《梦溪笔谈·乐律一》
曾经有人在土地中找到一枚朽烂了的捣帛杵，他不认识，拿着回家展示给邻居们看。
尝有人于土中得一朽弊捣帛杵，不识，持归以示邻里。
Once someone found a rotten pestle in the ground. He didn't know what it was, so he took it home and showed it to his neighbors.
<s>[INST] For the Classical Chinese excerpt: 尝有人于土中得一朽弊捣帛杵，不识，持归以示邻里。, detail the steps needed to accurately translate it into English. [/INST] Completed English translation: Once someone found a rotten pestle in the ground. He didn't know what it was, so he took it home and showed it to his neighbors., Step 1: Identify the grammatical structure of the sentence. The sentence is in the form of a story, and it is composed of a subject (尝有人), a verb (得), an object (一朽弊捣帛杵), and a complement (不识，持归以示邻里)., Step 2: Translate the individual words and phrases. 尝有人 means "once someone"; 于土中 means "in the ground"; 得 means "to obtain"; 一朽弊捣帛杵 means "a rotten pestle"; 不识 means "not to know"; 持归 means "to take home"; 以示邻里 means "to show to the neighbors"., Step 3: Put the translation together. Once someone found a rotten pestle in the ground. He didn't know what it was, so he took it home and showed it to his neighbors.</s>
For the Classical Chinese excerpt: 尝有人于土中得一朽弊捣帛杵，不识，持归以示邻里。, detail the steps needed to accurately translate it into English.
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Completed English translation: Once someone found a rotten pestle in the ground. He didn't know what it was, so he took it home and showed it to his neighbors., Step 1: Identify the grammatical structure of the sentence. The sentence is in the form of a story, and it is composed of a subject (尝有人), a verb (得), an object (一朽弊捣帛杵), and a complement (不识，持归以示邻里)., Step 2: Translate the individual words and phrases. 尝有人 means "once someone"; 于土中 means "in the ground"; 得 means "to obtain"; 一朽弊捣帛杵 means "a rotten pestle"; 不识 means "not to know"; 持归 means "to take home"; 以示邻里 means "to show to the neighbors"., Step 3: Put the translation together. Once someone found a rotten pestle in the ground. He didn't know what it was, so he took it home and showed it to his neighbors.
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