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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	不落言筌	不落言筌	bù luò yán quán	bu4 luo4 yan2 quan2	to grasp a passage without clinging to a too-literal interpretation (idiom)
2	得鱼忘筌	得魚忘筌	dé yú wàng quán	de2 yu2 wang4 quan2	lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子 ); fig. to take help for granted
3	筌	筌	quán	quan2	bamboo fish trap