溫柔敦厚
wēn​róu​dūn​hòu

gentle and magnanimous

  • created sense approved 温柔敦厚/溫柔敦厚 · wēn​róu​dūn​hòu · gentle and magnanimous — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    温柔敦厚 / 溫柔敦厚

    wēn​róu​dūn​hòu

    gentle and magnanimous

    (idiom) mild, kind, and sincere; originally used to describe the ideal character produced by a classical education in poetry

    温柔 (literal) → 温柔/溫柔 · wēn​róu · gentle and soft 敦厚 (literal) → 敦厚 · dūn​hòu · honest and sincere

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