"一竅不通" meaning in Chinese

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    {
      "english": "Bi Gan was slain and his heart was taken out to be examined. This was against the rules of propriety as well. When Confucius heard about his tyrannical deeds, he said, “Bi Gan would not have died if Zhou were not that impermeable.” (Non-literal translation)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese poetry",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE",
      "roman": "Shā Bǐgān ér shì qí xīn, bùshì yě. Kǒngzǐ wén zhī yuē: “Qí qiào tōng zé Bǐgān bù sǐ yǐ.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "殺比干而視其心，不適也。孔子聞之曰：“其竅通則比干不死矣。”",
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    },
    {
      "english": "Bi Gan was slain and his heart was taken out to be examined. This was against the rules of propriety as well. When Confucius heard about his tyrannical deeds, he said, “Bi Gan would not have died if Zhou were not that impermeable.” (Non-literal translation)",
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        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE",
      "roman": "Shā Bǐgān ér shì qí xīn, bùshì yě. Kǒngzǐ wén zhī yuē: “Qí qiào tōng zé Bǐgān bù sǐ yǐ.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "杀比干而视其心，不适也。孔子闻之曰：“其窍通则比干不死矣。”",
      "type": "quote"
    },
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          69,
          81
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          23,
          26
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      "english": "King Zhou was so morally corrupt and mentally obtuse that he was steeped in evil deeds, even ordering [his loyal minister] Bi Gan executed. Therefore, Confucius remarked that [as long as] he has one aperture open, Bi Gan would not have been killed then.",
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      ],
      "roman": "Zhòu xìng bùrén, xīn bùtōng, ānyú wéi è, shā Bǐgān, gù Kǒngzǐ yán qí yī qiào tōng, zé Bǐgān bù jiàn shā yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "紂性不仁，心不通，安於爲惡，殺比干，故孔子言其一竅通，則比干不見殺也。",
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      "english": "King Zhou was so morally corrupt and mentally obtuse that he was steeped in evil deeds, even ordering [his loyal minister] Bi Gan executed. Therefore, Confucius remarked that [as long as] he has one aperture open, Bi Gan would not have been killed then.",
      "raw_tags": [
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        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "roman": "Zhòu xìng bùrén, xīn bùtōng, ānyú wéi è, shā Bǐgān, gù Kǒngzǐ yán qí yī qiào tōng, zé Bǐgān bù jiàn shā yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "纣性不仁，心不通，安于为恶，杀比干，故孔子言其一窍通，则比干不见杀也。",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Originally describing King Zhou of Shang, from Lüshi Chunqiu:\n:\nWhere Gao You annotated as follows:\n:\nNote that in ancient China, it was popularly believed that the seat of consciousness, thought and emotion is located in one's heart, in other words, the heart governs the mind, as reflected in Mencius' assertion, \"The function of the heart is to think\".",
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  "literal_meaning": "not even a single aperture being open",
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      "glosses": [
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        "Bi Gan",
        "Gao You",
        "King Zhou of Shang",
        "Lüshi Chunqiu"
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      "zh-pron": "yīqiàobùtōng"
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat¹ hiu³ bat¹ tung¹"
    },
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiciàobùtong"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹-chʻiao⁴-pu⁴-tʻung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yī-chyàu-bù-tūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ichiawbutong"
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    {
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ицяобутун"
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        "Mandarin",
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        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "icjaobutun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāt hiu bāt tūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat⁷ hiu³ bat⁷ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yed¹ hiu³ bed¹ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ hiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yíqiàobùtōng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ hiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/"
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  ],
  "word": "一竅不通"
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    {
      "english": "Bi Gan was slain and his heart was taken out to be examined. This was against the rules of propriety as well. When Confucius heard about his tyrannical deeds, he said, “Bi Gan would not have died if Zhou were not that impermeable.” (Non-literal translation)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese poetry",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE",
      "roman": "Shā Bǐgān ér shì qí xīn, bùshì yě. Kǒngzǐ wén zhī yuē: “Qí qiào tōng zé Bǐgān bù sǐ yǐ.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "殺比干而視其心，不適也。孔子聞之曰：“其竅通則比干不死矣。”",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Bi Gan was slain and his heart was taken out to be examined. This was against the rules of propriety as well. When Confucius heard about his tyrannical deeds, he said, “Bi Gan would not have died if Zhou were not that impermeable.” (Non-literal translation)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese poetry",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE",
      "roman": "Shā Bǐgān ér shì qí xīn, bùshì yě. Kǒngzǐ wén zhī yuē: “Qí qiào tōng zé Bǐgān bù sǐ yǐ.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "杀比干而视其心，不适也。孔子闻之曰：“其窍通则比干不死矣。”",
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      "english": "King Zhou was so morally corrupt and mentally obtuse that he was steeped in evil deeds, even ordering [his loyal minister] Bi Gan executed. Therefore, Confucius remarked that [as long as] he has one aperture open, Bi Gan would not have been killed then.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Literary Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "roman": "Zhòu xìng bùrén, xīn bùtōng, ānyú wéi è, shā Bǐgān, gù Kǒngzǐ yán qí yī qiào tōng, zé Bǐgān bù jiàn shā yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "紂性不仁，心不通，安於爲惡，殺比干，故孔子言其一竅通，則比干不見殺也。",
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      "english": "King Zhou was so morally corrupt and mentally obtuse that he was steeped in evil deeds, even ordering [his loyal minister] Bi Gan executed. Therefore, Confucius remarked that [as long as] he has one aperture open, Bi Gan would not have been killed then.",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "纣性不仁，心不通，安于为恶，杀比干，故孔子言其一窍通，则比干不见杀也。",
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 一",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 竅",
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      "zh-pron": "yīqiàobùtōng"
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "jat¹ hiu³ bat¹ tung¹"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ"
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      "zh-pron": "yiciàobùtong"
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      "zh-pron": "i¹-chʻiao⁴-pu⁴-tʻung¹"
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      "zh-pron": "yī-chyàu-bù-tūng"
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      "zh-pron": "ichiawbutong"
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      "zh-pron": "ицяобутун"
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      "zh-pron": "icjaobutun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
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      "zh-pron": "yāt hiu bāt tūng"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat⁷ hiu³ bat⁷ tung¹"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "yed¹ hiu³ bed¹ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ hiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
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      "other": "[Phonetic: yíqiàobùtōng]"
    },
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      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ hiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/"
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  "word": "一竅不通"
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