惠子問莊子：「子非魚，安知魚之樂？」 - Zhictionary

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惠子問莊子：「子非魚，安知魚之樂？」

Huizi asked Zhuangzi: "If you're not a fish, how do you know what fish enjoy?"

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Sentence Composition

Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施 Huì Shī (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家 Míngjiā during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)

to ask; to inquire

Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author

(coll.) village; hamlet

classifier: 座

son
child
seed
egg
small thing
1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"

abbr. for 非洲 Fēizhōu, Africa

to not be; not
wrong; incorrect
non-; un-; in-; de-
to reproach; to blame
(coll.) to insist on; simply must

used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚 bàoyú, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚 èyú and octopi 章魚 zhāngyú)

classifiers: 條, 尾

(bound form) calm; peaceful
to calm; to set at ease
safe; secure; in good health
content; satisfied (as in 安於 ānyú)
to place (sb) in a suitable position (job)
to install; to fix; to fit
to bring (a charge against sb)
to harbor (certain intentions)
ampere (abbr. for 安培 ānpéi)

to know
to be aware

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 智 (zhì, “knowing, wisdom, intelligence”).
Original form of 智 (zhì, “knowing, wisdom, intelligence”).

used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚 bàoyú, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚 èyú and octopi 章魚 zhāngyú)

classifiers: 條, 尾

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
him
her
it

used in place names

happy
cheerful
to laugh

Used in compounds.