See 涅而不緇 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "But is it not said, that, if a thing be really hard, it may be ground without being made thin? Is it not said, that, if a thing be really white, it may be steeped in a dark fluid without being made black?",
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"roman": "Bù yuē jiān hū, mó ér bù lín; bù yuē bái hū, niè ér bù zī.",
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"text": "不曰堅乎，磨而不磷；不曰白乎，涅而不緇。",
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"text": "不曰坚乎，磨而不磷；不曰白乎，涅而不缁。",
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"roman": "chū yūní ér bù rǎn",
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"zh-pron": "niè'érbùzī"
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"zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗ"
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"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "nip⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ zi¹"
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{
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"zh-pron": "niè'érbùzī"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "niè-érbùzih"
},
{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "nieh⁴-êrh²-pu⁴-tzŭ¹"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "nyè-ér-bù-dz̄"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "nieherlbutzy"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "неэрбуцзы"
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"zh-pron": "neerbuczy"
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"ipa": "/ni̯ɛ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "nihp yìh bāt jī"
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"zh-pron": "nip⁹ ji⁴ bat⁷ dzi¹"
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"zh-pron": "nib⁶ yi⁴ bed¹ ji¹"
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"ipa": "/ni̯ɛ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/"
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"ipa": "/niːp̚² jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/"
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"glosses": [
"to be unaffected by adverse surroundings as one is virtuous"
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"zh-pron": "nip⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ zi¹"
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"zh-pron": "nieh⁴-êrh²-pu⁴-tzŭ¹"
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"zh-pron": "nyè-ér-bù-dz̄"
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "nieherlbutzy"
},
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"Palladius"
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"zh-pron": "неэрбуцзы"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "neerbuczy"
},
{
"ipa": "/ni̯ɛ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "nihp yìh bāt jī"
},
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"zh-pron": "nip⁹ ji⁴ bat⁷ dzi¹"
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"zh-pron": "nib⁶ yi⁴ bed¹ ji¹"
},
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"ipa": "/ni̯ɛ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/"
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"roman": "chū yūní ér bù rǎn",
"word": "出淤泥而不染"
}
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"word": "涅而不緇"
}
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