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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	远	遠	yuàn	yuan4	to distance oneself from (classical)
2	君子远庖厨	君子遠庖廚	jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú	jun1 zi3 yuan4 pao2 chu2	lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius); fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen