See 窮而後工 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "然則非詩之能窮人，殆窮者而後工也。",
"translation": "如此說來，並非寫詩會讓人窮困潦倒，而是窮困潦倒後才能寫出好的詩文。"
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"text": "然则非诗之能穷人，殆穷者而后工也。",
"translation": "如此說來，並非寫詩會讓人窮困潦倒，而是窮困潦倒後才能寫出好的詩文。"
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"etymology_text": "出自北宋歐陽修的《梅聖俞詩集序》：",
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"zh_pron": "qióng'érhòugōng"
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"zh_pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄦˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ"
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"zh_pron": "qióng'érhòugōng"
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"zh_pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄦˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ"
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"zh_pron": "chʻiung²-êrh²-hou⁴-kung¹"
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"有1個詞條的頁面",
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"text": "然則非詩之能窮人，殆窮者而後工也。",
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"Pinyin",
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
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"text": "然则非诗之能穷人，殆穷者而后工也。",
"translation": "如此說來，並非寫詩會讓人窮困潦倒，而是窮困潦倒後才能寫出好的詩文。"
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"etymology_text": "出自北宋歐陽修的《梅聖俞詩集序》：",
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"zh_pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄦˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ"
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"zh_pron": "qióng'érhòugōng"
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"zh_pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄦˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "cyóng-érhòugong"
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"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
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"zh_pron": "chʻiung²-êrh²-hou⁴-kung¹"
},
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"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyúng-ér-hòu-gūng"
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