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"english": "If the monarch does not appoint the capable but rather likes to handle the matters by himself, his intelligence will be increasingly exhausted and he will bear the consequences himself.",
"ref": "From: Huainanzi, 2ⁿᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Jūn rén zhě bù rèn néng ér hào zì wéi zhī, zé zhì rì kùn ér zì fù qí zé yě. [Pinyin]",
"text": "君人者不任能而好自為之，則智日困而自負其責也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n君人者不任能而好自为之，则智日困而自负其责也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
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"zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˋ ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓ"
},
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"zh-pron": "hou³ zi⁶ wai⁴ zi¹"
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"zh-pron": "hàozìhwéijhih"
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"zh-pron": "hao⁴-tzŭ⁴-wei²-chih¹"
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"zh-pron": "hàu-dz̀-wéi-jr̄"
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "hawtzyhweijy"
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"ipa": "/xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "hou³ dzi⁶ wai⁴ dzi¹"
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"zh-pron": "hou³ ji⁶ wei⁴ ji¹"
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"ipa": "/xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/"
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"ipa": "/hou̯³³ t͡siː²² wɐi̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/"
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"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "hǎu-dz̀-wéi-jr̄"
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "хаоцзывэйчжи"
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"ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "hóu jih wàih jī"
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"Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "hou² dzi⁶ wai⁴ dzi¹"
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],
"zh-pron": "hou² ji⁶ wei⁴ ji¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ t͡siː²² wɐi̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/",
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"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
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"ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ t͡siː²² wɐi̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/"
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"word": "好自為之"
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"roman": "Jūn rén zhě bù rèn néng ér hào zì wéi zhī, zé zhì rì kùn ér zì fù qí zé yě. [Pinyin]",
"text": "君人者不任能而好自為之，則智日困而自負其責也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n君人者不任能而好自为之，则智日困而自负其责也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
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"zh-pron": "hàozìwéizhī"
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"zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˋ ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓ"
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"zh-pron": "hou³ zi⁶ wai⁴ zi¹"
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"zh-pron": "hàozìhwéijhih"
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"zh-pron": "hawtzyhweijy"
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"zh-pron": "хаоцзывэйчжи"
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"ipa": "/xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "hou jih wàih jī"
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"zh-pron": "hou³ dzi⁶ wai⁴ dzi¹"
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"zh-pron": "hou³ ji⁶ wei⁴ ji¹"
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"ipa": "/hou̯³³ t͡siː²² wɐi̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/"
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"zh-pron": "hǎozìwéizhī"
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"zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓ"
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"zh-pron": "хаоцзывэйчжи"
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"ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "hóu jih wàih jī"
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"zh-pron": "hou² dzi⁶ wai⁴ dzi¹"
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"zh-pron": "hou² ji⁶ wei⁴ ji¹"
},
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"ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/"
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"ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ t͡siː²² wɐi̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/"
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