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  • There are always ears on the other side of the wall.
  • There is no silver here: three hundred taels.
  • Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
  • Three humble shoemakers brainstorming will make a great statesman.
  • A tiger never returns to his prey he did not finish off.
  • To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.
  • To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
  • To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.
  • Use power to curb power.
  • Vicious as a tigeress can be, she never eats her own cubs.

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