Question

「鄙夫！可與事君也與哉？其未得之也，患得之；既得之，患失之。苟患失之，無所不至矣。」 " \ border town \ man \ ! \ may; acceptable \ give; for; and \ serve; service, affair \ lord; ruler \ (final particle) \ give; for; and \ begin/(particle) \ ? \ modal particle/(3p possessive) \ not yet/8th earthly branch \ obtain \ go to/(3p object pronoun; attributive particle) \ (final particle) \ calamity; distress \ obtain \ go to/(3p object pronoun; attributive particle) \ ; \ complete (v.) \ obtain \ go to/(3p object pronoun; attributive particle) \ calamity; distress \ lose \ go to/(3p object pronoun; attributive particle) \ if really \ calamity; distress \ lose \ go to/(3p object pronoun; attributive particle) \ not have/volitional prefix/don’t \ place (n.); that which \ not/不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn) \ arrive \ (final particle) \ " 5

Accepted Answer

" pı́ȷ pȷū ! khá yó dẓı̀ kȷūn yáe yó tsōȷ ? gı̄ mȷų̀ȷ tok ts̯ı̄ yáe , hwàen tok ts̯ı̄ ; kȷų̀ȷ tok ts̯ı̄ , hwàen s̯ıt ts̯ı̄. Kúw hwàen s̯ıt ts̯ı̄ , mȷū ṣȷó pȷūw ts̯ı̀ȷ hı́. " The Master said, "There are those mean creatures! How impossible it is along with them to serve one's prince! While they have not got their aims, their anxiety is how to get them. When they have got them, their anxiety is lest they should lose them. When they are anxious lest such things should be lost, there is nothing to which they will not proceed." 「鄙夫！可與事君也與哉？其未得之也，患得之；既得之，患失之。苟患失之，無所不至矣。」

Zeichen	「鄙夫！可與事君也與哉？其未得之也，患得之；既得之，患失之。苟患失之，無所不至矣。」
MC	" pı́ȷ pȷū ! khá yó dẓı̀ kȷūn yáe yó tsōȷ ? gı̄ mȷų̀ȷ tok ts̯ı̄ yáe , hwàen tok ts̯ı̄ ; kȷų̀ȷ tok ts̯ı̄ , hwàen s̯ıt ts̯ı̄. Kúw hwàen s̯ıt ts̯ı̄ , mȷū ṣȷó pȷūw ts̯ı̀ȷ hı́. "
Bedeutung	" \ border town \ man \ ! \ may; acceptable \ give; for; and \ serve; service, affair \ lord; ruler \ (final particle) \ give; for; and \ begin/(particle) \ ? \ modal particle/(3p possessive) \ not yet/8th earthly branch \ obtain \ go to/(3p object pronoun; attributive particle) \ (final particle) \ calamity; distress \ obtain \ go to/(3p object pronoun; attributive particle) \ ; \ complete (v.) \ obtain \ go to/(3p object pronoun; attributive particle) \ calamity; distress \ lose \ go to/(3p object pronoun; attributive particle) \ if really \ calamity; distress \ lose \ go to/(3p object pronoun; attributive particle) \ not have/volitional prefix/don’t \ place (n.); that which \ not/不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn) \ arrive \ (final particle) \ "
Übersetzung	The Master said, "There are those mean creatures! How impossible it is along with them to serve one's prince! While they have not got their aims, their anxiety is how to get them. When they have got them, their anxiety is lest they should lose them. When they are anxious lest such things should be lost, there is nothing to which they will not proceed."
Kapitel	5
Anzeigezeichen	「鄙夫！可與事君也與哉？其未得之也，患得之；既得之，患失之。苟患失之，無所不至矣。」

Particle To/(3p Object Pronoun Attributive Ts̯ı̄ Tok Hwàen