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Change log entry 56793
Processed by: ycandau (2015-03-26 16:04:59 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 46482 - submitted by 'monigeria' >>
some translations here:

http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/183407483.html

If we are not destiny to be together, then we will not get marry

Birds of a different feather don't flock together.

People not from the same family don't live under the same roof.

People unlikely to be a family don't live under the same roof.

If a bride were not meant to marry into a family, fate would not bring her in the door

----I would say it's that: a couple deserves each other----(as per def.)

google 2.5 million hits -- verbatim I don't know...
Diff:
# 不是一家人不進一家門 不是一家人不进一家门 [bu4 shi4 yi1 jia1 ren2 bu4 jin4 yi1 jia1 men2] /couples deserve one another/
+ 不是一家人不進一家門 不是一家人不进一家门 [bu4 shi4 yi1 jia1 ren2 bu4 jin4 yi1 jia1 men2] /people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)/marriages are predestined/people marry because they share common traits/
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