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Old 05-29-2008, 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Lingyu View Post
In China, there is a saying: a person isn't a hero until he/she reaches the Great Wall.

不到长城非好汉。(bu(4)dao(4)chang(2)cheng(2)fei(1)hao(3)ha n(4). Right?

It is a sentence by Mao zedong. It was supposed to motivate the participants of the Long March to reach the very north. Most of them (about 90%) did not survive ...


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