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滕君，則誠賢君也；雖然，未聞道也 滕君[téng jūn]， 則誠賢君也[zé chéng xiánjūn yě]； 雖然[suī rán]， 未聞道也[wèi wén dào yě] Pattern: 未X = 沒X過; has not X'd/not yet X'd Note that the object of the verb is moved between the negation and the verb. This is common in earlier Classical Chinese.Take care regarding this instance of 雖然. It does not mean "however," as in Modern Standard Mandarin: rather, 雖[suī] alone takes this meaning, and 然[rán] takes the meaning of "this way": 雖然 is then parsed as "although this is so..."

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句子 The prince of Teng is indeed a worthy prince. He has not yet heard, however, the real doctrines of antiquity. Mencius 3.4

text	滕君，則誠賢君也；雖然，未聞道也
header	句子
text-pinyin	滕君[téng jūn]，則誠賢君也[zé chéng xiánjūn yě]；雖然[suī rán]，未聞道也[wèi wén dào yě]
englishtrans	The prince of Teng is indeed a worthy prince. He has not yet heard, however, the real doctrines of antiquity.
notes	Pattern: 未X = 沒X過; has not X'd/not yet X'd Note that the object of the verb is moved between the negation and the verb. This is common in earlier Classical Chinese. Take care regarding this instance of 雖然. It does not mean "however," as in Modern Standard Mandarin: rather, 雖[suī] alone takes this meaning, and 然[rán] takes the meaning of "this way": 雖然 is then parsed as "although this is so..."
src	Mencius 3.4

Takes 滕君，則誠賢君也；雖然，未聞道也 句子 滕君[Téng Jūn 則誠賢君也[Zé Chéng Xiánjūn

Takes 滕君，則誠賢君也；雖然，未聞道也句子滕君[Téng Jūn 則誠賢君也[Zé Chéng Xiánjūn