"不入虎穴，焉得虎子" meaning in Chinese

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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        {
          "english": "There is an old Chinese saying, “How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?” This saying holds true for human's practice and it also holds true for the theory of knowledge.",
          "ref": "中國人有一句老話：「不入虎穴，焉得虎子。」這句話對於人們的實踐是真理，對於認識論也是真理。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "中国人有一句老话：「不入虎穴，焉得虎子。」这句话对于人们的实践是真理，对于认识论也是真理。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition\nZhōngguórén yǒu yī jù lǎohuà: “Bù rù hǔxué, yān dé hǔzǐ.” Zhè jù huà duìyú rénmen de shíjiàn shì zhēnlǐ, duìyú rènshilùn yě shì zhēnlǐ. [Pinyin]",
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        "No pain, no gain; no risk, no reward; nothing ventured, nothing gained."
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          "No pain, no gain",
          "no pain, no gain"
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          "no risk, no reward",
          "no risk, no reward"
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          "nothing ventured, nothing gained",
          "nothing ventured, nothing gained"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "koketsu ni irazunba koji o ezu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "虎穴",
              "こけつ"
            ],
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              "入",
              "い"
            ],
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              "虎子",
              "こじ"
            ],
            [
              "得",
              "え"
            ]
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Japanese"
          ],
          "word": "虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず"
        }
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      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔxué"
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yān dé hǔzǐ"
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      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔxuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄗˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jap⁶ fu² jyut⁶, jin¹ dak¹ fu² zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔxué, yān dé hǔzǐ [Phonetic:búrùhǔxué,yāndéhúzǐ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔsyué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan dé hǔzǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴ ju⁴ hu³-hsüeh²"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen¹ tê² hu³-tzŭ³"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔ-sywé-"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yān dé hǔ-dž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu ruh huushyue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ian der huutzyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бу жу хусюэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "янь дэ хуцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu žu xusjue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "janʹ dɛ xuczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔxuè, yān dé hǔzǐ [Phonetic:búrùhǔxuè,yāndéhúzǐ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔsyuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴ ju⁴ hu³-hsüeh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔ-sywè-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu ruh huushiueh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yahp fú yuht, yīn dāk fú jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jap⁹ fu² jyt⁹, jin¹ dak⁷ fu² dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yeb⁶ fu² yud⁶, yin¹ deg¹ fu² ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɐp̚² fuː³⁵ jyːt̚² jiːn⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ fuː³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɐp̚² fuː³⁵ jyːt̚² jiːn⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ fuː³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不入虎穴，焉得虎子"
}

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      "roman": "koketsu ni irazunba koji o ezu",
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          "虎穴",
          "こけつ"
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          "入",
          "い"
        ],
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          "虎子",
          "こじ"
        ],
        [
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          "え"
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      ],
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        "Japanese"
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        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        {
          "english": "There is an old Chinese saying, “How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?” This saying holds true for human's practice and it also holds true for the theory of knowledge.",
          "ref": "中國人有一句老話：「不入虎穴，焉得虎子。」這句話對於人們的實踐是真理，對於認識論也是真理。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "中国人有一句老话：「不入虎穴，焉得虎子。」这句话对于人们的实践是真理，对于认识论也是真理。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition\nZhōngguórén yǒu yī jù lǎohuà: “Bù rù hǔxué, yān dé hǔzǐ.” Zhè jù huà duìyú rénmen de shíjiàn shì zhēnlǐ, duìyú rènshilùn yě shì zhēnlǐ. [Pinyin]",
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      ],
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        "No pain, no gain; no risk, no reward; nothing ventured, nothing gained."
      ],
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          "No pain, no gain",
          "no pain, no gain"
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          "no risk, no reward",
          "no risk, no reward"
        ],
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          "nothing ventured, nothing gained",
          "nothing ventured, nothing gained"
        ]
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔxué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yān dé hǔzǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔxuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄗˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jap⁶ fu² jyut⁶, jin¹ dak¹ fu² zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔxué, yān dé hǔzǐ [Phonetic:búrùhǔxué,yāndéhúzǐ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔsyué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan dé hǔzǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴ ju⁴ hu³-hsüeh²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen¹ tê² hu³-tzŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔ-sywé-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yān dé hǔ-dž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu ruh huushyue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ian der huutzyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бу жу хусюэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "янь дэ хуцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu žu xusjue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "janʹ dɛ xuczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔxuè, yān dé hǔzǐ [Phonetic:búrùhǔxuè,yāndéhúzǐ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔsyuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴ ju⁴ hu³-hsüeh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù rù hǔ-sywè-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu ruh huushiueh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yahp fú yuht, yīn dāk fú jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jap⁹ fu² jyt⁹, jin¹ dak⁷ fu² dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yeb⁶ fu² yud⁶, yin¹ deg¹ fu² ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɐp̚² fuː³⁵ jyːt̚² jiːn⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ fuː³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɐp̚² fuː³⁵ jyːt̚² jiːn⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ fuː³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不入虎穴，焉得虎子"
}