明德 míng dé highest virtue / illustrious virtue 德高望重 dé gāo wàng zhòng a person of virtue and prestige / a person of good moral standing and reputation syn 德高望重 dé gāo - wàng zhòng (idiom) a person of virtue and prestige / a person of good moral standing and reputation syn 亮眼人 liàng yǎn rén (term used by the blind) sighted person / person with eyesight / perceptive person / observant person syn 德薄能鲜 德薄能鮮 dé bó néng xiǎn little virtue and meager abilities (idiom) / I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1]) 人头 人頭 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) syn 人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as 可人 kě rén pleasant / agreeable / a person after one's heart (charming person) / a gifted person syn 伊 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn 羲皇上人 xī huáng shàng rén lit. a person before the legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] / person from ages immemorial / fig. untroubled person 可儿 可兒 kě ér a person after one's heart (charming person) / capable person 好人 hǎo rén good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle syn 路人甲 lù rén jiǎ ordinary person A / generic person / some random person 道德 dào dé virtue / morality / ethics / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 美德 měi dé virtue syn 关羽 關羽 guān yǔ Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama 功德 gōng dé achievements and virtue syn 野花 yě huā wildflower / woman of easy virtue 贞操 貞操 zhēn cāo (usually of women) chastity / virginity / virtue / honor / loyalty / moral integrity syn 师表 師表 shī biǎo paragon of virtue and learning / exemplary character syn 伸张 伸張 shēn zhāng to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue) / to promote syn 名利双收 名利雙收 míng lì shuāng shōu both fame and fortune (idiom) / both virtue and reward 孝道 xiào dao filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter syn 德治 dé zhì rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal) 挂羊头卖狗肉 掛羊頭賣狗肉 guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue syn 阴德 陰德 yīn dé secret virtue syn 仁至义尽 仁至義盡 rén zhì yì jìn extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom) / meticulous virtue and attention to duty syn 善有善报 善有善報 shàn yǒu shàn bào virtue has its rewards (idiom) / one good turn deserves another 激浊扬清 激濁揚清 jī zhuó yáng qīng lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom) / fig. dispel evil and usher in good / eliminate vice and exalt virtue syn 弃恶从善 棄惡從善 qì è cóng shàn to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom) 圣 聖 shèng (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual / paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy / sacred syn 劝善惩恶 勸善懲惡 quàn shàn chéng è to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom) / fig. poetic justice / you get what's coming to you 扬清激浊 揚清激濁 yáng qīng jī zhuó lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom) / fig. dispel evil and usher in good / eliminate vice and exalt virtue 改恶向善 改惡向善 gǎi è xiàng shàn turn away from evil and follow virtue 敬贤礼士 敬賢禮士 jìng xián lǐ shì to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom) 弃邪归正 棄邪歸正 qì xié guī zhèng to give up evil and return to virtue syn 澡身浴德 zǎo shēn yù dé to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom) / to improve oneself by meditation / cleanliness is next to godliness 为德不卒 為德不卒 wéi dé bù zú to start on virtue but give up (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span 为德不终 為德不終 wéi dé bù zhōng to start on virtue but give up (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span 疏财仗义 疏財仗義 shū cái zhàng yì distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom) / fig. generous in helping the needy 疏财重义 疏財重義 shū cái zhòng yì distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom) / fig. to give generously in a public cause 积德累功 積德累功 jī dé lěi gōng to accumulate merit and virtue 安贫乐道 安貧樂道 ān pín lè dào to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom) syn 厚德载物 厚德載物 hòu dé zài wù with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom) 品学兼优 品學兼優 pǐn xué jiān yōu excelling both in morals and studies (idiom) / top marks for studies and for behavior (at school) / a paragon of virtue and learning syn 善有善报，恶有恶报 善有善報，惡有惡報 shàn yǒu shàn bào , è yǒu è bào virtue has its reward, evil its retribution 威德 wēi dé power and virtue 年高德劭 nián gāo dé shào to be advanced in both years and virtue (idiom) syn 彰善癉惡 彰善瘅恶 zhāng shàn dàn è to distinguish good and evil (idiom) / to uphold virtue and condemn evil / to praise good and expose vice 悳 dé variant of 德 / virtue / goodness / morality / ethics 皎皎者易污 jiǎo jiǎo zhě yì wū Virtue is easily sullied. (idiom) 盛德 shèng dé splendid virtue / majestic moral character / great kindness 至德 zhì dé splendid virtue / majestic moral character / great kindness 陀罗尼 陀羅尼 tuó luó ní incantation (Sanskrit: dharani) / religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil) 魔高一丈，道高一尺 mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil. 扬善抑恶司 揚善抑惡司 Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice 道德党 道德黨 Virtue Party 道德基金会 道德基金會 Virtue Foundation 彰善瘅恶 彰善癉惡 zhāng shàn dàn è to distinguish good and evil (idiom) / to uphold virtue and condemn evil / to praise good and expose vice syn 五福临门 五福臨門 wǔ fú lín mén lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death) / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year) 女子无才便是德 女子無才便是德 nǚ zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom) 惩恶扬善 懲惡揚善 chéng è yáng shàn to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom) 才德 cái dé talent and virtue 三不朽 sān bù xiǔ the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]) 立德 lì dé to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]) 求仁得仁 qiú rén dé rén lit. to seek virtue and acquire it (idiom) / fig. to have one's wish fulfilled 敬贤礼士 敬賢禮士 jìng xián - lǐ shì (idiom) to respect people of virtue and show courtesy to scholars 硕士 碩士 shuò shì master's degree / person who has a master's degree / learned person 每人 měi rén each person / everybody / per person syn 那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams 上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 辗转 輾轉 zhǎn zhuǎn to toss about in bed / from person to person / indirectly / to wander syn 恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 闲人 閒人 xián rén idle person / idler / person who has no legitimate reason to be in a certain place syn 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 有心人 yǒu xīn rén resolute person / person with aspirations / people who feel / people who use their heads syn 奇人 qí rén an eccentric / odd person / person of extraordinary talent syn 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 高个子 高個子 gāo gè zi tall person / (of a person) tall syn 传奇人物 傳奇人物 chuán qí rén wù legendary person / legend (i.e. person) 废人 廢人 fèi rén handicapped person / useless person syn 明眼人 míng yǎn rén perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind) syn 蛔虫 蛔蟲 huí chóng roundworm / ascarid / (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite / (fig.) person who knows what another person is thinking / a mind reader 急性子 jí xìng zi impetuous person / excitable person syn 手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn 多面手 duō miàn shǒu multitalented person / versatile person / all-rounder syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 单身贵族 單身貴族 dān shēn guì zú fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially) 外心 wài xīn (of a married person) interest in a third person / (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition / (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon) syn 传抄 傳抄 chuán chāo to copy (a text) from person to person / (of a text) to be transmitted by copying syn 辩士 辯士 biàn shì eloquent person / person with rhetoric skills syn 贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn 因人而异 因人而異 yīn rén ér yì varying from person to person (idiom) / different for each individual 矮个儿 矮個兒 ǎi gè r a person of short stature / a short person syn 吊死鬼 diào sǐ guǐ ghost of a person who died by hanging / hanged person / (coll.) inchworm / hangman (word game) 二号人物 二號人物 èr hào rén wù second best person / second-rate person 