| text | 叟不遠千里而來，亦將有以利吾國乎？ |
|---|---|
| header | 句子 |
| text-pinyin | 叟不遠千里而來[sǒu bù yuǎn qiān lǐ ér lái]， 亦將有以利吾國乎[yì jiāng yǒu yǐ lì wú guó hū]？ |
| englishtrans | Venerable sir, since you have not counted it far to come here, a distance of a thousand li, may I presume that you are provided with counsels to profit my kingdom? (first part of the sentence literally: old man, not deem-far a thousand li and then come) |
| notes | Pattern: XY = to regard Y as X |
| src | Mencius 1.1 |
| frontnotes | 叟[sǒu] - old man |
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