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花有重開日，人無再少年

简花有重开日，人无再少年 · 繁花有重開日，人無再少年

Mandarin · pinyin huā yǒu chóng kāi rì , rén wú zài shào nián

a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb)

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花: huā · flower; blossoms
有: yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
重: zhòng · heavy, weighty; double
開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
日: rì · sun; day; daytime
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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再: zài · again, twice, re-
少: shǎo · few, less, inadequate
年: nián · year; new-years; person's age
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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