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WASHINGTON, July 27 (Xinhua Liu Lina Wang Xiangjiang) in the opening ceremony of the first round of China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue, U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner refer to China's famous allusions.

Today, Chinese language learning increasingly welcomed, whether civilians or state leaders. A national leader’ attitude of another country’ language can also see the relationship between the two countries.

You can see through online Chinese that how many foreign leaders are interested in it? I find an example to show you.

Obama referenced in the opening ceremony of the Chinese sage Mencius,”山径之蹊间，介然用之而成路，为间不用，则茅塞之矣.” He explained that the United States and China's mission is to explore a road to the future for future generations to prevent the situation of mistrust between each other. He said both sides should pay attention to the maintenance of this road ...
... at any time, even when differences between the two sides, do not let this road weeds buried.

U.S. government leaders have used the Chinese saying can be said that made a footnote from one side to the current Sino-US relations.

A period of two days of the first round of China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue held in the global financial crisis, world economic outlook remains uncertain background. The strategic dialogue part of the dialogue will focus on three issues involving China-US relations and international and regional issues, global issues. Economic Dialogue will be the financial crisis policy measures, sustainable economic growth, financial system reform, trade and investment cooperation and other major economic and financial issues in-depth communication and strengthen Sino-US economic cooperation.

If you are learning Chinese language, then you will know, as the old saying to explain:” 山径之蹊间，介然用之而成路，为间不用，则茅塞之矣”.
A phrase from Mencius dedicated ":" Mencius that the Master said:‘山径之蹊间,介然用之而成路;为间不用,则茅塞之矣。今茅塞子之心矣。’" . Warring States period, the high child learning in fits and starts drying nets, can not persist in the end. Mencius criticized him, said: “山上的小道虽窄，如果经常有人走，就会变成一条大路，如果一段时间没人走，就会被茅草堵塞。你的心被茅草堵塞了，所以不能进步。”“山径之蹊间，介然用之而成路，为间不用，则茅塞之矣”as meaning “The mountain trail is narrow, and often go, it will become a road, if time did not go, it will be thatched blockage.”

Obama referenced in his speech, the sentence, which read: Thousands of years ago, the great 7.Better be unborn than Mencius said: the "A trail through the Mark (Choir), if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.”

You can also find out Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, referring to the Chinese story through online Chinese. I found out what they mean, you can understand it.

人心齐,泰山移。The Chinese proverb, meaning "as long as we bent, can play a great strength.

风雨同舟。Grandson of nine to a phrase: “夫吴人与越人相恶也，当其同舟而济，遇风，其相救也如左右手。” Idiom explanation: take the boat in the storm in the same, with the fight with the wind and rain, regard as the common experience of adversity.

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