盡善盡美
See also: 尽善尽美
Chinese
to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something) |
good | to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something) |
beautiful; beauty; America | ||
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| trad. (盡善盡美) | 盡 | 善 | 盡 | 美 | |
| simp. (尽善尽美) | 尽 | 善 | 尽 | 美 | |
| Literally: “to exhaust what is good and beautiful; to be unsurpassed in goodness and beauty”. | |||||
Etymology
From the Analects, Book 3 (《論語·八佾》):
- 子謂韶，「盡美矣，又盡善也。」謂武，「盡美矣，未盡善也」。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ wèi Sháo, “jìn měi yǐ, yòu jìn shàn yě.” Wèi Wǔ, “jìn měi yǐ, wèi jìn shàn yě”. [Pinyin]
- The Master said of the Shao that it was perfectly beautiful and also perfectly good. He said of the Wu that it was perfectly beautiful but not perfectly good.
子谓韶，「尽美矣，又尽善也。」谓武，「尽美矣，未尽善也」。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): jìnshànjìnměi
- (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄟˇ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon6 sin6 zeon6 mei5
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīn-siān-chīn-bí
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jìnshànjìnměi
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jìnshànjìnměi
- Wade–Giles: chin4-shan4-chin4-mei3
- Yale: jìn-shàn-jìn-měi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnshannjinnmeei
- Palladius: цзиньшаньцзиньмэй (czinʹšanʹczinʹmɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zeon6 sin6 zeon6 mei5
- Yale: jeuhn sihn jeuhn méih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen6 sin6 dzoen6 mei5
- Guangdong Romanization: zên6 xin6 zên6 méi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɵn²² siːn²² t͡sɵn²² mei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīn-siān-chīn-bí
- Tâi-lô: tsīn-siān-tsīn-bí
- Phofsit Daibuun: cixnsiexncixnbie
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²²⁻²¹ siɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ bi⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² siɛn⁴¹⁻²² t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin²²⁻²¹ siɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ bi⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ siɛn³³⁻¹¹ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin³³⁻²¹ siɛn³³⁻²¹ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ bi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: dzinX dzyenX dzinX mijX
Idiom
盡善盡美
Descendants
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 盡 | 善 | 盡 | 美 |
Idiom
盡善盡美