"與人為善" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jyː¹³ jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ siːn²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 與人爲善 [Traditional-Chinese], 与人为善 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 與人為善
  1. (literary) to do good with others; to help people practise virtue Tags: idiomatic, literary
    Sense id: en-與人為善-zh-phrase-kjcqZU8b Categories (other): Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Middle Chinese chengyu, Old Chinese chengyu, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 50 50 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 57 42 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese chengyu: 50 50 Disambiguation of Old Chinese chengyu: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27
  2. to be kind to others; to do good to others Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-與人為善-zh-phrase-bx7gViDB Categories (other): Chinese chengyu, Middle Chinese chengyu, Old Chinese chengyu Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 50 50 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese chengyu: 50 50 Disambiguation of Old Chinese chengyu: 50 50
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    {
      "form": "與人爲善",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "与人为善",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 42",
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        },
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          "_dis": "73 27",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do good with others; to help people practise virtue"
      ],
      "id": "en-與人為善-zh-phrase-kjcqZU8b",
      "links": [
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "help",
          "help"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "practise",
          "practise"
        ],
        [
          "virtue",
          "virtue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to do good with others; to help people practise virtue"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be kind to others; to do good to others"
      ],
      "id": "en-與人為善-zh-phrase-bx7gViDB",
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        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "others",
          "others"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǔrénwéishàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu⁵ jan⁴ wai⁴ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǔrénwéishàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǔrénwéishàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yü³-jên²-wei²-shan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǔ-rén-wéi-shàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yeurenweishann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jujžɛnʹvɛjšanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "юйжэньвэйшань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu⁵ jan⁴ wai⁴ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yúh yàhn wàih sihn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jy⁵ jan⁴ wai⁴ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu⁵ yen⁴ wei⁴ xin⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː¹³ jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ siːn²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yoX nyin hjwe dzyenX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*m-q(r)aʔ ni[ŋ] ɢʷ(r)aj [ɡ]e[n]ʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*laʔ njin ɢʷal ɡjenʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "與人為善"
}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 人",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 善",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 為",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 與",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese chengyu",
    "Middle Chinese idioms",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese chengyu",
    "Old Chinese idioms",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "與人爲善",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "与人为善",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do good with others; to help people practise virtue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "help",
          "help"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "practise",
          "practise"
        ],
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          "virtue",
          "virtue"
        ]
      ],
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        "(literary) to do good with others; to help people practise virtue"
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be kind to others; to do good to others"
      ],
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        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "others",
          "others"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ]
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǔrénwéishàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu⁵ jan⁴ wai⁴ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǔrénwéishàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǔrénwéishàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yü³-jên²-wei²-shan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǔ-rén-wéi-shàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yeurenweishann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jujžɛnʹvɛjšanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "юйжэньвэйшань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu⁵ jan⁴ wai⁴ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yúh yàhn wàih sihn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jy⁵ jan⁴ wai⁴ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu⁵ yen⁴ wei⁴ xin⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː¹³ jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ siːn²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yoX nyin hjwe dzyenX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*m-q(r)aʔ ni[ŋ] ɢʷ(r)aj [ɡ]e[n]ʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*laʔ njin ɢʷal ɡjenʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "與人為善"
}

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