred-percent good. With two people being together, the key is to see if your personalities get along or not. A male chauvinist and a feminist are definitely not going to see eye-to-eye. They'll argue every day. But if you switched to a male chauvinist and a meek girl, they'd have a very harmonious life together.

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建设和谐社会

jiànshè héxié shèhuì

To build a harmonious society.

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Facebook在中国被和谐了。

Facebook zài Zhōngguó bèi héxié le 。

Facebook has been harmonized in China.

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人家水平高嘛。你看这儿写的：瑜伽是一种天人合一的练习。通过冥想、呼吸和动作，达到身体、心灵与精神的和谐。看起来很难的动作，做起来并不难。

rénjiā shuǐpíng gāo ma 。nǐ kàn zhèr xiě de ：yújiā shì yī zhǒng tiān rén héyī de liànxí 。tōngguò míngxiǎng 、hūxī hé dòngzuò ，dádào shēntǐ 、xīnlíng yǔ jīngshén de héxié 。kàn qǐlai hěn nán de dòngzuò ，zuò qǐlai bìng bù nán 。

He is at an advanced level. Look at what it says here: Yoga is an exercise that brings man and nature together. Harmony of body, mind, and soul is achieved through deep meditation, breathing, and movement. The movements may look difficult, but when you do them they're not that hard.

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