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实践shí jiàn和hé理论lǐ lùn同样tóng yàng重要zhòng yào，但dàn我们wǒ men倾向qīng xiàng于yú重视zhòng shì后者hòu zhě而ér忽略hū lüè前者qián zhě。Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former. #345973

两者liǎng zhě都dōu可以kě yǐ，但是dàn shì前者qián zhě更gèng简洁jiǎn jié。Either one is fine, but the former is more concise. #3480115

比起bǐ qǐ歌舞伎gē wǔ jì，我wǒ更gèng喜欢xǐ huan能néng乐lè表演biǎo yǎn，因为yīn wèi我wǒ觉得jué de后者hòu zhě比bǐ前者qián zhě优雅yōu yǎ。I prefer Noh to Kabuki because I find the former to be more elegant than the latter. #333336

世界shì jiè上shàng只有zhǐ yǒu两liǎng个gè东西dōng xi是shì无限wú xiàn的de，一yī为wèi宇宙yǔ zhòu，一yī为wèi人类rén lèi的de愚蠢yú chǔn，我wǒ所suǒ不能bù néng肯定kěn dìng的de乃是nǎi shì前者qián zhě。Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. #3313868