See 發憤忘食 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "The Master said, \"Why did you not say to him,—He is simply a man, who in his eager pursuit (of knowledge) forgets his food, who in the joy of its attainment forgets his sorrows, and who does not perceive that old age is coming on?\"",
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"text": "子曰：「女奚不曰：“其为人也，发愤忘食，乐以忘忧，不知老之将至云尔。”」",
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"zh-pron": "ㄈㄚ ㄈㄣˋ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˊ"
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"zh-pron": "faat³ fan⁵ mong⁴ sik⁶"
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"zh-pron": "fāfènwàngshí"
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"zh-pron": "fafènwàngshíh"
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"zh-pron": "fa¹-fên⁴-wang⁴-shih²"
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"zh-pron": "fā-fèn-wàng-shŕ"
},
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"zh-pron": "fafennwanqshyr"
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"zh-pron": "фафэньванши"
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"zh-pron": "fafɛnʹvanši"
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"ipa": "/fä⁵⁵ fən⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "faat⁸ fan⁵ mong⁴ sik⁹"
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"zh-pron": "fad³ fen⁵ mong⁴ xig⁶"
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"ipa": "/fä⁵⁵ fən⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/"
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"english": "The Master said, \"Why did you not say to him,—He is simply a man, who in his eager pursuit (of knowledge) forgets his food, who in the joy of its attainment forgets his sorrows, and who does not perceive that old age is coming on?\"",
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"zh-pron": "fafɛnʹvanši"
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"ipa": "/fä⁵⁵ fən⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "faat fáhn mòhng sihk"
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"zh-pron": "faat⁸ fan⁵ mong⁴ sik⁹"
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"zh-pron": "fad³ fen⁵ mong⁴ xig⁶"
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"ipa": "/fä⁵⁵ fən⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/"
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"ipa": "/faːt̚³ fɐn¹³ mɔːŋ²¹ sɪk̚²/"
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