"切磋琢磨" meaning in Chinese

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      "english": "Look at those recesses in the banks of the Qi [river], with their green bamboos, so fresh and luxuriant!\nThere is our elegant and accomplished prince, as from the knife and the file, as from the chisel and the polisher!",
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      "roman": "Zhān bǐ Qí yù, lǜ zhú yīyī.\nYǒu fěi jūnzǐ, rú qiē rú cuō, rú zhuó rú mó.",
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      "text": "瞻彼淇奧，綠竹猗猗。\n有匪君子，如切如磋，如琢如磨。",
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      "english": "Look at those recesses in the banks of the Qi [river], with their green bamboos, so fresh and luxuriant!\nThere is our elegant and accomplished prince, as from the knife and the file, as from the chisel and the polisher!",
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      "roman": "Zhān bǐ Qí yù, lǜ zhú yīyī.\nYǒu fěi jūnzǐ, rú qiē rú cuō, rú zhuó rú mó.",
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      "text": "瞻彼淇奥，绿竹猗猗。\n有匪君子，如切如磋，如琢如磨。",
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  "etymology_text": "From the Classic of Poetry, poem 55 (《詩經·衞風·淇奧》)",
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        "to carve and polish (bones, horns, ivory and jade)"
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      "zh-pron": "qiēcuōzhuómó"
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧㄝ ㄘㄨㄛ ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ"
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "qiēcuōzhuómó"
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      "zh-pron": "ciecuojhuómó"
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        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻieh¹-tsʻo¹-cho²-mo²"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyē-tswō-jwó-mwó"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chietsuojwomo"
    },
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "цецочжомо"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cecočžomo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/",
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      "zh-pron": "chit chō deuk mòh"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "tsit⁸ tso¹ doek⁸ mo⁴"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "qid³ co¹ dêg³ mo⁴"
    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːt̚³ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ tœːk̚³ mɔː²¹/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːt̚³ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ tœːk̚³ mɔː²¹/"
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      "english": "Look at those recesses in the banks of the Qi [river], with their green bamboos, so fresh and luxuriant!\nThere is our elegant and accomplished prince, as from the knife and the file, as from the chisel and the polisher!",
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      "roman": "Zhān bǐ Qí yù, lǜ zhú yīyī.\nYǒu fěi jūnzǐ, rú qiē rú cuō, rú zhuó rú mó.",
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      "zh-pron": "ciecuojhuómó"
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      "zh-pron": "chietsuojwomo"
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        "Palladius"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/",
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      "zh-pron": "chit chō deuk mòh"
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      "zh-pron": "tsit⁸ tso¹ doek⁸ mo⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "qid³ co¹ dêg³ mo⁴"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːt̚³ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ tœːk̚³ mɔː²¹/"
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