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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		刀不磨要生鏽，人不學要落後	刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后	[[dao1 bu4 mo2 yao4 sheng1xiu4, ren2 bu4 xue2 yao4 luo4hou4]]	/(proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study/	494	2
		生鏽	生锈	[[sheng1xiu4]]	/(of metal) to rust; to become rusty/(fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate/	494	2
		永不生鏽的螺絲釘	永不生锈的螺丝钉	[[yong3 bu4 sheng1xiu4 de5 luo2si1ding1]]	/a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒\|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1]/	409	2

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