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"msg": "suspicious translation with '; ': {'lang': 'Spanish', 'code': 'es', 'sense': 'more worthwhile to teach someone than do it for them', 'tags': ['masculine'], 'word': 'dale un pescado a un hombre y lo alimentarás por un día; enséñale a pescar y lo alimentarás de por vida.'}",
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"give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime"
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