"三人行，必有我師" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [Chinese]

IPA: /sän⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ pi⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /saːm⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ hɐŋ²¹ piːt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³ ŋɔː¹³ siː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sän⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ pi⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/, /saːm⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ hɐŋ²¹ piːt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³ ŋɔː¹³ siː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: sānrénxíng [Mandarin, Pinyin], bì yǒu wǒ shī [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄙㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄛˇ ㄕ [Mandarin, bopomofo], saam¹ jan⁴ hang⁴, bit¹ jau⁵ ngo⁵ si¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sānrénxíng, bì yǒu wǒ shī [Phonetic:sānrénxíng,bìyóuwǒshī] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sanrénsíng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], bì yǒu wǒ shih [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], san¹-jên²-hsing² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], pi⁴ yu³ wo³ shih¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], sān-rén-syíng- [Mandarin, Yale], bì yǒu wǒ shr̄ [Mandarin, Yale], sanrenshyng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], bih yeou woo shy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], саньжэньсин [Mandarin, Palladius], би ю во ши [Mandarin, Palladius], sanʹžɛnʹsin [Mandarin, Palladius], bi ju vo ši [Mandarin, Palladius], sāam yàhn hàhng, bīt yáuh ngóh sī [Cantonese, Yale], saam¹ jan⁴ hang⁴, bit⁷ jau⁵ ngo⁵ si¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sam¹ yen⁴ heng⁴, bid¹ yeo⁵ ngo⁵ xi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From the Analects, Book 7 (《論語·述而》): : 子曰：「三人行，必有我師焉。擇其善者而從之，其不善者而改之。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]子曰：「三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Zǐ yuē: “Sān rén xíng, bì yǒu wǒ shī yān. Zé qí shàn zhě ér cóng zhī, qí bùshàn zhě ér gǎi zhī.” [Pinyin] The Master said, "When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them." Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|(《論語·述而》)}} (《論語·述而》), {{zh-x|子.曰：「@三 @人 @行，@必 @有 @我 @師 焉。擇 其 善 者 而 從 之，其 不善 者 而 改 之。」|The Master said, "When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them."|collapsed=y|ref=Analects}} 子曰：「三人行，必有我師焉。擇其善者而從之，其不善者而改之。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]子曰：「三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Zǐ yuē: “Sān rén xíng, bì yǒu wǒ shī yān. Zé qí shàn zhě ér cóng zhī, qí bùshàn zhě ér gǎi zhī.” [Pinyin] The Master said, "When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them." Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 三人行，必有我師
  1. there is always someone that one can learn from among a group of people
    Sense id: en-三人行，必有我師-zh-proverb-qYF1Jtjj Categories (other): Cantonese proverbs, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Chinese proverbs, Chinese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Mandarin proverbs

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