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liǎng两zhě者dōu都kě yǐ可以，dàn shì但是qián zhě前者gèng更jiǎn jié简洁。
两者都可以，但是前者更简洁。
Either one is fine, but the former is more concise.
实践和理论同样重要，但我们倾向于重视后者而忽略前者。
Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former.
世界上只有两个东西是无限的，一为宇宙，一为人类的愚蠢，我所不能肯定的乃是前者。
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.