There's been an article written in Chinese that has 24 pieces of advice supposedly written by Hong Kong star Nicholas Tse making its round on the Internet.

Several of the pieces of advice have actually been circulated in different anonymous articles previously.

It cannot be verified whether they are penned by Tse or not, but what was written comes across as candid and tells life as it is so we've translated it roughly for you:

1. 人在的时候 ，以为来日方长什么都有机会， 其实人生是减法， 见一面，少一面。

The reality of life is that whenever someone comes into our lives, someone else is bound to leave - usually a person we didn't treasure when they were around.

2. 别人怎么看你， 和你毫无关系， 你要怎么活 ，也和别人毫无关系。

You cannot control how others view you. They cannot control how you live either.

3. 面子到底多少钱一斤，我们为什么要在乎别人的看法。

Why should we care how others view us. Is our 'face' worth its weight in gold?

4. 有一天你会明白，善良比聪明更难。聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。

One day, you will understand that being kind is harder than being smart. Being smart is a natural-born talent, being kind is a choice we make.

5. 不闻不问不一定是忘记了，但一定是疏远了，彼此沉默太久就连主动都需要勇气。

After a friendship has grown silent, it takes courage to reconnect two friends who have not forgotten each other.

6. 不要在心情糟烂差的时候， 用决绝的话伤害爱你的人。

You say the most hurtful things to your loved ones when you are in a bad mood. Don't.

7. 有时候，没有下一次，没有机会重来，没有暂停继续。有时候，错过了现在，就永远永远的没机会了。

Sometimes, there are no do-overs or second chances; once you miss something, it is gone forever.

8.用心甘情愿的态度，去过随遇而安的生活。

Be adaptable and have a willing attitude in life.

9.所有的问题都是自己的问题。

Out of all the problems in the world, you decide which ones become your own problems.

10.有时候，我们明明原谅了那个人，却无法真正快乐起来，那是因为，你忘了原谅自己。

Sometimes, even after forgiving our trespassers, we are still unhappy. That is because we forget to forgive ourselves.

11. 一个人有生就有死，但只要你活着，就要以最好的方式活下去。可以没有爱情，没有名牌，但不能没有快乐。

As long as you are alive, live in the best way possible. You can live without love or branded goods, but you can't live without happiness.

12. 其实，人都是很贱的，爱你宠你的人你不稀罕，对你冷若冰霜的却是穷追不舍。最后搞的遍体鳞伤的还是自己。

Humans are all capricious. We don't cherish those who love us and we crave those who ignore us. In the end, we hurt only ourselves.

13. 不要的东西， 再好也是垃圾

No matter how good something is, it will still be trash in our eyes if we don't want it in the first place.

14. 如果你没瞎， 就别用耳朵去了解我。

Understand me through my actions, not through the rumours you hear of me.

15. 真正的牛逼不是你认识多少人，而是你患难的时候还有多少人认识你。

Being truly great is not about how many people you know, but how many friends you have when you are down and out.

16. 那些不需要解释的事情， 从你张嘴那一刻起 ，你已经输了。

In an argument that doesn't need any explanation, you lose when you try to explain yourself.

17. 很多人闯进你的生活，只是为了给你上一课，然后转身离开。

Many people enter your life to give you a lesson and they leave shortly after.

18. 距离，产生的不是美，而是诠释了不堪一击的爱情。

Distance in a relationship does not create beauty, but it explains the fragility of the relationship.

19. 人生烦恼就12个字：放不下、想不开、看不透、忘不了。

Life's troubles in 12 words: When one is unable to let go of situations beyond his control.

20. 女人没魅力才觉得男人花心，男人没实力才觉得女人现实。

When a woman no longer has charm, she will think that men are all players. When a man has no capabilities, he will think that women are materialistic.

21. 慢慢的，长大了，却感觉变沉默了，懂得多了，却不快乐了。

You quieten down as you grow older, you learn more as well, but you grow unhappy.

22. 明明不是陌生人，却装的比陌生人还陌生。

We are clearly not strangers, but we behave more distant than strangers to each other.

23. 跟自己说声对不起，这些年一直没学会爱自己。

You owe yourself an apology for all those years you have not learnt to love yourself.

24. 在乎才会乱想，不在乎连想都不会想。

People worry only because they care. They give no thoughts to things they have no care for.

*Bonus*

Here's Tse looking dapper and blowing minds with his English:

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