I saw this strict and meaningful articles from FB. No doubt it gave me a lotta thoughts. As a university students, honestly, are we mature enough?
For those that can't read Chinese, let me translate. =) and thank me for it. lol.
1.进入大学,你的所有过去对于他们来说是一张白纸,这是你最好的重新塑造自己形象的时候。
Everything in the past is just like a piece of white paper once you entered university. This is the best time to rebuild your own image.
2.大学可能有真实的爱情,但只是可能。很多时候他们是因为别人都谈恋爱而羡慕或者别的原因而在一起。
True love might exists in universities. MIGHT. There are times relationships happen because of jealousy, because everybody is doing it, or some other reasons.
3.你在大学有很多意外用钱的地方。为了你的家人和你自己的前途,永远别乱花钱。
For your future, for your family, don't ever be a spendthrift. There are a lot of chances for you to spend without intentions.
4.你大学的朋友很可能就是你将来事业的一部分。他们会帮助你。但是你也应该让自己有能够帮助他们的实力,所以,你要努力。
It's a big possibility that friends in universities may be part of your future career. They will help you. But you must work hard as well, to be able to help them.
5.很多事情当你再回忆时会发现其实没什么。所以,不管你当时多么生气愤怒或者别的,都告诉自己不必这样。
There are a lot of things that are meaningless when you recall them. So, whenever you're mad/frustrated, tell yourself that's unnecessary.
6.学习,永远不要忘记。如果你学习失败了,你就什么也不是,当然,也不排除意外,但问题是,你会是那个意外吗?
Don't ever forget to learn. If you fail to learn, you're nothing. Of course, no doubt there are exceptions. But will you be that exception?
7.别说脏话,你应该知道习惯的力量。你随便的一个字或者几个字会让你在别人心中的形象大打折扣。Don't curse. You know the power of habit. Simply any word would ruin your image towards another person.
8.好好利用在公共场合说话的机会,展示或者锻炼。
Make good use of public speaking chances. Reveal it or train it.
9.别为你自己和别人下定论,这非常重要。你所看到听到的可能只是一面。
This is important. Don't judge yourself and others. What you see is probably only a single side.
10.如果你发现很久了你一直是一个人去食堂吃饭或者去上自习,别在意,大学里一个人是正常的。
If you realize it's been a long time you go to canteen alone, or revising alone, don't mind that. It's normal to be alone in the university.
11.很多事情别人通知你了,要说谢谢,没有通知你,不要责怪,因为那些事情你其实应该自己弄清楚。
If somebody inform you about things, say thank you. If not, don't blame them as you should make certain about things on your own.
12.“我请你吃饭”之类的话永远不要乱说。
Don't simply say words like "I spend you eat (my treat!)."
13.尊严是最重要的,但在大学里,要懂得利用这个空间锻炼自己,让自己的尊严有足够大的承受力。除了你自己,没人会为你保留它。社会是一个最喜欢打碎人的尊严的地方。
Pride is important. However you should make good use of this space to train yourself, to increase your pride strain. Nobody will retain it but you, and society is a place to shatter it.
14.大学是个社会,当你上了高年级后,要让自己有大人的形象,大一的孩子看到你,你要能让他们感觉到你是他们的学长,你很成熟。
University is a society. In your senior year, let yourself to have the image of an adult. Freshmen should see you as their senior, a mature senior.
15.你有足够的理由佩服每天早起的人,不信的话,你去做,做到后会发现有很多人在佩服你呢。
You have all the reasons to salute people that wake up early. Not believing? Try it and you'll realize you have a lot of admirers.
16.经常给家里打个电话。
Call back home always.
17.你可以有喝醉的时候,但是你要明白和真正的朋友一醉才能让伤心事休,否则,你只会是别人的谈资和笑柄。
You can have those drunken times, but you've to be clear that only to be drunk with true friends will stop the sadness. Otherwise, you'll just be a topic, or a joke.
18.如果你三/四年内很少去图书馆的话,你就等于自己浪费了一大笔的财富。
If you did not go to library for the 3 or 4 years, it's equivalent to lose a huge fortune.
19.不论男人还是女人,如果在大学里还把容貌当做重要的东西而过分重视的话,可能不会吃亏,但是早晚会吃亏。
Either a man or a woman, if you see appearance as an important thing in universities and priorities it, you won't suffer any loses. But soon you would.
20.新学期如果你接新生的话,当被问到学校怎么样之类的问题时,你要记住你不但是这个学校的一分子,你更要给学弟学妹带来信心,你走过大一,你应该知道那时候对学长的信任多深。
You should remember that you're part of the university, when questions like 'how's the university' were ask. It's a new semester. You've been there. You should bring confidence to your juniors. You knew how much you have believed in your seniors.
21.别迷恋网络游戏。千万别。永远别。
Don't fall for internet games. Do not ever.
22.“我爱你”。别对很多人说这句话,在大学里,希望你只对一个人说,这是尊重你爱的人,更是尊重你自己的感情。
"I love you." Don't say this to a lot of people. Respect the one you love, respect your feeling even more. Hope you say this to only 1 person in the university.
