It's a Chinese common saying to say grapes are sour when one cannot eat them.

韩佳：吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸是中国的一句俗语。

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The Chinese loves to see ghost story, even if the young woman student of cannot say boh to a goose, also covering with the hand the eye sees ghost piece.

中国人爱看鬼故事，即使是胆小如鼠的小女生，不也用手捂着眼睛看鬼片。

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Russian experts, such as Sergei Vladislavovich Drazdov, a colonel in the Russian border militia in charge of liaison with the Chinese military, say Siberia cannot be protected by conventional means--but cite nuclear weapons as a reason there will be no war.

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