"不食周粟" meaning in Chinese

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    {
      "english": "King Wu pacified the unrest of Yin (Shang), and the whole nation switched allegiance to the Zhou dynasty. But Boyi and Shuqi considered it disgraceful and expressed their loyalty to Yin by not eating any grain of Zhou. They secluded themselves in Shouyang Mountain, where they gathered ferns to eat.",
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      "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
      "roman": "Wǔ wáng yǐ píng Yīn luàn, tiānxià zōng Zhōu, ér Bóyí, Shūqí chǐ zhī, yì bù shí Zhōu sù, yǐn yú Shǒuyáng Shān, cǎiwēi ér shí zhī.",
      "tags": [
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      "text": "武王已平殷亂，天下宗周，而伯夷、叔齊恥之，義不食周粟，隱於首陽山，采薇而食之。",
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      "english": "King Wu pacified the unrest of Yin (Shang), and the whole nation switched allegiance to the Zhou dynasty. But Boyi and Shuqi considered it disgraceful and expressed their loyalty to Yin by not eating any grain of Zhou. They secluded themselves in Shouyang Mountain, where they gathered ferns to eat.",
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      "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
      "roman": "Wǔ wáng yǐ píng Yīn luàn, tiānxià zōng Zhōu, ér Bóyí, Shūqí chǐ zhī, yì bù shí Zhōu sù, yǐn yú Shǒuyáng Shān, cǎiwēi ér shí zhī.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "武王已平殷乱，天下宗周，而伯夷、叔齐耻之，义不食周粟，隐于首阳山，采薇而食之。",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Boyi and Shuqi (approximately 1046 BCE), two princes of the former Shang dynasty, refused to eat the food of the newly founded (in their opinion, usurping) Zhou dynasty. They lived in seclusion in Shouyang Mountain and ate fiddlehead ferns before starving to death",
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  "literal_meaning": "not eating Zhou's grain",
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        "to refuse to eat the food of the Zhou dynasty"
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      "zh-pron": "bù shí Zhōu sù"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄓㄡ ㄙㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ sik⁶ zau¹ suk¹"
    },
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù shí Zhōu sù"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "bù shíh Jhou sù"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴ shih² Chou¹ su⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù shŕ Jōu sù"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu shyr Jou suh"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бу ши Чжоу су"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu ši Čžou su"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ su⁵¹/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sihk jāu sūk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ sik⁹ dzau¹ suk⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ xig⁶ zeo¹ sug¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ su⁵¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/"
    }
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    "Boyi and Shuqi",
    "Shang dynasty",
    "Zhou dynasty"
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  "word": "不食周粟"
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    {
      "english": "King Wu pacified the unrest of Yin (Shang), and the whole nation switched allegiance to the Zhou dynasty. But Boyi and Shuqi considered it disgraceful and expressed their loyalty to Yin by not eating any grain of Zhou. They secluded themselves in Shouyang Mountain, where they gathered ferns to eat.",
      "raw_tags": [
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      "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
      "roman": "Wǔ wáng yǐ píng Yīn luàn, tiānxià zōng Zhōu, ér Bóyí, Shūqí chǐ zhī, yì bù shí Zhōu sù, yǐn yú Shǒuyáng Shān, cǎiwēi ér shí zhī.",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "武王已平殷亂，天下宗周，而伯夷、叔齊恥之，義不食周粟，隱於首陽山，采薇而食之。",
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      "english": "King Wu pacified the unrest of Yin (Shang), and the whole nation switched allegiance to the Zhou dynasty. But Boyi and Shuqi considered it disgraceful and expressed their loyalty to Yin by not eating any grain of Zhou. They secluded themselves in Shouyang Mountain, where they gathered ferns to eat.",
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      "roman": "Wǔ wáng yǐ píng Yīn luàn, tiānxià zōng Zhōu, ér Bóyí, Shūqí chǐ zhī, yì bù shí Zhōu sù, yǐn yú Shǒuyáng Shān, cǎiwēi ér shí zhī.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "武王已平殷乱，天下宗周，而伯夷、叔齐耻之，义不食周粟，隐于首阳山，采薇而食之。",
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  "etymology_text": "Boyi and Shuqi (approximately 1046 BCE), two princes of the former Shang dynasty, refused to eat the food of the newly founded (in their opinion, usurping) Zhou dynasty. They lived in seclusion in Shouyang Mountain and ate fiddlehead ferns before starving to death",
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      "zh-pron": "bù shí Zhōu sù"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄓㄡ ㄙㄨˋ"
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      "zh-pron": "bat¹ sik⁶ zau¹ suk¹"
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      "zh-pron": "bù shí Zhōu sù"
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      "zh-pron": "bù shíh Jhou sù"
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      "zh-pron": "pu⁴ shih² Chou¹ su⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "bù shŕ Jōu sù"
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      "zh-pron": "bu shyr Jou suh"
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      "zh-pron": "бу ши Чжоу су"
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      "zh-pron": "bāt sihk jāu sūk"
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ sik⁹ dzau¹ suk⁷"
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      "zh-pron": "bed¹ xig⁶ zeo¹ sug¹"
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      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ su⁵¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/"
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  "word": "不食周粟"
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