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> Having a high say-do ratio has always been important to me You probably mean a "high do-say ratio"? That is, to complete as many things as you set out to do. Great story though, it reminds me a bit of how the German language has individual words to describe specific intents and feelings. Of course the German equivalents are far more verbose!
Interestingly, this phrase has gained significance (a buzz world in politics) since Xi came to power a decade ago, that party members should remain steadfast in upholding the original mission of the Communist Party...
> Having a high say-do ratio has always been important to me You probably mean a "high do-say ratio"? That is, to complete as many things as you set out to do. Great story though, it reminds me a bit of how the German language has individual words to describe specific intents and feelings. Of course the German equivalents are far more verbose!
I think the original context could be correct: if they say they will do something, they do it.
But I understand the point being made and my pedantry just a peculiarity of English meaning having a strong word order dependence than many other languages.
Does Shoshikantetsu mean - Integrity without Compromise?
> Having a high say-do ratio has always been important to me You probably mean a "high do-say ratio"? That is, to complete as many things as you set out to do. Great story though, it reminds me a bit of how the German language has individual words to describe specific intents and feelings. Of course the German equivalents are far more verbose!
I mean, sure there's variations (e.g. not all languages have "saudade" or "schadenfreude") but it seems a pretty basic group of words.
I like it a lot. Do these characters make sense as a Chinese phrase as well? Chū zhì guàn chè ?
Many (but not all) Japanese four-character idioms ( yojijukugo ) are actually Chinese imports, and they're IMHO far more prevalent in that language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengyu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yojijukugo
My favorite one is 吴越同舟 or 呉越同舟 (Wú Yuè tóng zhōu) meaning people of different backgrounds finding themselves having to work together.
https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E5%90%B4%E8%B6%8A%E5%90%8C%E8%88%...
https://jisho.org/word/%E5%91%89%E8%B6%8A%E5%90%8C%E8%88%9F
If only the two countries were as close diplomatically as they are in their shared culture.
This makes me wonder, does Japanese have an equivalent to the Chinese concept of a chengyu?
Sometimes you will have to map between simplified Chinese characters and modern Japanese characters. Easy enough though, since they still look very similar.