GoodTaste
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- Feb 19, 2016
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- Chinese
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Does "Open a book to benefit" sound natural in English?
The phrase "Open a book to benefit" is a direct translation by me from a Chinese idiom which means "Something, which is beneficial to you, is learned every time a book is opened." So tranditionally it encourages people to read books. It doesn't mean you have to read a book completely; it tends to mean you should open books often to be inspried.
The phrase "Open a book to benefit" is a direct translation by me from a Chinese idiom which means "Something, which is beneficial to you, is learned every time a book is opened." So tranditionally it encourages people to read books. It doesn't mean you have to read a book completely; it tends to mean you should open books often to be inspried.