成人之美
Chinese
finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth |
man; person; people | possessive particle | virtue; goodness | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (成人之美) | 成 | 人 | 之 | 美 | |
| simp. #(成人之美) | 成 | 人 | 之 | 美 | |
Etymology
From the Analects, Book 12 (《論語·顏淵》):
- 子曰：「君子成人之美，不成人之惡。小人反是。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ chéng rén zhī měi, bù chéng rén zhī è. Xiǎorén fǎn shì.” [Pinyin]
- The Master said, "The superior man seeks to perfect the admirable qualities of men, and does not seek to perfect their bad qualities. The mean man does the opposite of this."
子曰：「君子成人之美，不成人之恶。小人反是。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): chéngrénzhīměi
- (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄟˇ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chéngrénzhīměi
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chéngrénjhihměi
- Wade–Giles: chʻêng2-jên2-chih1-mei3
- Yale: chéng-rén-jr̄-měi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngrenjymeei
- Palladius: чэнжэньчжимэй (čɛnžɛnʹčžimɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
成人之美
- to help or encourage someone accomplish something; to assist
- (chiefly literary) to magnify other people's virtue; to make good someone's honourable intentions
- 《春秋》成人之美，不成人之惡。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Guliang, circa 206 BCE– 9 CE
- “Chūnqiū” chéngrénzhīměi, bù chéng rén zhī è. [Pinyin]
- The Spring and Autumn Annals make good on the virtues of its protagonists, but not their vices.
《春秋》成人之美，不成人之恶。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]