text | 竭力以事大國 |
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header | 句子 |
text-pinyin | 竭力以事大國[jíe lì yǐ shì dà guó] |
englishtrans | I do my best to serve the large kingdoms (literally: I exhaust my energy to serve the large kingdoms) |
notes | Pattern: 以X = 用X/來X/因為X; using X/in order to X/because of X |
src | Mencius 1.22 |
frontnotes | 竭[jíe] - to exhaust; to use up |
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