worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine
great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good
(said of sb else's wife) a good wife
diligent
virtuous person / a man of merit
(old) perfect wife / you, my beloved wife
a good wife and loving mother
worthy little brother
(of a wife) wise and kind / perfect in her traditional roles
a genius / a talented person
wise and capable / sagacious
(of a woman) virtuous
sage kings
sagacious prime minister (in feudal China)
(slang) post-nut clarity moment
(slang) state of post-nut clarity / post-orgasmic state of calm detachment
sage
(of a man) able and virtuous
prominent and worthy personage
to appoint people according to their merits (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
sages of the past / worthy predecessors
jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)
see 嫉賢妒能|嫉贤妒能[]
(idiom) to envy the virtuous and talented
to respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius)
to honor the wise and love the people / respecting noble talent while protecting the common people
invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom) / to recruit talent
to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom) / to honor the great and the good
(idiom) to respect people of virtue and show courtesy to scholars
(idiom) to eagerly seek talented people
respect for the wise
lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom) / refers to Confucian canonical texts
Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)
holy book
Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects) / emulate the virtuous / Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher.
to recognize talent and have great respect for it
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27