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“proverbe chinois qui dit” in English
4 examplesIl y a un proverbe chinois qui dit: «si tu aimes ton enfant, fais-lui faire un voyage».
There is a saying of the Chinese that if you love your child send him on a journey.
Monsieur le Président, il y a un proverbe chinois qui dit que "quand le sage montre la lune l'idiot regarde le doigt".
Mr President, according to a Chinese proverb, when a wise man points at the moon, the fool looks at his finger.
Ceci est le bon signal que nous devons envoyer aujourd'hui; ne donnons pas raison au proverbe chinois qui dit que lorsque le sage montre le ciel, l'idiot regarde le doigt.
That is the right signal to send out from here today; let us not fulfil the words of the Chinese proverb which says that when the wise man points at the sky, the fool looks at the finger.
À tous ceux qui trouvent aujourd'hui, et non sans raison, que le résultat est un peu mince, je leur proposerai, et cela n'étonnera pas mes collègues du groupe socialiste, un proverbe chinois qui dit: »mieux vaut allumer une chandelle que de maudire des ténèbres».
To all those who find the result rather feeble today, and not without reason, I offer - and this will not surprise my colleagues in the Socialist Group - a Chinese proverb, which says: "It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness' .
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