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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈 [ㄓˇ ㄒㄩˇ ㄓㄡ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄈㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩˇ ㄅㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄥ; zhi3 xu3 zhou1 guan1 fang4 huo3 , bu4 xu3 bai3 xing4 dian3 deng1]
 only the official is allowed to light the fire
 Gods may do what cattle may not
 quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
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