Two thousand year old #opsec advice:
Hoping that others will not hear is not the same as not speaking; hoping others won’t find out is not the same as not doing.
(from the Book of Han, a history ...
@nprofile1q... Hmm. I am learning Chinese better from this post than anything else I've come across. I'm not sure how close to modern day usage this is but your annotations are great and helps me understand from the perspective of Japanese...
欲 "appetite" ... "wishing"
人 person
勿 "not/must not"
聞 "hear"
言 "speak"
的？old version of this character? I see it a lot in Chinese text but the meaning is opaque to me.
欲 "appetite" ... "wishing"
人 person
勿 "not/must not"
聞 "hear"
言 "speak"
的？old version of this character? I see it a lot in Chinese text but the meaning is opaque to me.
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