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人生一世，草木一春
Mandarin · pinyin rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
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- Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
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jan4 sang1 jat1 sai3 ，cou2 muk6 jat1 ceon1
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