仁者乐山
rén​zhě​yào​shān

the benevolent find joy in mountains

  • created reference approved 仁者乐山/仁者樂山 → 知者乐水/知者樂水 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仁者乐山 / 仁者樂山 rén​zhě​yào​shān

    知者乐水 / 知者樂水 zhì​zhě​yào​shuǐ

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  • created sense approved 仁者乐山/仁者樂山 · rén​zhě​yào​shān · the benevolent find joy in mountains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仁者乐山 / 仁者樂山

    rén​zhě​yào​shān

    the benevolent find joy in mountains

    A classic idiom from the Analects of Confucius; it describes how people of virtue are calm and firm in their principles, much like the steadiness of a mountain, and thus find pleasure in them.

    rén​zhě​lè​shān

    仁 (literal) → 仁 · rén · benevolent; humane 者 (bound) → 者 · zhě · -er 乐 (literal) → 乐/樂 · yào · to enjoy 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain

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