贤人
贤人賢人 xián rén ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ jin4 jan4
- great person of the past
- venerable forebear
- the great and the good
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More words with these characters
贤
- 圣贤聖賢 shèng xián ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ sing3 jin4 a sage
- 先贤先賢 xiān xián ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ sin1 jin4 (literary) ancient sage
- 前贤前賢 qián xián ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ cin4 jin4 sages of the past; worthy predecessors
- 奉贤奉賢 Fèng xián ㄈㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ fung6 jin4 Fengxian suburban district of Shanghai
- 普贤普賢 Pǔ xián ㄆㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ pou2 jin4 Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth
- 贤劳賢勞 xián láo ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄠˊ jin4 lou4 diligent
Idioms with these characters
- 妒能害贤妒能害賢 dù néng hài xián ㄉㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄏㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ dou3 nang4 hoi6 jin4 jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)
- 见贤思齐見賢思齊 jiàn xián sī qí ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄙ ㄑㄧˊ gin3 jin4 si1 cai4 see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects); emulate the virtuous
- 敬老尊贤敬老尊賢 jìng lǎo zūn xián ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ging3 lou5 zyun1 jin4 to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
- 敬贤礼士敬賢禮士 jìng xián lǐ shì ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄕˋ ging3 jin4 lai5 si6 (idiom) to respect people of virtue and show courtesy to scholars
- 嫉贤妒能嫉賢妒能 jí xián dù néng ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ zat6 jin4 dou3 nang4 (idiom) to envy the virtuous and talented
- 百年树人百年樹人 bǎi nián shù rén ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ baak3 nin4 syu6 jan4 (idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens
- 不甘后人不甘後人 bù gān hòu rén ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢ ㄏㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ bat1 gam1 hau6 jan4 (idiom) not want to be outdone
- 不甘人后不甘人後 bù gān rén hòu ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄡˋ bat1 gam1 jan4 hau6 (idiom) not want to be outdone
- 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ bat1 gan6 jan4 cing4 (idiom) not amenable to reason; unreasonable
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄠˋ ㄖㄣˊ bat1 ho2 gou3 jan4 (idiom) to be kept secret; not to be divulged