不贊一詞

Chinese

not; no to patronize; to support; to praise
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
 word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (不贊一詞) 不 贊 一 詞
simp. (不赞一词) 不 赞 一 词
alternative forms 不贊一辭／不赞一辞

Etymology

From Shiji, Vol. XL (《史記·孔子世家》):

至於為《春秋》，筆則筆，削則削，子夏之徒不能贊一辭。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
至于为《春秋》，笔则笔，削则削，子夏之徒不能赞一辞。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
Zhìyú wéi “Chūnqiū”, bǐ zé bǐ, xuē zé xuē, Zǐxià zhī tú bù néng zàn yī cí. [Pinyin]
In editing the Spring and Autumn Annals Confucius recorded certain events and omitted others, [the result being so perfect] that not even men like Zixia [who excelled in literature] could make any revision.

Later on its meaning had gradually changed to the modern sense, no comment.

Pronunciation

Idiom

不贊一詞

  1. to not say a word; to keep quiet; to make no comment
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