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| Processed by: | richwarm (2017-09-20 00:45:31 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 60979 - submitted by 'vermillon' >> Taken from Youdao (don't know what's their source) "Nothing forcibly done is going to be agreeable. ; You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink." |
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# 強扭的瓜不甜 强扭的瓜不甜 [qiang3 niu3 de5 gua1 bu4 tian2] /lit. a forcibly picked melon is not sweet/nothing forcibly done is agreeable/ + 強扭的瓜不甜 强扭的瓜不甜 [qiang3 niu3 de5 gua1 bu4 tian2] /lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)/fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen/ |