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何不 何不 [he2 bu4] /why not?/why not do (sth)?/ 6839 1
何不食肉糜 何不食肉糜 [[he2bu4 shi2 rou4mi2]] /(lit.) "Why don't they eat meat porridge?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4di4] when told that his people lacked rice) (saying)/(fig.) to be oblivious to the suffering of ordinary people/ 52 2

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