工慾善其事必先利其器 — gōng yù shàn qí shì bì xiān lì qí qì

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gōng¹

labor, work; laborer, worker / passion, desire, lust; appetite / good, virtuous, charitable, kind / his, her, its, their; that / affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident / surely, certainly; must; will / first, former, previous / gains, advantage, profit, merit / his, her, its, their; that / device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel

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yù⁴

labor, work; laborer, worker / passion, desire, lust; appetite / good, virtuous, charitable, kind / his, her, its, their; that / affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident / surely, certainly; must; will / first, former, previous / gains, advantage, profit, merit / his, her, its, their; that / device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel

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shàn⁴

labor, work; laborer, worker / passion, desire, lust; appetite / good, virtuous, charitable, kind / his, her, its, their; that / affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident / surely, certainly; must; will / first, former, previous / gains, advantage, profit, merit / his, her, its, their; that / device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel

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qí²

labor, work; laborer, worker / passion, desire, lust; appetite / good, virtuous, charitable, kind / his, her, its, their; that / affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident / surely, certainly; must; will / first, former, previous / gains, advantage, profit, merit / his, her, its, their; that / device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel

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shì⁴

labor, work; laborer, worker / passion, desire, lust; appetite / good, virtuous, charitable, kind / his, her, its, their; that / affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident / surely, certainly; must; will / first, former, previous / gains, advantage, profit, merit / his, her, its, their; that / device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel

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bì⁴

labor, work; laborer, worker / passion, desire, lust; appetite / good, virtuous, charitable, kind / his, her, its, their; that / affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident / surely, certainly; must; will / first, former, previous / gains, advantage, profit, merit / his, her, its, their; that / device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel

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xiān¹

labor, work; laborer, worker / passion, desire, lust; appetite / good, virtuous, charitable, kind / his, her, its, their; that / affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident / surely, certainly; must; will / first, former, previous / gains, advantage, profit, merit / his, her, its, their; that / device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel

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lì⁴

labor, work; laborer, worker / passion, desire, lust; appetite / good, virtuous, charitable, kind / his, her, its, their; that / affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident / surely, certainly; must; will / first, former, previous / gains, advantage, profit, merit / his, her, its, their; that / device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel

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qí²

labor, work; laborer, worker / passion, desire, lust; appetite / good, virtuous, charitable, kind / his, her, its, their; that / affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident / surely, certainly; must; will / first, former, previous / gains, advantage, profit, merit / his, her, its, their; that / device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel

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qì⁴

labor, work; laborer, worker / passion, desire, lust; appetite / good, virtuous, charitable, kind / his, her, its, their; that / affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident / surely, certainly; must; will / first, former, previous / gains, advantage, profit, merit / his, her, its, their; that / device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel

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