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衙门八字开，有理无钱莫进来yá men bā zì kāi , yǒu lǐ wú qián mò jìn láithe court door is wide open,but it’s money not justice that gives you admittance; pos session is nine (/eleven) points of the law
❍ 而还有一种坏经验的结果的歌诀，是“～”，于是人们就只要事不干己，还是远远的站开干净。(鲁迅《南腔北调集·经验》105) …and another couplet sums up the result of such unfortunate experience: The yamen gate is opened wide;|If you’ve right but no money—keep away!So if something is not a man’s own affair,he keeps well out of harm’s way. |