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山外有山，天外有天
Mandarin · pinyin shān wài yǒu shān , tiān wài yǒu tiān
Meanings
- (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better
- in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself
- 山
- shān · mountain, hill, peak
- 外
- wài · out, outside, external; foreign
- 有
- yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
- 天
- tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
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