圣贤书
shèng xián shū
Pinyin

Definition

圣贤书
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shèng xián shū
  1. holy book

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tú shū guǎn
  1. 1 library
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
qíng shū
  1. 1 love letter
Shū
  1. 1 abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]
shū xiě
  1. 1 to write
shū diàn
  1. 1 bookstore
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā]
shū ji
  1. 1 secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party)
  2. 2 clerk
  3. 3 scribe
kàn shū
  1. 1 to read
  2. 2 to study
Shèng dàn
  1. 1 Christmas
  2. 2 birthday of reigning Emperor
  3. 3 Confucius' birthday
Shèng dàn jié
  1. 1 Christmas time
  2. 2 Christmas season
  3. 3 Christmas
dú shū
  1. 1 to read a book
  2. 2 to study
  3. 3 to attend school
xián
  1. 1 worthy or virtuous person
  2. 2 honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
shàng shū
  1. 1 to write a letter (to the authorities)
  2. 2 to present a petition
chū shū
  1. 1 to publish books
fù shū ji
  1. 1 deputy secretary
cóng shū
  1. 1 a series of books
  2. 2 a collection of books
tú shū
  1. 1 books (in a library or bookstore)
  2. 2 CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù]
dà shèng
  1. 1 great sage
  2. 2 mahatma
  3. 3 king
  4. 4 emperor
  5. 5 outstanding personage
  6. 6 Buddha
tiān shū
  1. 1 imperial edict
  2. 2 heavenly book (superstition)
  3. 3 obscure or illegible writing
  4. 4 double dutch
Fèng xián
  1. 1 Fengxian suburban district of Shanghai
niàn shū
  1. 1 to read
  2. 2 to study

Idioms (20)

仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
任人唯贤
rèn rén wéi xián
  1. 1 to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
任贤使能
rèn xián shǐ néng
  1. 1 to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
妒能害贤
dù néng hài xián
  1. 1 jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)
妒贤忌能
dù xián jì néng
  1. 1 to envy the virtuous and talented (idiom)
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
招贤纳士
zhāo xián nà shì
  1. 1 invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
掉书袋
diào shū dài
  1. 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
  3. 3 a person who does so
推贤让能
tuī xián ràng néng
  1. 1 to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
敬老尊贤
jìng lǎo zūn xián
  1. 1 to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
敬贤礼士
jìng xián lǐ shì
  1. 1 to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom)
书不尽言
shū bù jìn yán
  1. 1 I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
书香门第
shū xiāng mén dì
  1. 1 family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
殷忧启圣
yīn yōu qǐ shèng
  1. 1 deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom)
  2. 2 storms make oaks take deeper root
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
  1. 1 lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be diligent in one's studies
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
  1. 1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
知书达理
zhī shū dá lǐ
  1. 1 educated and well-balanced (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
罄笔难书
qìng bǐ nán shū
  1. 1 too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom)
  2. 2 see also 罄竹難書|罄竹难书[qìng zhú nán shū]
圣经贤传
shèng jīng xián zhuàn
  1. 1 lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts

Sample Sentences

哎!和你讲话真是话不投机半句多,邮差怎么了?行万里路的邮差也比一个读了圣贤书却不懂得人情世故的酸文人强。
āi !hé nǐ jiǎnghuà zhēn shì huà bù tóujī bàn jù duō ,yóuchāi zěnmele ?xíng wàn lǐ lù de yóuchāi yě bǐ yī gè dú le shèngxiánshū quèbù dǒngde rénqíng shìgù de suānwénrén qiáng 。
Agh! We really can't see eye to eye on much. What's wrong with postal workers? They would also be better off after travelling 10,000 miles than being fusty old scholars who have read the classics but don't understand the ways of the world.