高山景行

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Chinese

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high; tall mountain; hill bright; circumstance; scenery
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 
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(高山景行)

Etymology

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From the Classic of Poetry, poem 218 (《詩經·小雅·車舝》):

高山景行 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Gāoshān yǎng zhǐ, jǐngxíng xíng zhǐ. [Pinyin]
The high hill is looked up to; The great road is easy to be travelled on.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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高山景行

  1. (of people) morally upright; noble