created sense approved 见贤思齐/見賢思齊 · jiànxiánsīqí · to emulate those better than oneself — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
见贤思齐 / 見賢思齊
jiànxiánsīqí
to emulate those better than oneself
To see a person of virtue and wisdom and think of imitating them; to emulate the virtuous and wise. Originally from the "Analects of Confucius" in the sentence jiàn xián sī qí [[焉|焉|yan1]], [[见不贤而内自省也|見不賢而內自省也|jian4 bu4 xian2 er2 nei4 zi4 xing3 ye3]].
见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 贤 (literal) → 贤/賢 · xián · worthy person 思齐 (literal) → 思齐/思齊 · sīqí · to emulate
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