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"english": "It's better to die standing rather than live kneeling.",
"roman": "Yǔqí guìzhe shēng, wúnìng zhànzhe sǐ. [Pinyin]",
"text": "與其跪著生，毋寧站著死。 [MSC, trad.]\n与其跪着生，毋宁站着死。 [MSC, simp.]",
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"roman": "Lǐ, yǔqí shē yě, nìng jiǎn; sàng, yǔqí yì yě, nìng qī. [Pinyin]",
"text": "禮，與其奢也，寧儉；喪，與其易也，寧戚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n礼，与其奢也，宁俭；丧，与其易也，宁戚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
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"text": "百乘之家，不畜聚斂之臣。與其有聚斂之臣，寧有盜臣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n百乘之家，不畜聚敛之臣。与其有聚敛之臣，宁有盗臣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
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"english": "It's better to die standing rather than live kneeling.",
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"text": "與其跪著生，毋寧站著死。 [MSC, trad.]\n与其跪着生，毋宁站着死。 [MSC, simp.]",
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"english": "It's better for you to go by boat than by car.",
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"english": "It's not so much carelessness as irresponsibility.",
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"text": "與其說是粗心大意，不如說是不負責任。 [MSC, trad.]\n与其说是粗心大意，不如说是不负责任。 [MSC, simp.]",
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"roman": "Lǐ, yǔqí shē yě, nìng jiǎn; sàng, yǔqí yì yě, nìng qī. [Pinyin]",
"text": "禮，與其奢也，寧儉；喪，與其易也，寧戚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n礼，与其奢也，宁俭；丧，与其易也，宁戚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
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"roman": "Bǎishèng zhī jiā, bù xù jùliǎn zhī chén. Yǔqí yǒu jùliǎn zhī chén, nìng yǒu dàochén. [Pinyin]",
"text": "百乘之家，不畜聚斂之臣。與其有聚斂之臣，寧有盜臣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n百乘之家，不畜聚敛之臣。与其有聚敛之臣，宁有盗臣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
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