| 词汇 | life is short but the art is long |
| 词源 | life is short, but the art is long. The full aphorism by the Greek physician Hippocrates is “Life is short, but the art is long, the opportunity fleeting, the experiment perilous, the judgment difficult.” A variation in the translation by Chaucer is “The life is so short, the craft so long to learn.” See hippocratic oath. |
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