【汉译英】围炉夜话（第一三二则）无财非贫

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无财非贫，无学乃为贫；
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无子非孤，无德乃为孤。
- F0 a/ T( f5 m- n' ZHaving no money doesn't equal poverty. Having no knowledge does.
7 T7 l2 E' d+ g! yHaving no official position is not comtemptible. Having no sense of shame is.
/ m' u" \2 Y( b* j7 b- \3 vUntimely death doesn't mean dying at a very young age. Untimely death means dying without having done anything commendable.
, g5 y9 ?; R" i9 D# T& |Having no children doesn't equal true loneliness. Having no moral principles does.
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Untimely death doesn't mean dying at a very young age. Untimely death means dying without having done anything commendable.
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Untimely death doesn't equal premature death. Untimely death equals dying without having done anything commendable.
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无财非贫，无学乃为贫；
  |" ?3 f" C1 ?2 K' Y/ ]无位非贱，无耻乃为贱；
无年非夭，无述乃为夭；
2 l1 d: X+ o6 S无子非孤，无德乃为孤。
Lacking money doesn't equal poverty. Lacking knowledge does.
Lacking official position isn't contemptible. Lacking a sense shame is.
" Q  B0 O9 D% I3 R% l) x& wDying young doesn't equal untimely death. Dying without having done anything commendable does.
5 ], ]4 q- t3 q$ \Having no children doesn't equal loneliness. Having no moral principles does.
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