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to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like |
's; him/her/it; this
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desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish |
his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it) |
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
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evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated |
's; him/her/it; this
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desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish |
his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it) |
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
| trad. (愛之欲其生，惡之欲其死)
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愛
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之
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欲
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其
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生
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惡
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之
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欲
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其
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死
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| simp. (爱之欲其生，恶之欲其死)
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爱
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之
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欲
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其
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生
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，
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恶
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之
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欲
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其
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死
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Etymology
From the Analects, Book 12 (《論語·顏淵》):
愛之欲其生，惡之欲其死，既欲其生，又欲其死，是惑也。
爱之欲其生，恶之欲其死，既欲其生，又欲其死，是惑也。 - From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Ài zhī yù qí shēng, è zhī yù qí sǐ, jì yù qí shēng, yòu yù qí sǐ, shì huò yě.
- You love a man and wish him to live; you hate him and wish him to die. Having wished him to live, you also wish him to die. This is a case of delusion.
Pronunciation
Proverb
愛之欲其生，惡之欲其死
- If you love somebody, you want them to live forever, but if you hate somebody, you want them dead.