19 Nǐ ruò xǔjiǔ wéi kùn , gōngdǎ suǒ yào qǔ de yī zuò chéng , jiù bùkĕ jǔ fǔzi kǎn huaì shùmù . yīnwei nǐ kĕyǐ chī nà shù shàng de guǒzi , bùkĕ kǎn fá . tiánjiān de shùmù qǐ shì rén , jiào nǐ zāota ma ,
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When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can eat their fruit. Do not cut them down. Are the trees people, that you should besiege them?