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君gwan1子zi2遠jyun5庖paau4廚cyu4

simp君子远庖厨
gwan1 zi2 jyun5 paau4 cyu4inferredjūn zǐ yuàn páo chú

English

  1. lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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