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四體不勤，五穀不分
简 四体不勤，五谷不分 · 繁 四體不勤，五穀不分Mandarin · pinyin sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn
Meanings
- never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
Characters in this entry
- 四
- sì · four
- 體
- tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 勤
- qín · industrious, diligent, attentive
- 五
- wǔ · five; surname
- 穀
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- 分
- fēn · divide; small unit of time etc.
- 体
- tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior
- 谷
- gǔ · valley, gorge, ravine; Kangxi radical 150
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sei3 tai2 bat1 kan4 ，ng5 guk1 bat1 fan1
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