You said you want to get into a good school, but now you play all day and not study at all, words and deeds are not in accord, how can you pass the admission exam ?
Having seen the disorderly tracks they left behind and espied their low-hanging banners afar, I gave the order to pursue them.
Mandarin
没辙
沒轍
méi zhé
have no recourse
Mandarin
合辙
合轍
hé zhé
in rhyme
Mandarin
我不过是怕啊,我怕我的孩子重蹈我的覆辙,我想我这一生稀里糊涂地做女人就够了,我的孩子不必了。
我不過是怕啊,我怕我的孩子重蹈我的覆轍,我想我這一生稀裏糊塗地做女人就夠了,我的孩子不必了。
wǒ bù guò shì pà a , wǒ pà wǒ de hái zi chóng dǎo wǒ de fù zhé , wǒ xiǎng wǒ zhè yī shēng xī li hú tú de zuò nǚ rén jiù gòu le , wǒ de hái zi bù bì le .
It's just that I'm afraid; I'm afraid that my child will repeat my mistakes. I think it's enough just for me to live a muddled life as a woman; my child does not have to.
Mandarin
拿破仑一世破坏法兰西共和,帝制自为,身败名辱。其犹子拿破仑三世,仍明目张胆,蹈其覆辙。
拿破崙一世破壞法蘭西共和,帝制自為,身敗名辱。其猶子拿破崙三世,仍明目張膽,蹈其覆轍。
ná pò lún yī shì pò huài fǎ lán xī gòng hé , dì zhì zì wéi , shēn bài míng rǔ . qí yóu zǐ ná pò lún sān shì , réng míng mù zhāng dǎn , dǎo qí fù zhé .
Napoleon I betrayed the French republic and crowned himself Emperor; he ended up defeated and disgraced. Yet his nephew, Napoleon III, still brazenly followed his footprints to the ruinous end.