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From :   Lee Kong

Date : 2009-12-27 / 10:29PM

Hi Benny,

What does the following means?
静若处子,动若疯兔

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 phoebe askbenny.net 
2009-12-28 / 12:18PM

古人说‘静若处子,动若脱兔’
是不动的时候要像大姑娘深藏闺中,动起来像脱网的兔子那么快。

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher askbenny.net 
2009-12-28 / 01:52PM

Hi Lee Kong,

This phrase should be “静若处子,动若脱兔”

Literally, it means: “Keep silence as nothing,run as the running rabbit”.

here 处子 = unmarried girl or virgin

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