圣贤
shèng xián
Pinyin

Definition

圣贤
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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)

shén shèng
  1. 1 divine
  2. 2 hallow
  3. 3 holy
  4. 4 sacred
Shèng jīng
  1. 1 Holy Bible
  2. 2 the Confucian classics
  3. 3 CL:本[běn],部[bù]
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
xián
  1. 1 worthy or virtuous person
  2. 2 honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
xián huì
  1. 1 variant of 賢慧|贤慧[xián huì]
dà shèng
  1. 1 great sage
  2. 2 mahatma
  3. 3 king
  4. 4 emperor
  5. 5 outstanding personage
  6. 6 Buddha
Fèng xián
  1. 1 Fengxian suburban district of Shanghai
Fèng xián qū
  1. 1 Fengxian suburban district of Shanghai
zhāo xián nà shì
  1. 1 invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
Pǔ xián Pú sà
  1. 1 Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth
cháo shèng
  1. 1 to make a pilgrimage
cháo shèng zhě
  1. 1 pilgrim
Wáng Zǔ xián
  1. 1 Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
shèng
  1. 1 holy
  2. 2 sacred
  3. 3 saint
  4. 4 sage
shèng rén
  1. 1 saint
  2. 2 sage
  3. 3 refers to Confucius 孔子[Kǒng zǐ]
  4. 4 the current reigning Emperor
shèng dài
  1. 1 sundae (loanword)
Shèng bǎo luó
  1. 1 St Paul
  2. 2 São Paulo, city in Brazil
shèng dì
  1. 1 holy land (of a religion)
  2. 2 sacred place
  3. 3 shrine
  4. 4 holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc)
  5. 5 center of historic interest
Shèng dì yà gē
  1. 1 Santiago, capital of Chile
  2. 2 San Diego, California

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
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)
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
圣经贤传
shèng jīng xián zhuàn
  1. 1 lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts
见贤思齐
jiàn xián sī qí
  1. 1 see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects); emulate the virtuous
  2. 2 Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher.
让贤与能
ràng xián yǔ néng
  1. 1 to step aside and give a more worthy person a chance (idiom)
贤淑仁慈
xián shū rén cí
  1. 1 a virtuous and benevolent woman (idiom)

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.