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Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind |
thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint |
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Pronunciation
Adjective
德薄
- (literary) having few virtues
莊王怪而問曰：「寡人德薄，又未嘗異子，子何故出死不疑如是？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
庄王怪而问曰：「寡人德薄，又未尝异子，子何故出死不疑如是？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6
- Zhuāngwáng guài ér wèn yuē: “Guǎrén débó, yòu wèicháng yì zǐ, zǐ hégù chūsǐ bù yí rúshì?”
- King Zhuang thought it strange, and asked him, "I am not a particularly virtuous person, nor have I granted you any special favors. Why would you fight like this, as if your life depended on it?"
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