See 汲汲營營 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "方其用心與力之勞，亦何異衆人之汲汲營營而忽焉以死者？雖有遲有速，而卒與三者同歸於泯滅，夫言之不可恃也蓋如此。",
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"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˊ"
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"zh-pron": "kap¹ kap¹ jing⁴ jing⁴"
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"zh-pron": "czicziinʺin"
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"zh-pron": "kap⁷ kap⁷ jing⁴ jing⁴"
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"zh-pron": "keb¹ keb¹ ying⁴ ying⁴"
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"english": "The great efforts that they expended in the employment of mind and energy—how does that differ from the scrambling and hustling of the masses of men? All of a sudden they were dead. And though it sometimes came sooner and sometimes later, they finally joined the other three—plants and trees, birds and beasts, and the masses of men—in returning to oblivion. Such is the untrustworthiness of words.",
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"text": "方其用心與力之勞，亦何異衆人之汲汲營營而忽焉以死者？雖有遲有速，而卒與三者同歸於泯滅，夫言之不可恃也蓋如此。",
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"text": "方其用心与力之劳，亦何异众人之汲汲营营而忽焉以死者？虽有迟有速，而卒与三者同归于泯灭，夫言之不可恃也盖如此。",
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"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˊ"
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"zh-pron": "kap¹ kap¹ jing⁴ jing⁴"
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"zh-pron": "jíjíyíngyíng"
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"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˊ"
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"zh-pron": "chi²-chi²-ying²-ying²"
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"ipa": "/t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ iŋ³⁵ iŋ³⁵/"
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