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14 Malay Peribahasa And Chinese Idioms That Mean The Same Thing

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By Esther Chung

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1. A small amount of something will eventually become a large amount when accumulated

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2. No pain, no gain

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3. Practice makes perfect

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4. To describe an ignorant person

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5. Someone who returns to his or her roots

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6. Two things that share a close relationship and work well together

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7. Someone who forgets his or her roots

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8. When in Rome, do as the Romans do

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9. To repay kindness with ingratitude

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10. Two people who share the same rank

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11. The bad actions of one person can ruin everyone around them

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12. To go through thick and thin together

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13. People or things that oppose each other

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14. To prepare for something in case anything unforeseen happens

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Know any other Malay peribahasa and Chinese idioms that mean the same thing? Let us know in the comment section below!

These Malay words are used in the Hokkien dialect too:

26 Malay Words Penang Hokkien Lang Cannot Live Without

They've been part of the Penang Hokkien vocabulary since, well, forever.

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