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“海水呀,你说的是什么?” “是永恒的疑问。” “天空呀,你回答的话是什么?” “是永恒的沉默。” What language is thine, O sea? The language of eternal question. What language is thy answer, O sky? The language of eternal silence. “hǎi shuǐ ya nǐ shuō de shì shí me “shì yǒng héng de yí wèn “tiānkōng ya nǐ huí dá de huà shì shí me “shì yǒng héng de chén mò

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“海水呀,你说的是什么?”“是永恒的疑问。”“天空呀,你回答的话是什么?”“是永恒的沉默。”

What language is thine, O sea?The language of eternal question.What language is thy answer, O sky?The language of eternal silence.

“hǎi shuǐ ya ,nǐ shuō de shì shí me ?”“shì yǒng héng de yí wèn 。”“tiān kōng ya ,nǐ huí dá de huà shì shí me ?”“shì yǒng héng de chén mò 。”

我不能选择那最好的。

是那最好的选择我。I cannot choose the best. The best chooses me.

wǒ bú néng xuǎn zé nà zuì hǎo de 。shì nà zuì hǎo de xuǎn zé wǒ 。

人是一个初生的孩子,他的力量,就是生长的力量。

Man is a born child, his power is the power of growth.

rén shì yī gè chū shēng de hái zǐ ,tā de lìliàng ,jiù shì shēng zhǎng de lì liàng 。

你看不见你自己,你所看见的只是你的影子。

What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.

nǐ kàn bú jiàn nǐ zì jǐ ,nǐ suǒ kàn jiàn de zhī shìnǐ de yǐng zǐ 。

鸟儿愿为一朵云。

云儿愿为一只鸟。The bird wishes it were a cloud.The cloud wishes it were a bird.

niǎo ér yuàn wéi yī duǒ yún 。

yún ér yuàn wéi yī zhī niǎo 。

休息与工作的关系,

正如眼睑与眼睛的关系。Rest belongs to the work as the eyelids to the eyes.

xiū xī yǔ gōng zuò de guān xì ,zhèng rú yǎnjiǎn yǔ yǎn jīng de guān xì 。

不要因为你自己没有胃口而去责备你的食物。

Do not blame your food because you have no appetite.

bú yào yīn wéi nǐ zì jǐ méi yǒu wèi kǒu ér qù zébèi nǐ de shí wù 。

梦是一个一定要谈话的妻子。

睡眠是一个默默忍受的丈夫。

Dream is a wife who must talk,Sleep is a husband who silently suffers

mèng shì yī gè yī dìng yào tán huà de qī zǐ 。shuì mián shì yī gè mò mò rěn shòu de zhàng fū 。.