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The Value of Warriors Lies in Their Quality
This literally means: [The value of] soldiers/warriors lies in [their] quality.
兵在精 is part of a longer phrase that ends with “not [just] in [their] quantity.”
兵在精 is a well-known phrase in military circles, so the second part is suggested when one hears or reads these three characters.
See Also: 兵在精而不在多
Do not fear the task: Cooperation will lead to success
Do not fear strong winds waves; just be sure to row in unison
不怕风浪大就怕桨不齐 is a Chinese proverb that literally translates as: Do not fear strong winds [and] high waves; what [one should] worry about whether or not you're rowing in unison.
Figuratively, this means: However difficult the task, the key to success lies in making collective efforts.
I like to translate this as “Don't sweat the details, just get together and get it done.”
Justice / Righteousness
正義 means justice or righteousness in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Practicing justice and righteousness is being fair.
It solves problems, so everyone wins. You don't prejudge. You see people as individuals. You don't accept it when someone acts like a bully, cheats, or lies. Being a champion for justice takes courage. Sometimes when you stand for justice, you stand alone.
Note: This is also considered to be one of the Seven Heavenly Virtues.
Warriors: Quality Over Quantity
兵在精而不在多 is a Chinese proverb that means: [The value of] soldiers/warriors lies in [their] quality, not [just] in [their] quantity.
In simple terms, this says that regarding warriors, quality is better than quantity.
Most tacticians will agree that this can aid in the factor known as “force multiplication.” Having good troops of high morale, excellent training, and good discipline is like having a force that is three times larger.
See Also: 兵在精
In Wine there is Truth
酒后吐真言 / 酒後吐真言 is a nice Asian proverb if you know a vintner or wine seller - or wine lover - although the actual meaning might not be exactly what you think or hope.
The literal meaning is that someone drinking wine is more likely to let the truth slip out. It can also be translated as “People speak their true feelings after drinking alcohol.”
It's long believed in many parts of Asia that one can not consciously hold up a facade of lies when getting drunk, and therefore the truth will come out with a few drinks.
I've had the experience where a Korean man would not trust me until I got drunk with him (I was trying to gain access to the black market in North Korea which is tough to do as an untrusted outsider) - so I think this idea is still well-practiced in many Asian countries.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
集諦 集谛 see styles |
jí dì ji2 di4 chi ti jittai じったい |
More info & calligraphy: Four Noble Truths: Desire and Attachmentsamudaya, the second of the four dogmas, that the cause of suffering lies in the passions and their resultant karma. The Chinese 集 'accumulation' does not correctly translate samudaya, which means 'origination'. |
トリース see styles |
doriisu / dorisu ドリース |
More info & calligraphy: Treece |
有 see styles |
yǒu you3 yu yumi ゆみ |
to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) (1) existence; (n,n-pref) (2) possession; having; (3) (abbreviation) (in company names; written as (有)) (See 有限会社) limited company; (personal name) Yumi bhāva: that which exists, the existing, existence; to have, possess, be. It is defined as (1) the opposite of 無 wu and 空 kong the non-existent; (2) one of the twelve nidānas, existence; the condition which, considered as cause, produces effect; (3) effect, the consequence of cause; (4) anything that can be relied upon in the visible or invisible realm. It means any state which lies between birth and death, or beginning and end. There are numerous categories— 3, 4, 7, 9, 18, 25, and 29. The 三有 are the 三界 trailokya, i. e. 欲, 色 and 無色界 the realms of desire, of form, and of non-form, all of them realms of mortality; another three are 本有 the present body and mind, or existence, 當有 the future ditto, 中有 the intermediate ditto. Other definitions give the different forms or modes of existence. |
