知人者智，自知者明
知人者智，自知者明
zhī rén zhě zhì , zì zhī zhě míng
those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1]
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- those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1]
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上边(shàng bian)— the top
→吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短(chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn)— lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
→害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无(hài rén zhī xīn bù kě yǒu , fáng rén zhī xīn bù kě wú)— refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb)
→贫下中农(pín xià zhōng nóng)— (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
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