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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/ 474 2
經濟落後 经济落后 [jing1 ji4 luo4 hou4] /economically backward/ 6481 1
落後 落后 [luo4 hou4] /to fall behind/to lag (in technology etc)/backward/to retrogress/ 6922 1
虛心使人進步,驕傲使人落後 虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 [xu1 xin1 shi3 ren2 jin4 bu4 , jiao1 ao4 shi3 ren2 luo4 hou4] /modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)/ 1949 1

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