【汉译英】增广贤文：相识满天下，知心能几人?

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0 ?  \5 x% g7 T8 _相识满天下，知心能几人？相逢好似初相识，到老终无怨恨心。近水知鱼性，近山识鸟音。易涨易退山溪水，易反易复小人心。
' ^! h' H8 ^8 ?You may have
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all over the world,
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of them
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your confidants?
) _) X- O0 K$ o3 @: ?" zAlways see
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attract you
& [( W. i( e3 s5 F' \when you first meet,
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associate without resentment
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Living by the river,
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( Y8 o5 W5 a1 F/ b( W4 H' C+ `9 _- kLiving by a mountain,
you know
how birds chirp.
# G6 n! e/ a3 oThe water of
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rises fast,
2 U. y; e  R/ X5 \0 n( X* T, M" Gand recedes just as fast.
5 d, \5 G/ a" U1 X8 o' cInconstancy,
0 O+ R/ s9 Q( v" t7 v, H5 G- Y( P; Xis the mark
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3 B# D3 e  M# N5 ]0 j  qheart.
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相识满天下，知心能几人？相逢好似初相识，到老终无怨恨心。近水知鱼性，近山识鸟音。易涨易退山溪水，易反易复小人心。
, g) k) ]2 Q6 S6 ~& @You may have friends all over the world, but how many of them can you count on in times of need?
You friends won't have reasons for resentment if you always treat them just like when you first meet.
5 ?4 E- T4 z9 w2 ?Living by a mountain and a river teaches one about the nature of fish and birds.
* s$ ]* J; Z5 }9 K. j! V6 ^Fickle is the heart of a petty man, just like the water of a mountain stream, which recedes just as fast as it rises.
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