中国有一句话很有名：不到长城非好汉。
如果你去过长城，肯定也见过这句话。
这句话里的“非”的意思是“不是”，“好汉”的意思是“很厉害的人”或者“英雄”。
所以我们可以知道这句话是说没有去过长城的人不是英雄。
现在我们常用这句话来比喻一种积极的精神，如果遇到困难，要努力想办法，如果问题解决了，那就是“好汉”。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 句 | jù | classifier for phrases or lines of verse |
| 话 | huà | spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 有名 | yǒu míng | famous / well-known |
| 不到长城非好汉 | bù dào Cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn | lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 长城 | Cháng chéng | the Great Wall |
| 肯定 | kěn dìng | assuredly; definitely |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 见 | jiàn | to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 非 | fēi | to not be; not / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must |
| 意思 | yì si | idea / opinion / meaning |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 好汉 | hǎo hàn | hero / strong and courageous person |
| 厉害 | lì hai | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or |
| 英雄 | yīng xióng | hero |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 常 | cháng | always / ever / often / frequently |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 比喻 | bǐ yù | to compare / to liken to |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 积极 | jī jí | active / energetic / vigorous / positive (outlook) / proactive |
| 精神 | jīng shén | spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological |
| 遇到 | yù dào | to meet; to run into; to come across |
| 困难 | kùn nan | straitened circumstances / difficult situation |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 办法 | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 解决 | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |