取之不盡,用之不竭
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[edit]to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch |
's; him/her/it; this | not; no | to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something) |
to use | 's; him/her/it; this | not; no | exhaust | |||
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trad. (取之不盡,用之不竭) | 取 | 之 | 不 | 盡 | , | 用 | 之 | 不 | 竭 | |
simp. (取之不尽,用之不竭) | 取 | 之 | 不 | 尽 | , | 用 | 之 | 不 | 竭 |
Etymology
[edit]From the Former Ode on the Red Cliffs by Su Shi, in the form 「取之無禁,用之不竭」.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ , ㄩㄥˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔ jhih bù jìn, yòng jhih bù jié
- Wade–Giles: chʻü3 chih1 pu4 chin4, yung4 chih1 pu4 chieh2
- Yale: chyǔ jr̄ bù jìn-, yùng jr̄ bù jyé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheu jy bu jinn, yonq jy bu jye
- Palladius: цюй чжи бу цзинь, юн чжи бу цзе (cjuj čži bu czinʹ, jun čži bu cze)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ceoi2 zi1 bat1 zeon6, jung6 zi1 bat1 kit3
- Yale: chéui jī bāt jeuhn, yuhng jī bāt kit
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey2 dzi1 bat7 dzoen6, jung6 dzi1 bat7 kit8
- Guangdong Romanization: cêu2 ji1 bed1 zên6, yung6 ji1 bed1 kid3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɵn²² jʊŋ²² t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kʰiːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]取之不盡,用之不竭
- (of resources) inexhaustible
- 它們是一切文學藝術的取之不盡、用之不竭的唯一的源泉。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Tāmen shì yīqiè wénxué yìshù de qǔ zhī bù jìn, yòng zhī bù jié de wéiyī de yuánquán. [Pinyin]
- They provide literature and art with an inexhaustible source, their only source.
它们是一切文学艺术的取之不尽、用之不竭的唯一的源泉。 [MSC, simp.]
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