謊 谎 see styles |
huǎng huang3 huang |
lies; to lie |
卽中 see styles |
jí zhōng ji2 zhong1 chi chung soku chū |
The via media is that which lies between or embraces both the 空 and the 假, i.e. the void, or noumenal, and the phenomenal. |
妄染 see styles |
wàng rǎn wang4 ran3 wang jan mōzen |
妄風 The spread of lies, or false ideas. |
妄言 see styles |
wàng yán wang4 yan2 wang yen mougen; bougen / mogen; bogen もうげん; ぼうげん |
lies; wild talk; to tell lies; to talk nonsense; fantasy (literature) reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood 妄說 False words, or talk; lies. |
妄語 妄语 see styles |
wàng yǔ wang4 yu3 wang yü mougo; bougo(rk) / mogo; bogo(rk) もうご; ぼうご(rk) |
to tell lies; to talk nonsense; lies; nonsense {Buddh} (See 妄語戒) falsehood (as one of the five sins in Buddhism); lie The commandment against lying. either as slander, or false boasting, or deception; for this the 智度論 gives ten evil results on reincarnation: (1) stinking breath; (2) good spirits avoid him, as also do men; (3) none believes him even when telling the truth; (4) wise men never admit him to their deliberations: etc. |
戳穿 see styles |
chuō chuān chuo1 chuan1 ch`o ch`uan cho chuan |
to puncture; to lay bear or expose (lies etc) |
打假 see styles |
dǎ jiǎ da3 jia3 ta chia |
to fight counterfeiting; to expose as false; to denounce sb's lies |
撒謊 撒谎 see styles |
sā huǎng sa1 huang3 sa huang |
to tell lies |
根底 see styles |
gēn dǐ gen1 di3 ken ti kontei / konte こんてい |
foundation; grounding; background; what lies at the bottom of something; root; cause root; basis; foundation |
滿口 满口 see styles |
mǎn kǒu man3 kou3 man k`ou man kou |
a full mouth of (something tangible); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc); (to agree etc) unreservedly |
滿嘴 满嘴 see styles |
mǎn zuǐ man3 zui3 man tsui |
a full mouth of (something physical); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) |
無出 无出 see styles |
wú chū wu2 chu1 wu ch`u wu chu mu shutsu |
nothing lies outside |
看破 see styles |
kàn pò kan4 po4 k`an p`o kan po kanpa かんぱ |
to see through; disillusioned with; to reject (the world of mortals) (noun, transitive verb) seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting |
荒誕 荒诞 see styles |
huāng dàn huang1 dan4 huang tan koutan / kotan こうたん |
beyond belief; incredible; preposterous; fantastic (noun or adjectival noun) exaggerated beyond recognition; nonsense; wild talk; lies |
詐語 诈语 see styles |
zhà yǔ zha4 yu3 cha yü |
falsehood; lies; fabrication |
讒邪 谗邪 see styles |
chán xié chan2 xie2 ch`an hsieh chan hsieh |
lies and slander; malicious calumny |
仙人穀 see styles |
senninkoku; senninkoku せんにんこく; センニンコク |
(kana only) (See 紐鶏頭) love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower; velvet flower; foxtail amaranth |
和香丸 see styles |
hé xiāng wán he2 xiang1 wan2 ho hsiang wan wakō gan |
A pill compounded of many kinds of incense typifying that in the one Buddha-truth lies all truth. |
嘘八百 see styles |
usohappyaku うそはっぴゃく |
pack of lies; complete fabrication |
大方廣 大方广 see styles |
dà fāng guǎng da4 fang1 guang3 ta fang kuang daihōkō |
