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English
A cow, kneeling to eat grass on the other side of a barbed wire fence.
Mandarin: 這山望著那山高 / 这山望着那山高(zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo, literally “the next mountain looks taller”), 外國的月亮比較圓 / 外国的月亮比较圆(literally “the moon in foreign countries is rounder”)
Japanese: 隣の芝生は青く見える(となりのしばふはあおくみえる, tonari no shibafu wa aoku mieru, literally “the neighbor's lawn seems green”), 隣の芝生は青い(となりのしばふはあおい, tonari no shibafu wa aoi, literally “the neighbor's lawn is green”), 隣の花は赤い(となりのはなはあかい, tonari no hana wa akai, literally “the neighbor's flowers are red”)
Korean: 남의 떡이 더 커 보인다(namui tteogi deo keo boinda, literally “the other person's rice cake seems bigger”), 먼 무당이 용하다(meon mudang'i yonghada, literally “the shaman from far away is more skilled”)
