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劬勞
- (literary) tired; exhausted; overworked
雖則劬勞，其究安宅。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
虽则劬劳，其究安宅。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Suīzé qúláo, qí jiū ānzhái.
- Though there was pain and toil,
In the end we had rest in our dwellings.
1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 約伯記 [Job] 15:20:
惡人一生之日、劬勞痛苦、強暴人一生的年數、也是如此。 [MSC, trad.]
恶人一生之日、劬劳痛苦、强暴人一生的年数、也是如此。 [MSC, simp.]- Èrén yīshēng zhī rì, qúláo tòngkǔ, qiángbào rén yīshēng de niánshù, yěshì rúcǐ.
- The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor. (English Revised Version)
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