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Do Little Do Nothing

Chinese translation: 做得太少不如不做

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English term or phrase:Do Little Do Nothing
Chinese translation:做得太少不如不做
Entered by: Philip Tang

08:52 Mar 17, 2005
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Linguistics
English term or phrase: Do Little Do Nothing
Do Little Do Nothing
TIA
Shang
China
Local time: 05:19
做得太少(不够)不如不做!
Explanation:
做得太少(不够)不如不做!
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Philip Tang
China
Local time: 05:19
Grading comment
thanks a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4做得太少(不够)不如不做!
Philip Tang
4 +2做得(过)少等于不做
Jianming Sun


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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
do little do nothing
做得太少(不够)不如不做!


Explanation:
做得太少(不够)不如不做!

Philip Tang
China
Local time: 05:19
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 10
Grading comment
thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chinoise
40 mins
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agree  shlconsultan (X)
11 hrs
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agree  Willey (云鹏) Chang (张)
13 hrs
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agree  Bill Lao
16 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
做得(过)少等于不做


Explanation:
做得(过)少等于不做

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Note added at 8 days (2005-03-26 06:18:13 GMT) Post-grading
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I do not care about the points. But I am sorry you have a wrong understanding about this phrase.

Jianming Sun
Local time: 05:19
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Li Jie
52 mins
agree  Chinoise
4 hrs
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