What do these Japanese sayings mean?
What do these Japanese sayings mean?
百聞は一見にしかず。
論より証拠。
7転び8起き
笑う門には福来る/
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百聞は一見にしかず。
One look is worth a thousand words.
Exp:People tend not to believe only by words and tend to believe when seeing it.
中文:百闻不如一见。
論より証拠。
Proof is stronger than reason.
Exp:Things could be clear more easily by proof than by argument.
中文:事实胜于雄辩。
7転び8起き
Seven falls and eight rises.
Exp:This proverb compares life to walk. The life is the repetition of success and failures. So no need to worry or give up by a bit failure.
笑う門には福来る/
Fortune comes in by merry gate.
Exp:The merry family always with laughs will draw happiness before long.
Hope this helps.
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1. A picture is worth a thousand words.
2. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
3. The vicissitudes of life.
4. Good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile.
I got all of them from this resource:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C
I input the whole phrase and it had the entry!
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(nanakotrobiyaoki)→7kaikoronnde8kaiokiagaru→tumazukisippaisitemo,sippaisitaijouni
seikousurudoryokuwosurebaiitoyuuimi
(hyakubunnhaikkennnisikazu)→100kaikikuyori,1kaimiruhougawakariyasuitoiuimi
(waraukadonihafukukitaru)→waratteirebasiawaseha,yattekimasuyotoiuimi
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