(via miss-mi)
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Source: en.wikiquote.orgLiterally: Not having arrived at the Yellow River, the heart is not dead.
Figuratively: Feeling despair only when one arrives at the Yellow River.
Colloquially: Used to describe someone who does not give up, even when they should.
Example: 他三次考试,每次没有通過。他不到黄河心不死。
He has taken the test three times and each time failed. He just doesn’t know when to quit.