"肩不能挑，手不能提" meaning in Chinese

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  "literal_meaning": "incapable of carrying anything either on one's shoulders or in one's hands",
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          "english": "I then used to feel it undignified to do even a little manual labour, such as carrying my own luggage in the presence of my fellow students, who were incapable of carrying anything, either on their shoulders or in their hands.",
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          "ref": " 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Zài yī dà qún jiān bùnéng tiāo shǒu bùnéng tí de xuéshēng miànqián zuò yīdiǎn láodòng de shì, bǐrú zìjǐ tiāo xínglǐ ba, yě juéde bù xiàng yàngzi.",
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          "text": "在一大群肩不能挑手不能提的學生面前做一點勞動的事，比如自己挑行李吧，也覺得不像樣子。",
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          "ref": " 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Zài yī dà qún jiān bùnéng tiāo shǒu bùnéng tí de xuéshēng miànqián zuò yīdiǎn láodòng de shì, bǐrú zìjǐ tiāo xínglǐ ba, yě juéde bù xiàng yàngzi.",
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          "text": "在一大群肩不能挑手不能提的学生面前做一点劳动的事，比如自己挑行李吧，也觉得不像样子。",
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        "Synonym of 肩不能挑擔，手不能提籃／肩不能挑担，手不能提篮 (jiān bùnéng tiāodàn, shǒu bùnéng tílán, “unable to do manual labor”)"
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          "unable",
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        "(figuratively) Synonym of 肩不能挑擔，手不能提籃／肩不能挑担，手不能提篮 (jiān bùnéng tiāodàn, shǒu bùnéng tílán, “unable to do manual labor”)"
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          "word": "肩不能挑擔"
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          "word": "手不能提籃"
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          "word": "肩不能挑担"
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      "zh-pron": "jiān bùnéng tiāo"
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      "zh-pron": "shǒu bùnéng tí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄠ"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄊㄧˊ"
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      "zh-pron": "jiān bùnéng tiāo"
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      "zh-pron": "jian bùnéng tiao"
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      "zh-pron": "shǒu bùnéng tí"
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      "zh-pron": "chien¹ pu⁴-nêng² tʻiao¹"
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      "zh-pron": "shou³ pu⁴-nêng² tʻi²"
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "jyān bù-néng tyāu-"
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      "zh-pron": "shǒu bù-néng tí"
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      "zh-pron": "jian buneng tiau"
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      "zh-pron": "shoou buneng tyi"
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      "zh-pron": "цзянь бунэн тяо"
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      "zh-pron": "шоу бунэн ти"
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      "zh-pron": "czjanʹ bunɛn tjao"
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      "zh-pron": "šou bunɛn ti"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵ tʰi³⁵/",
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  "word": "肩不能挑，手不能提"
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  "literal_meaning": "incapable of carrying anything either on one's shoulders or in one's hands",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 提",
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          "english": "I then used to feel it undignified to do even a little manual labour, such as carrying my own luggage in the presence of my fellow students, who were incapable of carrying anything, either on their shoulders or in their hands.",
          "raw_tags": [
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          "ref": " 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Zài yī dà qún jiān bùnéng tiāo shǒu bùnéng tí de xuéshēng miànqián zuò yīdiǎn láodòng de shì, bǐrú zìjǐ tiāo xínglǐ ba, yě juéde bù xiàng yàngzi.",
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          "text": "在一大群肩不能挑手不能提的學生面前做一點勞動的事，比如自己挑行李吧，也覺得不像樣子。",
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          "ref": " 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Zài yī dà qún jiān bùnéng tiāo shǒu bùnéng tí de xuéshēng miànqián zuò yīdiǎn láodòng de shì, bǐrú zìjǐ tiāo xínglǐ ba, yě juéde bù xiàng yàngzi.",
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          "text": "在一大群肩不能挑手不能提的学生面前做一点劳动的事，比如自己挑行李吧，也觉得不像样子。",
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        "Synonym of 肩不能挑擔，手不能提籃／肩不能挑担，手不能提篮 (jiān bùnéng tiāodàn, shǒu bùnéng tílán, “unable to do manual labor”)"
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        "(figuratively) Synonym of 肩不能挑擔，手不能提籃／肩不能挑担，手不能提篮 (jiān bùnéng tiāodàn, shǒu bùnéng tílán, “unable to do manual labor”)"
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          "word": "肩不能挑擔"
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          "word": "手不能提籃"
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      "zh-pron": "jiān bùnéng tiāo"
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      "zh-pron": "shǒu bùnéng tí"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄠ"
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      "zh-pron": "jiān bùnéng tiāo"
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      "zh-pron": "shǒu bùnéng tí"
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      "zh-pron": "jian bùnéng tiao"
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      "zh-pron": "shǒu bùnéng tí"
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      "zh-pron": "chien¹ pu⁴-nêng² tʻiao¹"
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      "zh-pron": "jyān bù-néng tyāu-"
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      "zh-pron": "shǒu bù-néng tí"
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      "zh-pron": "jian buneng tiau"
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      "zh-pron": "shoou buneng tyi"
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      "zh-pron": "цзянь бунэн тяо"
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      "zh-pron": "шоу бунэн ти"
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      "zh-pron": "czjanʹ bunɛn tjao"
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  "word": "肩不能挑，手不能提"
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