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良知良能

Mandarin · pinyin liáng zhī liáng néng

instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong
innate moral sense

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良: liáng · good, virtuous, respectable
知: zhī · know, perceive, comprehend
能: néng · to be able; can, permitted to; ability

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2–1–2–2 · liang2 zhi1 liang2 neng2

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loeng4 zi1 loeng4 nang4

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