"不塞不流,不止不行" meaning in Chinese

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Proverb

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: bùsèbùliú [Mandarin, Pinyin], bùzhǐbùxíng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ sak¹ bat¹ lau⁴, bat¹ zi² bat¹ hang⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bùsèbùliú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùzhǐbùxíng [Phonetic:búsèbùliú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùzhǐbùxíng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùsèbùlióu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], bùjhǐhbùsíng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-sê⁴-pu⁴-liu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], pu⁴-chih³-pu⁴-hsing² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-sè-bù-lyóu- [Mandarin, Yale], bù-jř-bù-syíng [Mandarin, Yale], busehbuliou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], bujyybushyng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бусэбулю [Mandarin, Palladius], бучжибусин [Mandarin, Palladius], busɛbulju [Mandarin, Palladius], bučžibusin [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt sāk bāt làuh, bāt jí bāt hàhng [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ sak⁷ bat⁷ lau⁴, bat⁷ dzi² bat⁷ hang⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ seg¹ bed¹ leo⁴, bed¹ ji² bed¹ heng⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From the "Origin of Dao" by Han Yu. Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 不塞不流,不止不行
  1. There is no flowing without damming and no motion without rest.
    Sense id: en-不塞不流,不止不行-zh-proverb-osML~-fJ Categories (other): Cantonese proverbs, Chinese proverbs, Mandarin proverbs, Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi

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        "There is no flowing without damming and no motion without rest."
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùsèbùliú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ sak¹ bat¹ lau⁴, bat¹ zi² bat¹ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùsèbùliú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng [Phonetic:búsèbùliú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùsèbùlióu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùjhǐhbùsíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-sê⁴-pu⁴-liu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-chih³-pu⁴-hsing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-sè-bù-lyóu-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-jř-bù-syíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "busehbuliou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bujyybushyng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бусэбулю"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бучжибусин"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "busɛbulju"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bučžibusin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sāk bāt làuh, bāt jí bāt hàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ sak⁷ bat⁷ lau⁴, bat⁷ dzi² bat⁷ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ seg¹ bed¹ leo⁴, bed¹ ji² bed¹ heng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不塞不流,不止不行"
}
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "proverb",
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        "Mandarin proverbs",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "There is no flowing without damming and no motion without rest."
      ],
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          "flow",
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        [
          "dam",
          "dam"
        ],
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          "motion",
          "motion"
        ],
        [
          "rest",
          "rest"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùsèbùliú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ sak¹ bat¹ lau⁴, bat¹ zi² bat¹ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùsèbùliú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng [Phonetic:búsèbùliú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùsèbùlióu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùjhǐhbùsíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-sê⁴-pu⁴-liu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-chih³-pu⁴-hsing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-sè-bù-lyóu-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-jř-bù-syíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "busehbuliou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bujyybushyng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бусэбулю"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бучжибусин"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "busɛbulju"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bučžibusin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sāk bāt làuh, bāt jí bāt hàhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ sak⁷ bat⁷ lau⁴, bat⁷ dzi² bat⁷ hang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ seg¹ bed¹ leo⁴, bed¹ ji² bed¹ heng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不塞不流,不止不行"
}

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