Orang belayar lautan Ambon, Patah tiang dengan kemudi; Putus - TopicsExpress



          

Orang belayar lautan Ambon, Patah tiang dengan kemudi; Putus benang boleh disambung, Patah arang sudah sekali. We sail the Ambon seas, Breaking mast and rudder; A snapped thread can be re-joined, Charcoal that is broken is broken for good. 我們航行在安汶海上, 帆桅折了舵又斷 ; 斷了的線還可接, 大炭一折便兩斷。 (‘Patah arang’ or ‘breaking charcoal’ is an idiom referring to the severance of a relationship, both irreparable and permanent. A proximate idiom in English is to burn bridges’. Mandarin translation by Lou Wen-muk.)
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 05:30:10 +0000

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