Translation: It is difficult to mold the bones in the Buddha statue, and it is difficult to understand that a person sees his face but does not know his heart.
2. The reeds on the wall are top-heavy, the roots are shallow, and the bamboo shoots in the mountains are thick at the tip of their mouths and hollow in their bellies. -Jie Jin's Couplet in Ming Dynasty
Translation: Reed growing on the wall is top-heavy and shallow, how can it survive for a long time? Mountain bamboo shoots are thick-skinned and hollow in the middle. What is there to show off?
3. Businesswomen don't know how to hate the country, but they still sing "backyard flowers" across the river. -Tang Du Mu's "Bo Qinhuai"
Translation: It seems that Jinling Genv doesn't know what the hatred of national subjugation is, but she still sings the lewd song "yushu backyard flower" on the other side.
4. Even if you make a promise for the time being, you will always have a long journey. -
Translation of Zhang Wei's
Title on the Master of the Wall in the Tang Dynasty: Even though he promised something temporarily, in fact, his heart was as cold as a passerby.
5. It's hard to shape a bone by molding a Buddha, but it's hard to know a person's face without knowing his heart. -Modern Xiao Mengxia's Collection of Proverbs
Translation: It is difficult to mold the bones in the Buddha statue, and it is difficult to understand that a person sees his face but does not know his heart.
6. half of our men at the front were killed, but the other half are living, and still at the camp beautiful girls dance for them and sing. -Tang Gao Shi's "Yan Ge Xing"
Translation: Soldiers fight for the first half of the army, but the beauty is still singing or dancing in the camp!