created sense approved 择善而从/擇善而從 · zéshàn'ércóng · to choose what is good and follow it — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
择善而从 / 擇善而從
zéshàn'ércóng
to choose what is good and follow it
To choose the right course and follow it; to select what is good and adopt it or learn from it. This idiom originates from the "Analects" of [[孔子|孔子|kong3 zi3]], which suggests that when walking with others, one should identify their good qualities to follow and their bad qualities to correct in oneself.
择 (literal) → 择/擇 · zé · to choose 善 (literal) → 善 · shàn · good 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 从 (literal) → 从/從 · cóng · to comply with
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