You might have realized that this “Quote of the day” section has become a large part of my website’s content. While I was picking up Chinese again in my late 30s after dropping it in my late 20s, I decided that the best way to study is to translate some quotes that I encountered into my mother tongue and English on the go.
These quotes may be funny or related to self-help. What’s better than being a better version of you while studying? Have fun with quotes in 3 languages. Check back here everyday for a new quote. Enjoy learning Vietnamese, Chinese, and English.
🏞️👀🌊 Seeing mountains as mountains and water as water. When one first encounters the world, their heart is pure and their eyes see things as they are. // 看山是山 看水是水。一个人初识世界，内心纯洁，眼睛里看见什么就是什么。 Kàn shān shì shān kàn shuǐ shì shuǐ. Yīgè rén chū shì shìjiè, nèixīn chúnjié, yǎnjīng lǐ kànjiàn shénme jiùshì shénme. // Khán sơn thị … Read more
🌊💭🌏 And the invisible rivers keep flowing endlessly, up and down through life, keeping people from getting close to each other, making this shore distant and indifferent to the other shore. – Nguyễn Ngọc Tư // 那些看不见的河流依然在不停地流淌，穿越人生的起伏，让人无法靠近人，让这一岸与那一岸疏远、陌生。 Nàxiē kàn bùjiàn de héliú yīrán zài bù tíng de liútǎng, chuānyuè rénshēng de qǐfú, ràng rén wúfǎ … Read more
🚫🧠✅ Every “no” makes a little bit of space for you to say “yes” to something else – to your mental health, to your self-esteem, to your joy. (Matt Haig – The Comfort Book) // 每一个“不”都会给你一点空间，让你对其他事情说“是” 对你的心理健康、自尊、快乐。—— 马特·海格 《安慰之书》 Měi yīgè “bù” dūhuì gěi nǐ yīdiǎn kōngjiān, ràng nǐ duì qítā shìqíng shuō “shì” duì … Read more
🕰️📚💪 When people are truly busy, they don’t have time for complicated emotions; it’s when they are too idle that they start to take trivial matters seriously. — Og Mandino, “The Scroll Marked” // 人真的忙起来，根本没有太多复杂情绪；人太闲，才会把鸡毛蒜皮当回事。 —— 奥格·曼狄诺《羊皮卷》 Rén zhēn de máng qǐlái, gēnběn méiyǒu tài duō fùzá qíngxù; rén tài xián, cái huì bǎ … Read more
🆒❄️🙅 Stay cool all your life, no one will cry for you. // 一生都得酷，没人为你哭。 Yīshēng dōu dé kù, méi rénwéi nǐ kū. // Nhất sinh đô đắc khốc, một nhân vi nhĩ khốc. // Cả đời đều phải ngầu, không ai khóc vì bạn.