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| Processed by: | richwarm (2024-04-04 23:24:03 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 76198 - submitted by 'deathstar459' >> The full phrase is actually: "人比人得死,货比货得扔"[ren2 bi3 ren2 dei3 si3 huo4 bi3 ren4 dei3 reng1] Not sure if we want to add the full phrase too and the second half as well. https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/56772097 from the above source, ``` 百度百科解释： 货物和货物比，劣质的货物就得扔掉；人和人比，穷困的人就没法活。指人应安于本分，不能盲目攀比。 通俗解释： 人不要互相攀比，每个人都有自己的有点，老和别人比死了算了；东西之间也互相有优点缺点，比较来是没有十全十美的，丢了算了。指人应该学会知足。 ``` For the first half of the phrase is pretty much saying: you shouldn't waste time comparing yourself with other people, since people are different and will have different strengths and weaknesses. If you keep comparing, you might as well just die, since it you won't be able to come to a conclusion anytime soon. Similarly for the second half, if you keep comparing items, you might as well throw one away, since it just takes too much time. Essentially... comparisons are odious :) It's also quite similar to the phrase 人比人，气死人 https://cc-cedict.org/editor/editor.php?handler=QueryDictionary&querydictionary_search=%E4%BA%BA%E6%AF%94%E4%BA%BA https://www.zhihu.com/question/329536738/answer/723452570 |
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# 人比人得死 人比人得死 [ren2 bi3 ren2 dei3 si3] /comparisons are odious (more specifically referring to comparisons between people)/ + 人比人得死 人比人得死 [[ren2 bi3 ren2 dei3 si3]] /see 人比人，氣死人|人比人，气死人[ren2 bi3 ren2, qi4si3 ren2]/ |