《明史·列传·卷一百四十三》
你自称比不上他，难道不是和他勾结又是什么？ 
尔言不如，岂非朋比？ 
You claim to be inferior to him, but isn't that just colluding with him?
<s>[INST] I need this in both modern chinese phrasing and English - could you help? 尔言不如，岂非朋比？  [/INST] Contemporary: 你自称比不上他，难道不是和他勾结又是什么？  English version: You claim to be inferior to him, but isn't that just colluding with him?</s>
I need this in both modern chinese phrasing and English - could you help? 尔言不如，岂非朋比？
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Contemporary: 你自称比不上他，难道不是和他勾结又是什么？  English version: You claim to be inferior to him, but isn't that just colluding with him?
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