明哲保身 in Chinese

IPA: /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mɪŋ²¹ t͡siːt̚³ pou̯³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/, /mɪŋ²¹ t͡siːt̚³ pou̯³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: míngzhébǎoshēn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄜˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄕㄣ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ming⁴ zit³ bou² san¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], míngzhébǎoshēn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], míngjhébǎoshen [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ming²-chê²-pao³-shên¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], míng-jé-bǎu-shēn [Mandarin, Yale], mingjerbaoshen [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], минчжэбаошэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], minčžɛbaošɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], mìhng jit bóu sān [Cantonese, Yale], ming⁴ dzit⁸ bou² san¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ming⁴ jid³ bou² sen¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From the Classic of Poetry, poem 260 (《詩經·大雅·烝民》): : 既明且哲，以保其身。夙夜匪解，以事一人。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.] From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Jì míng qiě zhé, yǐ bǎo qí shēn. Sùyè fěi xiè, yǐ shì yīrén. [Pinyin] Intelligent is he and wise, Protecting his own person. Never idle, day or night, In the service of the One man. Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|(《詩經·大雅·烝民》)}} (《詩經·大雅·烝民》), {{zh-x|既 @明且 @哲，以 @保其 @身。 ^夙夜匪懈\夙夜.匪.解{xiè}，以事一人。|Intelligent is he and wise, Protecting his own person. Never idle, day or night, In the service of the One man.|collapsed=y|ref=Shijing}} 既明且哲，以保其身。夙夜匪解，以事一人。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.] From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Jì míng qiě zhé, yǐ bǎo qí shēn. Sùyè fěi xiè, yǐ shì yīrén. [Pinyin] Intelligent is he and wise, Protecting his own person. Never idle, day or night, In the service of the One man. Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 明哲保身

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"明哲保身" meaning in Chinese

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