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愛之欲其生,惡之欲其死

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Chinese

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to love; affection; to be fond of
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
 
's; him/her/it; this
desire; longing; appetite
desire; longing; appetite; wish
 
his; her; its
his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
evil; to hate; to loathe
evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated
 
's; him/her/it; this
desire; longing; appetite
desire; longing; appetite; wish
 
his; her; its
his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
trad. (愛之欲其生,惡之欲其死)
simp. (爱之欲其生,恶之欲其死)

Etymology

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From the Analects, Book 12 (《論語·顏淵》):

愛之欲其生惡之欲其死欲其欲其 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
爱之欲其生恶之欲其死欲其欲其 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Ài zhī yù qí shēng, è zhī yù qí sǐ, jì yù qí shēng, yòu yù qí sǐ, shì huò yě. [Pinyin]
You love a man and wish him to live; you hate him and wish him to die. Having wished him to live, you also wish him to die. This is a case of delusion.

Pronunciation

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Proverb

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愛之欲其生,惡之欲其死

  1. If you love somebody, you want them to live forever, but if you hate somebody, you want them dead.