A Bird does not sing because it has an answer

Chinese translation: 不鸣则已,一鸣惊人

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English term or phrase:A Bird does not sing because it has an answer
Chinese translation:不鸣则已,一鸣惊人
Entered by: Ming Gao

23:26 Mar 30, 2009
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Proverb
English term or phrase: A Bird does not sing because it has an answer
the whole sentence is: "A Bird does not sing because it has an answer it sings because it has a song. "
This is a Chinese proverb. who can tell me what Chinese proverb it is? Thank you very much for your help.
Ming Gao
United States
Local time: 11:21
不鸣则已,一鸣惊人
Explanation:
Please see http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_saying_mean_'A_bird_...

Explanation:"A bird can sing beautiful song but we don't know. once she opens mouth, it would be amazing. For human, one guy with endowment and also works hard, but we didn't realize. He will make us surprise once he comes out."
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Guei Lin
United States
Local time: 08:21
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5不鸣则已,一鸣惊人
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a bird does not sing because it has an answer
不鸣则已,一鸣惊人


Explanation:
Please see http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_saying_mean_'A_bird_...

Explanation:"A bird can sing beautiful song but we don't know. once she opens mouth, it would be amazing. For human, one guy with endowment and also works hard, but we didn't realize. He will make us surprise once he comes out."

Guei Lin
United States
Local time: 08:21
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 8
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Asker: 谢谢!

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