擇善固執 in Chinese

IPA: /t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡saːk̚² siːn²² kuː³³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/, /t͡saːk̚² siːn²² kuː³³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: zéshàngùzhí [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zaak⁶ sin⁶ gu³ zap¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zéshàngùzhí [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], zéshàngùjhíh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tsê²-shan⁴-ku⁴-chih² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dzé-shàn-gù-jŕ [Mandarin, Yale], tzershannguhjyr [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цзэшаньгучжи [Mandarin, Palladius], czɛšanʹgučži [Mandarin, Palladius], jaahk sihn gu jāp [Cantonese, Yale], dzaak⁹ sin⁶ gu³ dzap⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], zag⁶ xin⁶ gu³ zeb¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From the Doctrine of the Mean (《中庸》) in the Book of Rites: : 誠之者，擇善而固執之者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]诚之者，择善而固执之者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Chéng zhī zhě, zé shàn ér gùzhí zhī zhě yě. [Pinyin] He who attains to sincerity is he who chooses what is good, and firmly holds it fast. Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|(《中庸》)}} (《中庸》), {{zh-x|誠之者，@擇.善而 @固執之者也。|He who attains to sincerity is he who chooses what is good, and firmly holds it fast.|collapsed=y|ref=Liji-L}} 誠之者，擇善而固執之者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]诚之者，择善而固执之者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Chéng zhī zhě, zé shàn ér gùzhí zhī zhě yě. [Pinyin] He who attains to sincerity is he who chooses what is good, and firmly holds it fast. Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 擇善固執

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"擇善固執" meaning in Chinese

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