Jubilant Chinachem Charitable Foundation chairman Kung Yan-sum Image fromThe Standard |
Last year, Greenpeace International wrote a blog entry to warn the danger of Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor, titling "Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor: it’s not too late to turn back".
Randa Mirza, a crew member from Lebanon, watches the Rainbow Warrior sailing 20 miles from the port of Bushehr, Iran in 2007. Image from Greenpeace |
Now, how about "there is justice in heaven and Earth" equivalent? Well, there is another common idiomatic expression in popular cultures, and that is "Justice will prevail".
L. in famous Japanese Manga Death Note Image from Wikipedia |
I'm a little surprise that The Standard did not try harder to dig up these expression and decided to use their own translations. Well, doesn't matter, you can learn that from our English Playground.
Vocabulary:
It's not too late to turn back -- "Turn back and the shore is at hand" in Chinese, or "repent and be saved"
Justice will prevail -- "there is justice in heaven and Earth" in Chinese
prevail -- (vb) [I] formal to get control or influence
Resources:
Idioms: Grey (with the Simpsons) @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.com/2009/06/idioms-grey-with-simpsons.html
Technology: Where's the iPhone 5?
http://lockyep.blogspot.com/2011/01/technology-wheres-iphone-5_12.html
'Repent and be saved,' say victors @ The Standard
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=108103&sid=31299127&con_type=3&d_str=20110215&fc=2
Feng Shui master loses claim to Nina Wang fortune @ BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12445500
Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor: it’s not too late to turn back @ Greenpeace International
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/irans-bushehr-nuclear-reactor-its-not-too-lat/blog/26237
Justice Will Prevail @ TV Tropes
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JusticeWillPrevail
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/prevail
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