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Carriage Mȷū Have/Volitional Prefix/Don’t Small 人而無信,不知其可也。大車無輗,小車無軏,其何以行之哉 Gı̄ Ts̯hāe

Zeichen 「人而無信,不知其可也。大車無輗,小車無軏,其何以行之哉?」
MC " n̯ı̄n n̯ı̄ mȷū sı̀n , pȷūw ṭȷē gı̄ khá yáe. Dà ts̯hāe mȷū ngēȷ , sȷéw ts̯hāe mȷū ngȷwot , gı̄ hā yı́ hāeng ts̯ı̄ tsōȷ ? "
Bedeutung " \ (other) person \ and, but \ not have/volitional prefix/don’t \ truthful \ not/不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn) \ know \ modal particle/(3p possessive) \ may; acceptable \ (final particle) \ big \ chariot \ not have/volitional prefix/don’t \ collar-bag of large carriage \ small \ chariot \ not have/volitional prefix/don’t \ collar-bar of small carriage \ modal particle/(3p possessive) \ what \ take, use \ walk (v.) \ go to/(3p object pronoun; attributive particle) \ begin/(particle) \ ? \ "
Übersetzung The Master said, "I do not know how a man without truthfulness is to get on. How can a large carriage be made to go without the crossbar for yoking the oxen to, or a small carriage without the arrangement for yoking the horses?"
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