助人为乐 (助人為樂)
zhù rén wéi lè
Pinyin
Definition
助人为乐 (助人為樂)
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- pleasure from helping others (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道，鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
- 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
Sample Sentences
是啊。不过据说最近有科学家宣称终于找到了答案。德国的科学家们在研究婴儿的反应实验中发现，年幼的婴儿们竟然个个都是助人为乐的“好儿童”，由此证实了人性善良的本质。
Huh? Sounds really interesting. Exactly what experiments did they use to prove this?