See 善者不辯，辯者不善 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "Those who are skilled (in the Dao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it.",
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"zh_pron": "shàn zhě bù biàn"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "biàn zhě bù shàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sin⁶ ze² bat¹ bin⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bin⁶ ze² bat¹ sin⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shàn zhě bù biàn"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "biàn zhě bù shàn [Phonetic: shàn zhě bú biàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "biàn zhě bú shàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shàn jhě bù biàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "biàn jhě bù shàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "shan⁴ chê³ pu⁴ pien⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pien⁴ chê³ pu⁴ shan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "shàn jě bù byàn-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "byàn jě bù shàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shann jee bu biann"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "biann jee bu shann"
},
{
"roman": "šanʹ čžɛ bu bjanʹ, bjanʹ čžɛ bu šanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "шань чжэ бу бянь"
},
{
"roman": "šanʹ čžɛ bu bjanʹ, bjanʹ čžɛ bu šanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бянь чжэ бу шань"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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{
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sin⁶ ze² bat¹ bin⁶"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bin⁶ ze² bat¹ sin⁶"
},
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"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sihn jé bāt bihn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bihn jé bāt sihn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sin⁶ dze² bat⁷ bin⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bin⁶ dze² bat⁷ sin⁶"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xin⁶ zé² bed¹ bin⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bin⁶ zé² bed¹ xin⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/siːn²² t͡sɛː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ piːn²² piːn²² t͡sɛː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/",
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"word": "善者不辯，辯者不善"
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"literal_meaning": "Those who are skilled (in the Dao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it.",
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"Cantonese lemmas",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 者",
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"Mandarin lemmas",
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"zh_pron": "shàn zhě bù biàn"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "biàn zhě bù shàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sin⁶ ze² bat¹ bin⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bin⁶ ze² bat¹ sin⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shàn zhě bù biàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "biàn zhě bù shàn [Phonetic: shàn zhě bú biàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "biàn zhě bú shàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shàn jhě bù biàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "biàn jhě bù shàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "shan⁴ chê³ pu⁴ pien⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pien⁴ chê³ pu⁴ shan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "shàn jě bù byàn-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "byàn jě bù shàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shann jee bu biann"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "biann jee bu shann"
},
{
"roman": "šanʹ čžɛ bu bjanʹ, bjanʹ čžɛ bu šanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "шань чжэ бу бянь"
},
{
"roman": "šanʹ čžɛ bu bjanʹ, bjanʹ čžɛ bu šanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бянь чжэ бу шань"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sin⁶ ze² bat¹ bin⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bin⁶ ze² bat¹ sin⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sihn jé bāt bihn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bihn jé bāt sihn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sin⁶ dze² bat⁷ bin⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bin⁶ dze² bat⁷ sin⁶"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xin⁶ zé² bed¹ bin⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bin⁶ zé² bed¹ xin⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/siːn²² t͡sɛː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ piːn²² piːn²² t͡sɛː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "善者不辯，辯者不善"
}
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