"敬天愛人" meaning in Japanese

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Proverb

IPA: [ke̞ːtẽ̞ɰ̃a̠iʑĩɴ] Forms: 敬天愛人 [canonical] (ruby: (けい), (てん), (あい), (じん)), keiten'aijin [romanization]
Etymology: Yojijukugo (四字熟語), from 敬(けい) (kei, “respect”) + 天(てん) (ten, “heaven”) + 愛(あい) (ai, “love”) + 人(じん) (jin, “man”) Etymology templates: {{ja-glossary|Yojijukugo}} Yojijukugo, {{sortkey|ja}} けいてんあいしん', {{ja-yoji}} Yojijukugo (四字熟語), {{ja-com|敬|けい|天|てん|愛|あい|人|じん|t1=respect|t2=heaven|t3=love|t4=man}} 敬(けい) (kei, “respect”) + 天(てん) (ten, “heaven”) + 愛(あい) (ai, “love”) + 人(じん) (jin, “man”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proverb|けいてんあいじん}} 敬(けい)天(てん)愛(あい)人(じん) • (keiten'aijin)
  1. revere heaven, love mankind
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