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Vladimir
be careful what you wish for this phrase means something in Chinese? How say correctly if it means something, maybe 小心你想要的东西, not?
Mar 16, 2018 5:11 PM
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谨慎心愿违
March 17, 2018
we have a 成语:事与愿违。means getting a result against your wish. But I dont think it exactly match the English phrase. I knew this phrase from Downton Abbey and quite like it.
March 17, 2018
I think it is about the art of translation. It can be translated as: 小心你許的願望;當心願望成真 小心你想要的东西 might be ok but it sounds a little awkward. The back translation of the sentence might look like: be careful of things that you want.
March 16, 2018
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