圣贤 (聖賢)
shèng xián
Pinyin

Definition

圣贤 (聖賢)
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shèng xián
  1. a sage
  2. wise and holy man
  3. virtuous ruler
  4. Buddhist lama
  5. wine

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

神圣
shén shèng
  1. 1 divine
  2. 2 hallow
  3. 3 holy
  4. 4 sacred
圣经
Shèng jīng
  1. 1 Holy Bible
  2. 2 the Confucian classics
  3. 3 classifier: 本 běn
  4. 4 classifier: 部 bù
圣诞
Shèng dàn
  1. 1 Christmas
  2. 2 birthday of reigning Emperor
  3. 3 Confucius' birthday
圣诞节
Shèng dàn jié
  1. 1 Christmas time
  2. 2 Christmas season
  3. 3 Christmas
贤
xián
  1. 1 worthy or virtuous person
  2. 2 honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Idioms (13)

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)
招贤纳士
zhāo xián nà shì
  1. 1 invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent

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.
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