好人

好人

1. good person (of upright character)

   做好人  ―  zuò hǎorén  ―  to be a good person

2. healthy person
3. (sometimes derogatory) person who tries to get along with everyone; mediator
4. (literary) fair one; beautiful person

   • 要之襋之，好人服之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yāo zhī jí zhī, hǎorén fú zhī. [Pinyin]

     [The maidservant] sews at the waist and the collar, And the fair one [i.e., the mistress] wears it.

   • 昨夜眼皮瞤，今朝見好人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     昨夜眼皮𥆧，今朝见好人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, 張鷟 (Zhang Zhuo), 《遊仙窟》 (Journey to the Fairy Grotto)

     Zuóyè yǎnpí shùn, jīnzhāo jiàn hǎorén. [Pinyin]

     Last night, my eyelids twitched, and this morning, I see a fair one.

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好人

1. (of a person) nice