Once, Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly, but when he woke up, he wasn't sure whether he was Zhuangzi who had dreamed being a butterfly or if he was a butterfly now dreaming he was Zhuangzi.
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Zhuangzi
Synonyms for "zhuangzi"
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8 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 莊子 /庄子 name (influential Chinese philosopher)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 莊子 /庄子 name (influential Chinese philosopher)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 莊子 /庄子 name (influential Chinese philosopher)
Japanese
2 entries- 荘周 name (influential Chinese philosopher)
- 荘子 name (influential Chinese philosopher)
Korean
1 entries- 장자 name (influential Chinese philosopher)
Uyghur
1 entries- جۇاڭزى name (influential Chinese philosopher)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Trang Tử name (influential Chinese philosopher)
Sample sentences
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Once, Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly, but when he woke up, he wasn't sure whether he was Zhuangzi who had dreamt being a butterfly or if he was a butterfly now dreaming he was Zhuangzi.
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Huizi asked Zhuangzi: "If you're not a fish, how do you know what fish enjoy?"
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Zhuangzi went to the kingdom of Chu.
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