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天外有天，人外有人

Mandarin · pinyin tiān wài yǒu tiān , rén wài yǒu rén

see 人外有人，天外有天 rén wài yǒu rén, tiān wài yǒu tiān

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
有: yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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