To mean to do something and to actually do it are two different things.

打算做某事和真正去做完全是两回事。

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Non-action (无为) does not mean that one should do nothing but passively wait for something to be achieved.

无为并不意味着一个人什么都不做，只是被动地等待事情发生。

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Just because it's something that's been done for years, that doesn't mean it is the right thing to do.

仅仅因为它是多年来一直在做的事情，并不意味着它就是正确的。

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I mean,how can we say that we want Karzai to do something about his brother's alleged narcotics activities, while apparently the CIA has been paying the same brother?" Former U.S.ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald Neumann tells VOA he believes President Karzai to be a decent man, but points out that he does not have a great deal of actual power outside of Kabul and has to be very careful about alienating some people.

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He writes home, "I do not intend to shirk now that there is really something to fight for; I mean freedom.

他在家书中道,"我不打算逃避,我必须为之一战,为自由而战

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When you say "it must", this usually does not mean it needs to do something.

当你说“It must”的时候，通常并不表示它需要做某事。

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Eventually the B brand might mean something to do-gooder consumers.

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And, I mean, it was something that nobody ever really wanted to do because they wanted to force Castro out, and so by holding all these restrictions on people, at one point that was the idea that it would make it just so unbearable.

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However, the key here is that bond yields have fallen the last two days (meaning prices have gone up) because if Congress were to actually do something about the debt it would mean slower economic growth, a less aggressive Fed, and fewer bonds in the market.

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