▲ Photo Credit: 少年韓國日報 소년한국일보 [註1]
▌韓國諺語 Korean Porverb
열 길 물속은 알아도 한 길 사람 속은 모른다.
你可以具體知道十尺的水有多深,但卻不能探知一尺的人心!
You may know the depth of ten feet of water, but you connot know the heart of a one-foot person.
열 /yeol/ ten
길 /gil/ way, route, grade, set of volumes
물 /mul/ water
속 /sog/ inside
알다 /alda/ (V.) know
사람 /salam/ person
모르다 /moleuda/ (V.) don't know
▌中文成語 Chinese Idiom
人心叵測
인간의 마음은 예측할 수 없다.
The human heart is unpredictable.
古籍出處如下:[註2]
宋代 作者不詳 (Song Dynasty 960~1279)《京本通俗小說 - 錯斬崔寧》:「只因世路窄狹,人心叵測,大道既遠,人情萬端,熙熙攘攘,都為利來;蚩蚩蠢蠢,皆納禍去。」
清朝 魏子安 (1818~1873) 創作的小說《花月痕》第22回:「這回用兵以少勝多,極有佈置。只人心叵測,見謖如以二百名兵敗了采石磯三萬多賊,收復了九洑洲,轉觸人忌。謖如又不善周旋,所以這回大捷,竟不入告。」
知人知面不知心
사람의 얼굴은 알 수 있어도 마음은 알 수 없다.
You can know a person's face but not his heart.
元朝 (1260~1368) 尚仲賢《單鞭奪槊》第二折:「哥也,知人知面不知心,你道無二心呵,他怎生背了劉武周,投降了俺來。」
清朝 曹雪芹(1715~1763)《紅樓夢》第11回:「這纔是『知人知面不知心』呢!哪裡有這樣禽獸的人呢?」
★ 另一個成語「人心海底針」也可呼應。原本為「女人心海底針」,但,現代為了避免性別歧視的疑慮,已有文章將「女」字拿掉,亦可表達意思,人們的心思善變,想法像海底的針一樣,令人難以捉摸。
▲ Photo Credit 圖片來源:TVB 哪吒之魔童降世
▌題外話 The other topic
★ 2019 中國火爆的電影「哪吒1」,也有一句有關人心的金句,潔兮在此分享如下:電影「哪吒1」的金句
Quotes from the Chinese movie "Nezha 1" (2019):
「人心中的成見是一座大山,任你怎麼努力都休想搬動。」---申公豹
"The prejudice in people's hearts is like a mountain that can never be moved no matter how hard you try."..... Shen Gongbao
申公豹因為妖族的身分,長期受到歧視而口吃,人們對他的偏見根深蒂固,無論如何努力也很難改變人們的看法。
Shen Gongbao stuttered because he had long been discriminated against because of his identity as a demon. People's prejudice against him was deeply rooted, and no matter how hard he tried, it was difficult to change people's views.
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▌參考資料 References
[註1] 少年韓國日報 소년한국일보 圖片來源
https://www.kidshankook.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=2174
[註2] 國家教育研究院 / 教育部重編國語辭典修訂本
https://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/dictView.jsp?ID=135821&word=%E4%BA%BA%E5%BF%83%E5%8F%B5%E6%B8%AC#searchL
[註3] TVB 哪吒之魔童降世 圖片來源
www.tvb.com/dramanews-c/%E5%93%AA%E5%90%92%E4%B9%8B%E9%AD%94%E7%AB%A5%E9%99%8D%E4%B8%96%EF%BD%9C%E7%9B%A4%E9%BB%9E%E5%8D%81%E5%A4%A7%E7%88%86%E7%B4%85%E9%87%91%E5%8F%A5-%E7%9B%B4%E6%93%8A%E4%BA%BA%E5%BF%83%E5%BC%95%E7%B6%B2%E6%B0%91%E6%B7%B1%E6%80%9D-%E4%BA%BA%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%AD%E7%9A%84%E6%88%90%E8%A6%8B%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%BA%A7%E5%A4%A7%E5%B1%B1-1005387