器欲難量
qì yù nán liáng
"seek to be immeasurably capable"
This one threw me off from the get-go, since I know 器 as "tool" or "instrument." Turns out it also means "capacity" or "capability," which stems from another use of the character as "vessel"—i.e., something capable of holding things.
What I translated as "immeasurably capable" is actually "hard to measure." Same difference, I reckon.
微臣
史大偉
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