23.在大学里,你有足够的空间承受失败和打击,因此,你真的应该找找自信和自傲的区别,可以用一辈子的。
You have sufficient space to withstand failures and strikes in the university. Hence, you should find the difference between confidence and puffiness. It's useful forever.
24.如果你的个性让很多人对你敬而远之,那么你的个性是失败的,个性的成功在于能吸引,而不是能排斥。
If your character keeps people at arm's length, then it's a failure. A successful character should be able to attract, not repulsive.
25.如果把上课不睡觉当做一种锻炼并且你做到了,那么,你将会很强。
If you see not-sleeping-in-class as a kind of training, and you did it, you'll be strong.
26.学生会的主席之类的干部,如果你尊重他们,告诉你自己那是因为他们是你的学长而不是因为他们是你的上级。
If you respect committee members of the student council, tell yourself it's because they're your seniors, not your supervisor.
27.别怕丢人,那是一种成功的尝试,不要笑话那些上台丢人的人。
Don't be afraid of shame, it's a tryout for success. Don't laugh at those who seems like a joke on stage.
28.从绝望中寻找希望,人生终将辉煌。
Seek hope from despair. Life would be glorious.
29.如果你不抽烟的话,你的精力将会比抽烟的时候好。
If you don't smoke, you'll have better vigor than those who smoke.
30.你的确要学会有心计,但是永远记住,要胜利的唯一的方法永远只是:实力。
You have to learn to own some intrigue. But remember, the solution to winning is always strength.
31.面对不公平的东西,不要抱怨,你不如去努力奋斗,争取你自己最合适的公平。
Don't complain over something that's unfair. Why not fight for evenness.
32.人生百态,不要对新的看不惯的东西生气,无所谓的,比如说恋人同居问题,这和我们很多人无关。
Don't be frustrated over new things that you're not used to, it's okay. For example, lovers moving in together. That does not matter to most of us.
33.记住:为自己设定一个远大的人生目标,并终生为之奋斗。
Remember: Set a huge life target, and fight for it for a lifetime.
34..在大学里就开始训练自己的冷静力,这是一种能力,有大事时,能安静并能快速想出办法的人,很厉害。
Learn to be calm, it's a power. The great one is the one that's able to be quiet and think of solution quickly when something big happens.
35.大学的竞争范围是所有的大学生,所以,你知道是否敢放松学习。
Your opponents are undergraduates in the universities. Hence, you understand should you learn loosely.
36.大了,成熟了,稳重了,但是这和激情不矛盾,一种对工作和学习的冲击力及持久力会让你有特殊的魅力。
You've grown up and mature, but that does not contradict with enthusiasm. An intense passion towards work and learning makes you charming.
37.记住,即便你是学生会主席,如果你的四级没过,没有毕业证,仍然不会有单位想要你。单位需要的是工作的人而不是当官的人。
Remember, even though you're the president of student council, without graduation certificate, no company would want to hire you. Companies need people to work, not to be an official (status only).
38.永远不要嘲笑你的教师单调,因为有一天现实会让你为这种愚蠢付出代价。
Don't ever laugh at your monotonous teacher, one day reality will make your stupidity pay.
39.不要幻想自己能成为招聘会上的宠儿,很快你就会明白:百分之七十的初中生都可以上大学。
Don't fantasize yourself to be somebody in favorite during recruitment. You'll realize it soon that 70% of the junior high students are able to get into universities.
40.英语一定要学好。
Learn English well.
41.你可以看不惯一些东西,但是你应该学会接受,如果你没法改变那一切的话。
If you can't change anything that you're not used to, learn to accept.
42.对陌生人,或者把对方当做一张白纸,或者把对方当做你的朋友,总之别当做敌人,即使你听到再多的关于他(她)的不好的传闻。
Take stranger as a piece of white paper, or a friend, never an enemy despite you've heard a lot of bad rumors about him/her.
43.爱你的人,不管你接不接受,你都应该感谢对方。
Thank the one that loves you, either you accept or reject.
44.每个星期一定要抽时间出来锻炼身体的。好处多多。
Take time to work out every Monday. It has a lot of benefit.
45.如果有人嫉妒你,你可以把他从竞争者之列删除了。怀嫉妒之心者,难成大事。
If somebody is in envy of you, delete him/her from your opponent list. One that has jealousy, never do great things.
46.别去争论,人不可能赢得争论,可以说,争论所提及的话题都是不值得去争论的。
Don't argue. Human never win over any disputes. In other words, it's meaningless to argue over controversial issues.
47.成功的方法多种多样,别不接受你看不惯的方法。
There are a lot of ways to success. Don't reject the ways that you're not agree of.
