President Xi Jinping aptly used sayings and poems to convey his ideas in an article for South Korean media that was published on Thursday.

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He used a South Korean saying — “A house may cost three coins, but a good neighbor is worth a thousand taels of gold” — to show that he cherishes neighborly ties.

Stressing the significance of win-win scenarios and regional prosperity, Xi cited a line from a Chinese poem: “A single flower does not make a spring; all flowers blooming together do.”