Most people do not ask for help because they believe it to be a sign of weakness rather than strength.

很多人都相信寻求帮助是软弱而不是强悍的标志，所以他们选择闭门造车。

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One of the requirements in practising Taiji is to use the notion rather than strength- such is core of its function in health preservation.

“用意不用力”是演练太极拳的要求，又是养生主诣之所在。

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A bestseller Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength, suggests that willpower (意志力) is the ability to make decisions that are better for us in the long term, rather than in the short term.

《意志力：重新发现人类最伟大的力量》这本畅销书表明意志力是做决定的能力，从长远而非短期来看对我们更有益。

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"One of the biggest differences I see between Western and Chinese parents is that Chinese parents assume strength rather than fragility."

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This is more essential than ever when a merger is the product of weakness rather than strength, as so many of today's are.

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The fact is that many consumers may perceive either the existing Windows platform or the new Windows 8 as a liability rather than a strength in a tablet.

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To me this is a weakness, rather than a strength.

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