See 涅而不緇 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "不曰堅乎，磨而不磷；不曰白乎，涅而不緇。",
"translation": "不曾聽說過堅硬的東西嗎？磨也磨不壞；不曾聽說過潔白的東西嗎？染也染不黑。"
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"text": "不曰坚乎，磨而不磷；不曰白乎，涅而不缁。",
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"text": "蟬蛻於糞溷之中，皭然涅而不緇者也。"
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"text": "（老爺）因口誦道：「涅而不緇；磨而不磷；以志吾過，且旌善人。"
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"zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗ"
},
{
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"zh_pron": "nip⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ zi¹"
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"zh_pron": "niè'érbùzī"
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"zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗ"
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "niè-érbùzih"
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"Wade–Giles"
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"zh_pron": "nieh⁴-êrh²-pu⁴-tzŭ¹"
},
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"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "nyè-ér-bù-dz̄"
},
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],
"zh_pron": "nieherlbutzy"
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{
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],
"zh_pron": "неэрбуцзы"
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"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
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"zh_pron": "nihp yìh bāt jī"
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"Standard-Cantonese",
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"zh_pron": "nip⁹ ji⁴ bat⁷ dzi¹"
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"帶「緇」的漢語詞",
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"有1個詞條的頁面",
"有國際音標的漢語詞",
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"text": "不曰堅乎，磨而不磷；不曰白乎，涅而不緇。",
"translation": "不曾聽說過堅硬的東西嗎？磨也磨不壞；不曾聽說過潔白的東西嗎？染也染不黑。"
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"Simplified-Chinese"
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"text": "不曰坚乎，磨而不磷；不曰白乎，涅而不缁。",
"translation": "不曾聽說過堅硬的東西嗎？磨也磨不壞；不曾聽說過潔白的東西嗎？染也染不黑。"
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"text": "蟬蛻於糞溷之中，皭然涅而不緇者也。"
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"Written-vernacular-Chinese",
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"zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗ"
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "niè-érbùzih"
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "nieh⁴-êrh²-pu⁴-tzŭ¹"
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
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"zh_pron": "nyè-ér-bù-dz̄"
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"zh_pron": "nieherlbutzy"
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"Cyrillic"
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"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
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