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Monday
Jul202009

chinese truism of the day

DateMonday, July 20, 2009 Print ArticlePrint Article


种瓜得瓜, 种豆得豆
(zhòng gūa dé gūa, zhòng dòu dé dòu) 

If you plant melons you'll get melons, if you plant beans you'll get beans:
what a man sows, so he shall reap

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