sān​rén​xíng​bì​yǒu​wǒ​shī​yān

three people walking together must include my teacher

  • created sense approved 三人行,必有我师焉/三人行,必有我師焉 · sān​rén​xíng​bì​yǒu​wǒ​shī​yān · three people walking together must include my teacher — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三人行,必有我师焉 / 三人行,必有我師焉

    sān​rén​xíng​bì​yǒu​wǒ​shī​yān

    three people walking together must include my teacher

    well-known Confucian saying from the Analects implying that whenever three people walk together, there is always someone among them who can serve as a teacher from whom one can learn

    三人行 (literal) → 三人行 · sān​rén​xíng · three people walking together , (non_chinese) 必 (literal) → 必 · bì · certainly 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is 我 (literal) → 我 · wǒ · I 师 (literal) → 师/師 · shī · teacher 焉 (literal) → 焉 · yān · [sentence-final]

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