My Grandfather always say this. But to me it sounds so traditional.

Is this Old saying still relevant nowadays? Do you still believe in such things?

I am in the navy reserves. Does that means 我不是好人？

U think we all here can read chinese ar?

y u so racist post in chinese so other races kenot read?

problem here

i dun think ppl that didnt learned Chinese would understand the meaning behind it. i mean...the isi tersirat tats why it wasnt intended for non-Chinese readers....including bananas.

i sked to say, later kena vacasyun liau

现在的年轻人哪有做兵了，通通都是键盘战士！

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hahaha.....but i still wanna know why old ppl says that? I mean look at China, the situation is totally opposite isnt it?

I cant translate but that is not TS intention. By the way, I am a banana too.

This post has been edited by fariz: Jan 25 2011, 03:35 PM

u banana? no wei no.

i also dunno, usually ppl say 男子汉大丈夫, then become 兵 should be nothing wrong right?

so many stars and u duno unker google? stop being an ass and google translate it.

btw, it means "good men are not soldiers", hope u understand that.

=.= easy la, if i dun provide translation can do manually ma

I did not go to SRJK ( C ) so that make me a banana. I pick up chinese on my own after leaving school.

Back to your question, I think corruption is the reason. There were no police those days. The military enforces the law. So good guys pick up bad habits when they 当兵.

Jay Chou used some back pain excuse to avoid Taiwan military training.
BTW he sux.

Sorry I made a typo. I mean to say I CAN translate. By the way had you not notice I type chinese in the second post.

Since tS had not objection to have it translation, the proper translation is "Good men dont enlist themselves in the army."

好男不当兵，好铁不打钉
这句话是解放前旧政府抓壮丁、土匪横行时传流的，用在历史上还可以。

这可不是偏见，古代 兵 指主将身边的侍从，一般不去冲锋陷阵，好男不当兵是指从军也要投身前线去冲锋杀敌
好铁不打钉是指好铁要打成刀枪武器，铁钉最早发明于军中，起初是为钉马掌的。
这句话越来越被人误解，现在成了这个样子

english pls
u tot other race got small brain ar -,-
we can learn oso.if u never tell who would know

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im reading it now.

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