| text | 好而知其惡，惡而知其美者，天下鮮矣 |
|---|---|
| header | 句子 |
| text-pinyin | 好而知其惡[hào ér zhī qí è]， 惡而知其美者[wù ér zhī qí měi]， 天下鮮矣[tiān xià xiān yǐ] |
| englishtrans | There are few men in the world who love and at the same time know the bad qualities of the object of their love, or who hate and yet know the excellences of the object of their hatred |
| notes | Pattern: 其X = 他的/她的/它的/那個/這個X; his/her/its/this/that X |
| src | The Great Learning 10 |
| frontnotes | 鮮[xiǎn] - rare, not 鮮[xiān] "fresh" as in Modern Standard Mandarin |
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