三字经
sān zì jīng
Pinyin

Definition

三字经
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sān zì jīng
  1. (slang) swearword
  2. four-letter word
三字经
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Sān zì Jīng
  1. Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Sān
  1. 1 surname San
míng zi
  1. 1 name (of a person or thing)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  1. 1 letter
  2. 2 symbol
  3. 3 character
  4. 4 word
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
  6. 6 courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
sān bā
  1. 1 International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fù nu:3 jié], 8th March
  2. 2 foolish
  3. 3 stupid
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
Sān chà kǒu
  1. 1 At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn]
Sān xiá
  1. 1 Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qú táng Xiá], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wū Xiá] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xī líng Xiá]
  2. 2 Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
sān míng zhì
  1. 1 sandwich (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
Sān xīng
  1. 1 Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
  2. 2 Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
sān jiǎo
  1. 1 triangle
sān jiǎo zhōu
  1. 1 delta (geography)
sān lún chē
  1. 1 pedicab
  2. 2 tricycle
Sān lǐ tún
  1. 1 Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
chū sān
  1. 1 third year in junior middle school

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一字一泪
yī zì yī lèi
  1. 1 each word is a teardrop (idiom)
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
  2. 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
  3. 3 each word is highly valued
一字褒贬
yī zì bāo biǎn
  1. 1 dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom)
  2. 2 concise and powerful style
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见,如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation
三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行,必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
三个臭皮匠,合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
三个臭皮匠,赛过一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual

Sample Sentences

很难说。关于这个话题,历史上无数的哲学家都试图证明过,却争论到现在都无法得到一个确切的答案。我又怎么能妄下论断呢。《三字经》里说:“人之初,性本善”,而西方哲学家则认为人性本恶,需要通过不断学习来改造自身。双方似乎都很有理。
hěn nánshuō 。guānyú zhège huàtí ,lìshǐ shàng wúshù de zhéxuéjiā dōu shìtú zhèngmíng guo ,què zhēnglùn dào xiànzài dōu wúfǎ dédào yī ge quèqiè de dá àn 。wǒ yòu zěnme néng wàngxiàlùnduàn ne 。《Sānzìjīng 》lǐ shuō :“rén zhī chū ,xìng běn shàn ”,ér xīfāng zhéxuéjiā zé rènwéi rénxìng běn è ,xūyào tōngguò bùduàn xuéxí lái gǎizào zìshēn 。shuāngfāng sìhū dōu hěn yǒulǐ 。
It's hard to say. Countless philosophers throughout history have tried to prove this. They've debated it to the point where it's impossible to get a clear answer today. How can I blindly make a judgment? It says in the ''Three Character Classic": People are born good. But Western philosophers think that people's nature is bad, and they need constant study to change themselves. It seems like both sides are reasonable. Frankly, the scariest thing in my opinion is talking about philosophical problems. This problem seems as hard to understand as why Oriental people like the color red, whereas Westerners like blue. It's really hard to come up with a straight answer.
对啊。今天我们上哲学课,老师提到了人性本善还是本恶的这个论题。我就想到了小时候背过的《三字经》,现在读来还是充满了哲理啊。
duì a 。jīntiān wǒmen shàng zhéxué kè ,lǎoshī tídào le rénxìng běn shàn háishi běn è de zhège lùntí 。wǒ jiù xiǎngdào le xiǎoshíhou bèi guo de 《Sānzìjīng 》,xiànzài dúlái háishì chōngmǎn le zhélǐ a 。
Yeah. Today in philosophy class, the teacher asked whether people are inherently good or evil. I thought of the ''Three Character Classic" that we read when we were young. Reading it now, it's full of philosophical meaning.
你在背《三字经》吗?
nǐ zài bèi 《Sānzìjīng 》ma ?
Are you reciting ''The Three Character Classic"?