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Chinese
Etymology
From Mao Zedong's 1935 verse:
天高雲淡，望斷南飛雁。不到長城非好漢，屈指行程二萬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
天高云淡，望断南飞雁。不到长城非好汉，屈指行程二万。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: 1935, Mao Zedong, 《清平樂·六盤山》
- Tiāngāoyúndàn, wàng duàn nán fēi yàn. Bùdào Chángchéng fēi hǎohàn, qūzhǐ xíngchéng èr wàn.
- The heavens are high, the clouds are pale,
We watch as the wild geese disappear southwards.
If we fail to reach the Great wall we are not true men,
We who have marched more than 20,000 li.
Pronunciation
Idiom
不到長城非好漢
- (figurative) One should not give up until one succeeds.
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