mahāvaipulya ; cf. 大方等 The great Vaipulyas, or sutras of Mahāyāna. 方廣 and 方等 are similar in meaning. Vaipulya is extension, spaciousness, widespread, and this is the idea expressed both in 廣 broad, widespread, as opposed to narrow, restricted, and in 等 levelled up, equal everywhere, universal. These terms suggest the broadening of the basis of Buddhism, as is found in Mahāyāna. The Vaipulya works are styled sutras, for the broad doctrine of universalism, very different from the traditional account of his discourses, is put into the mouth of the Buddha in wider, or universal aspect. These sutras are those of universalism, of which the Lotus 法華 is an outstanding example. The form Vaitulya instead of Vaipulya is found in some Kashgar MSS. of the Lotus, suggesting that in the Vetulla sect lies the origin of the Vaipulyas, and with them of Mahāyāna, but the evidence is inadequate. |
尼波羅 尼波罗 see styles |
ní bō luó ni2 bo1 luo2 ni po lo Nihara |
Nepala, Nepal, anciently corresponding to that part of Nepal which lies east of the Kathmandu. Eitel. |
恵方詣 see styles |
ehoumairi / ehomairi えほうまいり |
(irregular okurigana usage) New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favourable) or lucky direction |
懈慢國 懈慢国 see styles |
xiè màn guó xie4 man4 guo2 hsieh man kuo keman koku |
懈慢界 A country that lies between this world and the Western Paradise, in which those who are reborn become slothful and proud, and have no desire to be reborn in Paradise. |
末羅遊 末罗遊 see styles |
mò luó yóu mo4 luo2 you2 mo lo yu Marayu |
Malaya, 'the western Ghats in the Deccan (these mountains abound in sandal trees); the country that lies to the east of the Malaya range, Malabar. ' M, W. Eitel gives 秣羅矩吒 Malakūṭa, i. e. Malaya, as 'an ancient kingdom of Southern India, the coast of Malabar, about A. D. 600 a noted haunt of the Nirgrantha sect'. It is also identified with 尸利佛逝 Śrībhoja, which is given as 馬來半嶋 the Malay peninsula; but v. 摩羅耶 Malaya. |
溶岩浴 see styles |
youganyoku / yoganyoku ようがんよく |
type of sauna in which one lies on a slab of heated rock; lava bath; bedrock bath |
紐鶏頭 see styles |
himogeitou; himogeitou / himogeto; himogeto ひもげいとう; ヒモゲイトウ |
(kana only) love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower; velvet flower; foxtail amaranth; Inca wheat |
蒼龍窟 苍龙窟 see styles |
cāng lóng kū cang1 long2 ku1 ts`ang lung k`u tsang lung ku sōryū kutsu |
The cave of the azure or green dragon, where it lies curled over the talismanic pearl, which only a hero can obtain. |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| The Value of Warriors Lies in Their Quality | 兵在精 | bīng zài jīng bing1 zai4 jing1 bing zai jing bingzaijing | ping tsai ching pingtsaiching |
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| Do not fear the task: Cooperation will lead to success | 不怕風浪大就怕槳不齊 不怕风浪大就怕桨不齐 | bù pà fēng làng dà jiù pà jiǎng bù qí bu4 pa4 feng1 lang4 da4 jiu4 pa4 jiang3 bu4 qi2 bu pa feng lang da jiu pa jiang bu qi | pu p`a feng lang ta chiu p`a chiang pu ch`i pu pa feng lang ta chiu pa chiang pu chi |
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| Justice Righteousness | 正義 正义 | sei gi / seigi | zhèng yì / zheng4 yi4 / zheng yi / zhengyi | cheng i / chengi |
| Warriors: Quality Over Quantity | 兵在精而不在多 | bīng zài jīng ér bú zài duō bing1 zai4 jing1 er2 bu2 zai4 duo1 bing zai jing er bu zai duo bingzaijingerbuzaiduo | ping tsai ching erh pu tsai to pingtsaichingerhputsaito |
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| In Wine there is Truth | 酒后吐真言 / 酒後吐真言 酒后吐真言 | jiǔ hòu tǔ zhēn yán jiu3 hou4 tu3 zhen1 yan2 jiu hou tu zhen yan jiuhoutuzhenyan | chiu hou t`u chen yen chiuhoutuchenyen chiu hou tu chen yen |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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