Just Ourselves

Don't pretend to be too close to this world, nor too distant

🌍☯️🧘‍♀️ Don’t pretend to be too close to this world, nor too distant. The key is to maintain a balanced and calm mind, neither too indulgent nor too detached. We are still ourselves, we are just who we are. // 不用假装与这个世界如何亲近,也不用假装与这个世界如何疏远,理贵适中平常心,不可过厚与太薄,我们还是我们,我们就是我们。 Bú yòng jiǎ zhuāng yǔ zhè gè shì jiè rú hé qīn jìn, yě … Read more

Digital Detox

Life is more than endless online videos and dazzling, attention-grabbing notifications

📱🕰️🧘‍♀️ Life is more than endless online videos and dazzling, attention-grabbing notifications. Remember, these are infinite. If you can’t learn to stop timely, to browse purposefully with a sense of time, you might not even realize how your time is being consumed. // 生活不止是那些刷不完的网络视频,眼花缭乱吸引人的消息,要知道这些是永无止境的,如果你学不会及时停止,学不会有目的性和时间概念的去浏览,那你可能连时间是怎么被耗费的都不知道。 Shēnghuó bù zhǐ shì nàxiē shuā bù wán de wǎngluò shìpín, … Read more

Moderate Living

These years, my experience is: Live peacefully with the world and yourself, don't live too forcefully

🍃🧘‍♂️🌍 These years, my experience is: Live peacefully with the world and yourself, don’t live too forcefully. Work is just work; don’t give up on a wonderful life. Love is just love; don’t try to completely control and possess. Friendship is just friendship; don’t expect others to give more to you. If you have the … Read more

Full Belly

A full stomach, an empty head

🍽️🧠😴 A full stomach, an empty head. // 肚里满满,脑袋空空。 Dù lǐ mǎn mǎn, nǎo dài kōng kōng. // Đỗ lý mãn mãn, não đại không không. // Bụng thì đầy ắp, não thì trống rỗng. Expand your Chinese vocabulary beyond today’s quote with my HSK 1–9 vocabulary lists at https://ngocnga.net/hsk-1-9-vocabulary-list-with-no-muss-no-fuss/.

Chinese Wisdom

When the sky wants to rain, it will rain

☔️🍚😌 When the sky wants to rain, it will rain; dishes need to be eaten with rice. // 天要下雨,菜要下饭。 Tiān yào xià yǔ, cài yào xià fàn. // Thiên yếu hạ vũ, thái yếu hạ phạn. // Trời muốn mưa thì sẽ mưa, đồ ăn cần có cơm mới ngon. Expand your Chinese vocabulary beyond … Read more

Second Bowl

Life is short, have another bowl

🍜⏳😌 Life is short, have another bowl. // 人生苦短,再来一碗。 Rén shēng kǔ duǎn, zài lái yī wǎn. // Nhân sinh khổ đoản, tái lai nhất oản. // Đời người ngắn ngủi, hãy ăn thêm một bát nữa. Expand your Chinese vocabulary beyond today’s quote with my HSK 1–9 vocabulary lists at https://ngocnga.net/hsk-1-9-vocabulary-list-with-no-muss-no-fuss/.

Financial Freedom

I hope everyone works hard to earn money

💰🌟🗽 I hope everyone works hard to earn money. It sounds materialistic, but money indeed makes it easy to obtain happiness and comfort. Earning money isn’t just for the freedom to buy fruit, have free time, or consume as you wish. Most importantly, it gives you the courage to challenge fate, ignore societal judgments, and … Read more

Unequal Fate

Here's a harsh truth: Most smart people from humble beginnings face a tragic fate

🥀📉🛤️ Here’s a harsh truth: Most smart people from humble beginnings face a tragic fate. With clear minds, correct perceptions, and grand ideals and ambitions, they’re often powerless in reality! They lack resources, connections, and the capital to afford mistakes. One misstep leads to ongoing hardship, sometimes inability to recover for long periods. Eventually, after … Read more

Chosen Path

Never romanticize the path you didn't choose

🌟🚶‍♂️🌌 Never romanticize the path you didn’t choose. Throughout life, we pay for our own choices. // 永远不要美化自己没选的那条路,人一辈子都在为自己的选择买单。 Yǒngyuǎn bú yào měihuà zìjǐ méi xuǎn de nà tiáo lù, rén yībèizi dōu zài wèi zìjǐ de xuǎnzé mǎidān. // Vĩnh viễn bất yếu mỹ hóa tự kỷ một tuyển đích na điều lộ, nhân nhất … Read more