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不仁
bùrén
1.
not benevolent
2.
heartless
3.
numb
Uncommon • Top 44%
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (3)
为富不仁
wéifùbùrén
the benevolent man cannot be rich (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).
麻木不仁
mámùbùrén
numbed
为富不仁，为仁不富
wéifùbùrén,wéirénbùfù
the benevolent man cannot be rich and vice versa (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).
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