48.男人,你长得可以不帅,但你这个人必须帅,而且,那才是真正的帅。(当然,女人也是同样的道理)所以,不必在穿着打扮上花太多心思。
Guys, you may be not handsome, but must be 'handsome' in character. And that's the real handsomeness. So there's no need to waste a lot of time in dressing up. (Similar to girls)
49.别以为在学校会你能得到你曾经想要的。工作的热情很可能因为你所看到的所经历的一些事而改变。Don't expect to get what you ever wanted in the university. The passion towards work might change due to experience.
50.文或武,你总要有一样。样样通样样松都是禁忌。样样通几样更通方是境界。
You must choose a side between Book-wise or Sport-wise. It a taboo to master loosely in both.
51.还能冲动,表明你还对生活有激情,总是冲动,表明你还不懂生活。
Able to be spontaneous, means you have enthusiasm towards life.
Always be spontaneous, means you don't know how to live a life.
52.如果你不能拥有,那么告诉自己别忘记——如果你能承受那伤痛的话。
If you cannot own, tell yourself 'don't forget' then. -- if you're able to withstand the pain.
53.虽然班级的概念在大学并不明显,但是也别忘记,你的同学你的朋友。
Although classroom idea in university is not obvious, don't forget your course mates and your friends.
54.准备考研,早点比晚点好。
Prepare for Masters after Degrees. Better be early than later.
55.别抱怨四级六级,那是证明你能力的很好的东西。
56.要有精英意识,考虑一下,大学的人了,迷恋武侠和言情,已经没有任何意义。
Be wise alert. Think of it, an undergraduate that wallows in fictions (martial arts and love story)? It's meaningless.
57.莫过于耿直,莫过于圆滑。外圆内方是一种视野,视野决定着境界。
Don't be too bland, don't be too unctuous. Being round on the outside and square inside is a kind of view. Vision determines level.
ps. bland is referred as 'round', unctuous is referred as 'square'.
58.大学的手机是否应该用只有自己有答案。
Usage of hand phones in university? Only you have your own answer.
59.永远别渴望做个谁都不得罪的人,在反对和支持声中自己做出决定才精彩。
Never eager to be somebody who does not offend anybody. It's remarkable to make decision on your own amid the sound of disagree and support.
60.要有魄力,即使是失败,也不要让自己的人生平庸。
Be daring. Even if you fail, don't let your life dull.
61.喜欢一个人,就勇敢地告诉他或者她。大学是学习的地方,但是我理解爱情的力量。
Tell the one you love bravely your feelings. University is a place to learn, but I understand the power of love.
62.应该相信一句话:没有不可能的事情!只要去做。现在我们是学生,十年后呢?
Believe in "nothing is impossible, just do it!"
We're only students now. After 10 years, who knows?
63.不要总想是否能成功,既然选择,便当风雨兼程。
Don't ever think if you could be successful. Since you've chosen, do whatever it takes.
64.后悔,它是一种耗费精神的情绪,后悔是比损失更大的损失,比错误更大的错误。所以不要后悔。Regret is a kind of waste, spiritually. It is a bigger loss than losing, a bigger mistake than mistake. So, don't regret.
65.我们确实活得艰难,要承受种种外部的压力,更要面对自己内心的困惑。在苦苦挣扎中,如果有人向你投以理解的目光,你会感到一种生命的暖意,或许仅有短暂的一瞥,便足以使我感奋不已。
We truly live a hard life. We have to withstand external stress, have to face our own internal dilemmas. While you're struggling, it's warm if somebody gives you an understanding look. Never mind it's only a short second of glimpse. I'm thrilled.
66.每个人都有潜在的能量,只是很容易被习惯所掩盖,被时间所迷离,被惰性所消磨。
Everybody has the potential energy inside, and it's easily blocked by habits, blurred by time, wear away by laziness.
67..相信时间的力量,可以冲淡很多东西。
Believe in the power of time, it's able to dilute a lot of thing.
68.记住:目光要深远。你的目光看多远你就能走多远。
Have a far vision. The farther your vision, the farther you could go.
69.人生有很多次如果,但是,没有一次“但是”。
Life has a lot of 'if'. But there isn't once, any 'but'.
70.永远不要瞧不起大学里的贫困生。
Don't ever look down on poor students in the university.
71.在大学时代看看学校的招聘会吧,你会感觉到一种前途的危机。全是人,全是人,全是人……
Have a look on university recruitment events, you would feel that your future is in crisis. People, people, people........
72.越大,我们就会发现对与错越是那么不明显,这不是错,这是事实,而且无法改变。
We'll realize there is not clear difference between right or wrong when we're growing older. It's not wrong, it's a fact. And it can't be changed.
73.记住结交每一个值得结交的朋友。
Befriend a friend that's worthwhile.
74.无聊的时候,别忘记朋友。朋友无聊的时候,别忘记你是他们的朋友。
Don't forget friends when you're bored. Don't forget you're a friend of them when they're bored.
75.如果你没有珍惜大学这三/四年,你一定会抱憾终生。
If you did/do not cherish the 3/4 years in university, you would regret it for the rest of your life.
共勉之
Pardon me for any mistranslation (if there is, lol).
Uni no fun already with all these guides. Yet.....