取之不盡,用之不竭
Chinese
- to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
's; him/her/it; this not; no to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)to use 's; him/her/it; this not; no exhaust trad. (取之不盡,用之不竭) 取 之 不 盡 , 用 之 不 竭 simp. (取之不尽,用之不竭) 取 之 不 尽 , 用 之 不 竭
Etymology
From the Former Ode on the Red Cliffs by Su Shi, in the form 「取之無禁,用之不竭」.
Pronunciation
Idiom
取之不盡,用之不竭
- (of resources) inexhaustible
- 它們是一切文學藝術的取之不盡、用之不竭的唯一的源泉。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Tāmen shì yīqiè wénxué yìshù de qǔ zhī bù jìn, yòng zhī bù jié de wéiyī de yuánquán. [Pinyin]
- They provide literature and art with an inexhaustible source, their only source.
它们是一切文学艺术的取之不尽、用之不竭的唯一的源泉。 [MSC, simp.]
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