| 人非生而知之者，孰能无惑 |
rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò |
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韩愈) |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位,名 |
| 非 |
Fēi |
abbr. for 非洲, Africa |
| 非 |
fēi |
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 而 |
ér |
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) |
| 知 |
zhī |
to know / to be aware |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 者 |
zhě |
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this |
| 孰 |
shú |
who / which / what |
| 能 |
Néng |
surname Neng |
| 能 |
néng |
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy |
| 无 |
mó |
used in 南无 |
| 无 |
wú |
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less |
| 惑 |
huò |
to confuse / to be puzzled |