See 心不在焉 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "When the mind is not present, we look without seeing; we hear without understanding; and we eat and do not know the taste of what we eat. This is what is meant by saying that the cultivation of the person depends on the rectifying of the mind.",
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"ref": " The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Xīn bùzài yān, shì ér bùjiàn, tīng ér bù wén, shí ér bùzhī qí wèi. Cǐ wèi xiūshēn zài zhèng qí xīn.",
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"text": "心不在焉，視而不見，聽而不聞，食而不知其味。此謂修身在正其心。",
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"english": "When the mind is not present, we look without seeing; we hear without understanding; and we eat and do not know the taste of what we eat. This is what is meant by saying that the cultivation of the person depends on the rectifying of the mind.",
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"roman": "Xīn bùzài yān, shì ér bùjiàn, tīng ér bù wén, shí ér bùzhī qí wèi. Cǐ wèi xiūshēn zài zhèng qí xīn.",
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"text": "心不在焉，视而不见，听而不闻，食而不知其味。此谓修身在正其心。",
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"literal_meaning": "the heart is not here",
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"zh-pron": "xīnbùzàiyān"
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"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄢ"
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"zh-pron": "sam¹ bat¹ zoi⁶ jin⁴"
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"zh-pron": "xīnbùzàiyān [Phonetic:xīnbúzàiyān]"
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"zh-pron": "sinbùzàiyan"
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"zh-pron": "hsin¹-pu⁴-tsai⁴-yen¹"
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"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "syīn-bù-dzài-yān"
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "shinbutzayian"
},
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"zh-pron": "синьбуцзайянь"
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"zh-pron": "sinʹbuczajjanʹ"
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"ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "sām bāt joih yìhn"
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"zh-pron": "sam¹ bat⁷ dzoi⁶ jin⁴"
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"zh-pron": "sem¹ bed¹ zoi⁶ yin⁴"
},
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"ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² jiːn²¹/",
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"ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵/"
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"ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² jiːn²¹/"
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"word": "心不在焉"
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"text": "心不在焉，視而不見，聽而不聞，食而不知其味。此謂修身在正其心。",
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"Classical Chinese",
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"roman": "Xīn bùzài yān, shì ér bùjiàn, tīng ér bù wén, shí ér bùzhī qí wèi. Cǐ wèi xiūshēn zài zhèng qí xīn.",
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"text": "心不在焉，视而不见，听而不闻，食而不知其味。此谓修身在正其心。",
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"zh-pron": "sinbùzàiyan"
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"zh-pron": "hsin¹-pu⁴-tsai⁴-yen¹"
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"zh-pron": "syīn-bù-dzài-yān"
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"zh-pron": "shinbutzayian"
},
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"zh-pron": "синьбуцзайянь"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "sinʹbuczajjanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "sām bāt joih yìhn"
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"zh-pron": "sam¹ bat⁷ dzoi⁶ jin⁴"
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"zh-pron": "sem¹ bed¹ zoi⁶ yin⁴"
},
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"ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵/"
},
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"ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² jiːn²¹/"
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