Proverbs commonly attributed to be Chinese

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• Chinese word for "crisis" — The Chinese word for crisis (simplified Chinese: 危机; traditional Chinese: 危機; pinyin …   Wikipedia

• May you live in interesting times — Chinese curse redirects here. For Chinese language profanity, see Mandarin Chinese profanity. May you live in interesting times , often referred to as the Chinese curse, is reputed to be the English translation of an ancient Chinese proverb and… …   Wikipedia

• Gung-ho — For other uses, see Gung ho (disambiguation). Gung ho is a slang term in American English used to mean enthusiastic or dedicated originally used in Marine slang. It is an anglicised pronunciation of gōng hé (工合), the shortened version and slogan… …   Wikipedia

• Chop chop (phrase) — Chop chop is a phrase rooted in Cantonese. It spread through Chinese workers at sea and has been in North America since the 19th century. Chop chop refers to hurry, hurry and means, something should be done now, advance and without any delay.… …   Wikipedia

• Frogs in popular culture — Frog and Mouse by Getsuju, a Japanese artist of the Edo period Contents …   Wikipedia

• List of misquotations — A famous misquotation is a well known phrase attributed to someone who either did not actually say it in that form of words, or did not say it at all. It may not be known how these phrases came about, but when possible, their type of origin is… …   Wikipedia

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

• BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …   Universalium

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium