Because Of Loneliness
🌆🚶♂️🔍 In this city, people do not get lost: We have no destination, just follow our feelings, go wherever, without persistence, and of course, there is no sense of being lost. – Jiang Xun | Because of loneliness // 在这个城市，人是不会迷失的：我们没有目的，只是任凭感觉走去，走到哪里，并没有坚持，当然也无所谓迷失。—— 蒋勋 | 因为孤独的缘故 Zài zhège chéngshì, rén shì bù huì míshī de: Wǒmen méiyǒu […]
Future Plans
💡🍽️😅 Interviewer: “So, what are your future plans?” Me: “Having lunch.” Interviewer: “I mean your long-term plans.” Me: “Uh… having dinner?” // 面试官：那你未来的打算是什么？我：吃午饭面试官：我是指远期的计划我：呃…吃晚饭？ Miànshì guān: Nà nǐ wèilái de dǎsuàn shì shénme? Wǒ: Chī wǔfàn. Miànshì guān: Wǒ shì zhǐ yuǎn qí de jìhuà. Wǒ: È… Chī wǎnfàn? // Diện thí quan: Na nhĩ vị […]
Changing Appetites
❤️🍚😋 Used to think love could sustain me, now I just find the meal delicious. // 以前觉得喜欢能当饭吃，现在觉得饭好吃。 Yǐqián juédé xǐhuān néng dāng fàn chī, xiànzài juédé fàn hào chī. // Dĩ tiền giác đắc hỉ hoan năng đương phạn cật, hiện tại giác đắc phạn hảo cật. // Trước kia cảm thấy thích có thể […]
Plan vs Reality
📚🤦♀️🍲 According to my plan, I should be a well-read woman, but now I am a well-fed woman. // 按我的计划，我应该是一个饱读诗书的女人，但我现在是一个饱的女人。 Àn wǒ de jìhuà, wǒ yīnggāi shì yīgè bǎo dú shī shū de nǚrén, dàn wǒ xiànzài shì yīgè bǎo de nǚrén. // Án ngã đích kế hoa, ngã ứng cai thị nhất cá bão […]
Unspoken Feelings
🐂🤨💬 In middle age, one is like a plowing buffalo, beneath the strong appearance lies the unsaid voice of the heart. // 人到中年，就像一头犁田的牛，坚强的外表下，隐藏着不能说的心声。 Rén dào zhōng nián, jiù xiàng yītóu lí tián de niú, jiānqiáng de wàibiǎo xià, yǐncángzhe bùnéng shuō de xīnshēng. // Nhân đáo trung niên, tựu tượng nhất đầu lê điền đích […]
Elegance Matters
😌🌿🌟 In middle age, without an elegant demeanor, one is bound to appear shallow; without a composed demeanor, one is bound to appear desperate. // 人到中年，若是身上没有优雅的样子，就免不了有肤浅的样子；没有从容的样子，就免不了有绝望的样子。 Rén dào zhōng nián, ruòshì shēnshang méiyǒu yōuyǎ de yàngzi, jiù miǎnbule yǒu fūqiǎn de yàngzi; méiyǒu cóngróng de yàngzi, jiù miǎnbule yǒu juéwàng de yàngzi. // Nhân đáo […]
Literary Reflections
🍷🌔📜 In middle age, you can drink Li Bai’s wine, but must lighten Du Fu’s sorrows; enjoy Su Dongpo’s bright moon, but don’t touch Wang Wei’s love red beans. // 人到中年，可饮李白的酒，但要看开杜甫的愁；可赏苏东坡的明月，但别碰王维的相思红豆。 Rén dào zhōng nián, kěyǐn lǐbái de jiǔ, dàn yào kàn kāi dùfǔ de chóu; kě yǐ shǎng sūdōngpō de míngyuè, dàn bié pèng […]
Qian Zhongshu
🏰🔄🌆 Those inside the city walls want to escape, while those outside want to break in; be it marriage or career, such is the desire of life. — Qian Zhongshu “Fortress Besieged” // 围在城里的人想逃出来，站在城外的人想冲进去，婚姻也罢、事业也罢，人生的欲望大都如此。——钱钟书《围城》 Wéi zài chéng lǐ de rén xiǎng táo chūlái, zhàn zài chéng wài de rén xiǎng chōng jìnqù, hūnyīn yěbà, […]
Mo Yan
☝️🤐🤝 The secret to maintaining good relationships with those around you is not to share happiness, not to show off success, not to gossip, and not to pretend to be smart. — Mo Yan // 和周围人搞好关系的秘诀就是，不分享喜悦，不炫耀成功，不说三道四，不假装聪明。——莫言 Hé zhōuwéi rén gǎo hǎo guānxì de mìjué jiùshì, bù fēnxiǎng xǐyuè, bù xuànyào chénggōng, bù shuō sān dào […]