See 鶴長鳧短 on Wiktionary
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"english": "Thus a duck's legs, for instance, are short, but if we try to lengthen them, it occasions pain; and a crane's legs are long, but if we try to cut off a portion of them, it produces grief.",
"raw_tags": [
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"ref": " Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE",
"roman": "Shìgù fú jìng suī duǎn, xù zhī zé yōu; hè jìng suī cháng, duàn zhī zé bēi.",
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"text": "是故鳧脛雖短，續之則憂；鶴脛雖長，斷之則悲。",
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"english": "Thus a duck's legs, for instance, are short, but if we try to lengthen them, it occasions pain; and a crane's legs are long, but if we try to cut off a portion of them, it produces grief.",
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"ref": " Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE",
"roman": "Shìgù fú jìng suī duǎn, xù zhī zé yōu; hè jìng suī cháng, duàn zhī zé bēi.",
"tags": [
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],
"text": "是故凫胫虽短，续之则忧；鹤胫虽长，断之则悲。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Derived from a passage in the Zhuangzi.",
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"literal_meaning": "a crane's legs are long, a duck's are short",
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"zh-pron": "hèchángfúduǎn"
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
},
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"zh-pron": "hèchángfúduǎn"
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"zh-pron": "ho⁴-chʻang²-fu²-tuan³"
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"zh-pron": "hè-cháng-fú-dwǎn"
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"zh-pron": "hehcharngfwudoan"
},
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"zh-pron": "хэчанфудуань"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "xɛčanfuduanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/xɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ fu³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"ipa": "/xɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ fu³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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"english": "Thus a duck's legs, for instance, are short, but if we try to lengthen them, it occasions pain; and a crane's legs are long, but if we try to cut off a portion of them, it produces grief.",
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"tags": [
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"text": "是故鳧脛雖短，續之則憂；鶴脛雖長，斷之則悲。",
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},
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"english": "Thus a duck's legs, for instance, are short, but if we try to lengthen them, it occasions pain; and a crane's legs are long, but if we try to cut off a portion of them, it produces grief.",
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"Classical Chinese",
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"ref": " Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE",
"roman": "Shìgù fú jìng suī duǎn, xù zhī zé yōu; hè jìng suī cháng, duàn zhī zé bēi.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
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"text": "是故凫胫虽短，续之则忧；鹤胫虽长，断之则悲。",
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}
],
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"zh-pron": "hèchángfúduǎn"
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"zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
},
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"zh-pron": "hèchángfúduǎn"
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"zh-pron": "ho⁴-chʻang²-fu²-tuan³"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hè-cháng-fú-dwǎn"
},
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "hehcharngfwudoan"
},
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"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хэчанфудуань"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "xɛčanfuduanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/xɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ fu³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"Mandarin",
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"ipa": "/xɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ fu³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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],
"word": "鶴長鳧短"
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