"I feel like he is born to be a hurdler," Liu said of his 21-year-old rival.

“我感觉他是天生的跨栏运动员”，刘翔如此评价他这位21岁的竞争对手。

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The stars teach us this finesse with happy tact: though they are his children and brilliant like him, they never rival the brilliancy of the sun.

天上的星辰教会了我们这种愉快的处世策略：它们是太阳之子，并且与太阳一样光亮，却从不与太阳争辉。

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Indeed, like his sometime rival George Soros, he appears to aspire to the role of worldly philosopher.

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Like his Davis Cup team-mate and rival Tim Henman, Rusedski's favourite surface is grass, which is no surprise given that he holds the ATP Tour record for the fastest serve - 149mph.

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Asked about the competition, Zuckerberg made it sound like his company was a decade ahead of its rival rather than the other way around.

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