"不塞不流,不止不行" meaning in All languages combined

See 不塞不流,不止不行 on Wiktionary

Proverb [Chinese]

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From the "Origin of Dao" by Han Yu. Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 不塞不流,不止不行
  1. There is no flowing without damming and no motion without rest.
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "There is no flowing without damming and no motion without rest."
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          "flow",
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        ],
        [
          "dam",
          "dam"
        ],
        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
        ],
        [
          "rest",
          "rest"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùsèbùliú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ sak¹ bat¹ lau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ zi² bat¹ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùsèbùliú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "búsèbùliú, bùzhǐbùxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùsèbùlióu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùjhǐhbùsíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-sê⁴-pu⁴-liu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-chih³-pu⁴-hsing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-sè-bù-lyóu-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-jř-bù-syíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "busehbuliou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bujyybushyng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "busɛbulju, bučžibusin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бусэбулю"
    },
    {
      "roman": "busɛbulju, bučžibusin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бучжибусин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ sak¹ bat¹ lau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ zi² bat¹ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bāt sāk bāt làuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bāt jí bāt hàhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat⁷ sak⁷ bat⁷ lau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat⁷ dzi² bat⁷ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bed¹ seg¹ bed¹ leo⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bed¹ ji² bed¹ heng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "不塞不流,不止不行"
}
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "proverb",
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        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese proverbs",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 塞",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 止",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 流",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 行",
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        "Mandarin proverbs",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
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      "glosses": [
        "There is no flowing without damming and no motion without rest."
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        [
          "dam",
          "dam"
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          "motion",
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          "rest",
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        ]
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùsèbùliú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ sak¹ bat¹ lau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ zi² bat¹ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùsèbùliú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "búsèbùliú, bùzhǐbùxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùsèbùlióu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùjhǐhbùsíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-sê⁴-pu⁴-liu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-chih³-pu⁴-hsing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-sè-bù-lyóu-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-jř-bù-syíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "busehbuliou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bujyybushyng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "busɛbulju, bučžibusin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бусэбулю"
    },
    {
      "roman": "busɛbulju, bučžibusin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бучжибусин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ sak¹ bat¹ lau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ zi² bat¹ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bāt sāk bāt làuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bāt jí bāt hàhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat⁷ sak⁷ bat⁷ lau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat⁷ dzi² bat⁷ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bed¹ seg¹ bed¹ leo⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bed¹ ji² bed¹ heng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "不塞不流,不止不行"
}

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