"鶴長鳧短" meaning in Chinese

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        "1": "是故 鳧 脛 雖 短，續 之 則 憂；鶴 脛 雖 長，斷 之 則 悲。",
        "2": "Thus a duck's legs, for instance, are short, but if we try to lengthen them, it occasions pain; and a crane's legs are long, but if we try to cut off a portion of them, it produces grief.",
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      "expansion": "是故鳧脛雖短，續之則憂；鶴脛雖長，斷之則悲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]是故凫胫虽短，续之则忧；鹤胫虽长，断之则悲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE\nShìgù fú jìng suī duǎn, xù zhī zé yōu; hè jìng suī cháng, duàn zhī zé bēi. [Pinyin]\nThus a duck's legs, for instance, are short, but if we try to lengthen them, it occasions pain; and a crane's legs are long, but if we try to cut off a portion of them, it produces grief.",
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  "literal_meaning": "a crane's legs are long, a duck's are short",
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        "things should be allowed to take their natural course"
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        "2": "Thus a duck's legs, for instance, are short, but if we try to lengthen them, it occasions pain; and a crane's legs are long, but if we try to cut off a portion of them, it produces grief.",
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