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# 虛堂和尚語錄 7.194

虛堂和尚語錄 7.194

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [7.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.194)

秪為到頭乾不盡，縱饒見火亦難吹，年來歲往消磨去，  
不許春風管帶伊。

> Simply because in the end it is never completely dry,  
> Even if it meets fire, it is still hard to kindle.  
> As months and years go by, it wears away to nothing;  
> The spring breeze is not allowed to attend to it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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