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#1
陰溝裡翻船
Posted on: 2006/11/21 10:34
Can someone please advise what is the English definition of this phrase?
Many thanks!
Many thanks!
#2
Re: 陰溝裡翻船
futari
Posted on: 2006/11/21 14:27
陰溝裡翻船
= fail miserably in a very easy task
< Chinese-English Dictionary >
= fail miserably in a very easy task
< Chinese-English Dictionary >
#3
Re: 陰溝裡翻船
Posted on: 2006/11/21 16:29
Futari san
Domo arigato!
So it is like the saying ...
"He who survived the Amazon drowns in the River Thames."
Regards.
Domo arigato!
So it is like the saying ...
"He who survived the Amazon drowns in the River Thames."
Regards.
#5
Re: 陰溝裡翻船
openH2O
Posted on: 2006/11/21 19:32
I hate it when such thing happened--陰溝裡翻船 to me. It is a terrible feeling. However this is life, thing sometimes happened when u least expecting the result, so i have more or less submitting myself to fate. i just hope 寨翁失马，焉知祸福. haha 
#6
Re: 陰溝裡翻船
Posted on: 2006/11/22 11:08
Futari san
Okage samade! Mochitsu motaretsu ne.
Go yukkuri ...
Okage samade! Mochitsu motaretsu ne.
Go yukkuri ...
#7
Re: 陰溝裡翻船
futari
Posted on: 2006/11/22 14:12
Haha! zen zen wasuremashita!!
Let's get back to English and Chinese. Agree?!
Let's get back to English and Chinese. Agree?!
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