"Rome wasn't built in a day." In fact, everything were not build in a day. In Chinese, we call"Where there is a will there is a way." It kinds like same mean with "Rome wasn't built in a day." If we want to do something, we need to spend lots of time, and work hard on study. There is no shortcut for us, and we should build more skills for ourselves. Do not think how hard it is, we should think about how can it help us in future.
"Skillful sailors aren't made by smooth seas." Easy life means nothing. We need challenger to improve ourselves. When I was in China, my mother gave me a lot of puzzles to fix, and she found many tutor for me to teach me more knowledge. They thought only study in school was not enough for my future. If people want learn more things, they need to give themselves more challenges.
Yeah, I agree with you if people learn more and more, they will be better in the future!
ReplyDeleteGood explanations Tian. I've heard a lot of stories about how hard Chinese students have to work in high school.
ReplyDeleteThese two proverbs that you chose have almost the same idea and show us the Chinese mentality. We need to work hard to achieve all of our goals. Also, if these goals are not so difficult to achieve, the satisfaction and proud will not be enough for everyone. I respect and admire these virtues of Chinese people.
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