"成人之美" meaning in All languages combined

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        "1": "子 曰：「君子 成.人.之.美，不 成 人 之 惡{è}。小人 反 是。」",
        "2": "The Master said, \"The superior man seeks to perfect the admirable qualities of men, and does not seek to perfect their bad qualities. The mean man does the opposite of this.\"",
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  "etymology_text": "From the Analects, Book 12 (《論語·顏淵》):\n子曰：「君子成人之美，不成人之惡。小人反是。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]子曰：「君子成人之美，不成人之恶。小人反是。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nZǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ chéng rén zhī měi, bù chéng rén zhī è. Xiǎorén fǎn shì.” [Pinyin]\nThe Master said, \"The superior man seeks to perfect the admirable qualities of men, and does not seek to perfect their bad qualities. The mean man does the opposite of this.\"",
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        "to help or encourage someone accomplish something; to assist"
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          "english": "The Spring and Autumn Annals make good on the virtues of its protagonists, but not their vices.",
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          "text": "《春秋》成人之美，不成人之恶。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Commentary of Guliang, circa 206 BCE– 9 CE\n“Chūnqiū” chéngrénzhīměi, bù chéng rén zhī è. [Pinyin]",
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