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Pchuang Posted 19 years ago
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how do you say it in english?

0There is a saying in chinese: "flies only visit cracked eggs." It is to say that bad fortune comes for a reason, or, the victim bears certain responsibility for his misfortune.02br
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0The following aren't exactly what you are looking for, but they do come to mind in reading your description of the Chinese saying. (Note Chinese, not chinese. 05000 )02br 02br 00 As ye sow, so shall ye reap.

— CalifJim

  • 0The following aren't exactly what you are looking for, but they do come to mind in reading your description of the Chinese saying.
  • (Note Chinese, not chinese.
  • 05000 )02br 02br 00 As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
  • 02br 02br 00 CJ02br 02br 010id1
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0The following aren't exactly what you are looking for, but they do come to mind in reading your description of the Chinese saying. (Note Chinese, not chinese. 05000 )02br
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00 As ye sow, so shall ye reap. (Biblical)02br
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0 I can see that it is a typical example of cultural differences. In the West, we hardly express this idea in public, even we may say it in private, that is to blame the vitim for his sufferings. Yet in the East, people are ever ready to see every suffering is the suffers own fault.02br
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1font00This is more in the nature of what CalJim had to offer (I also thought of the sowing proverb):02font02br
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