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Trad. 賢
- worthy or virtuous person
- honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
Trad. 賢人
- great person of the past
- venerable forebear
- the great and the good
Trad. 李修賢
- Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director
Trad. 魏忠賢
- Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
Trad. 集賢縣
- Jixian, a county in Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市[Shuang1 ya1 shan1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
Trad. 進賢縣
- Jinxian, a county in Nanchang City 南昌市[Nan2 chang1 Shi4], Jiangxi
Trad. 推賢讓能
- to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
Trad. 識才尊賢
- to recognize talent and have great respect for it
Trad. 招賢納士
- invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
Trad. 嫉賢妒能
- (idiom) to envy the virtuous and talented
Trad. 聖經賢傳
- lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts
Trad. 妒能害賢
- jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)
Trad. 妒賢嫉能
- see 嫉賢妒能|嫉贤妒能[ji2 xian2 du4 neng2]
Trad. 敬老尊賢
- to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
Trad. 敬賢禮士
- (idiom) to respect people of virtue and show courtesy to scholars
Trad. 賢淑仁慈
- a virtuous and benevolent woman (idiom)
Trad. 賢者模式
- (slang) state of post-nut clarity; post-orgasmic state of calm detachment
Trad. 任人唯賢
- to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
Trad. 讓賢與能
- to step aside and give a more worthy person a chance (idiom)
Trad. 求賢若渴
- (idiom) to eagerly seek talented people
Trad. 任賢使能
- to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
Trad. 見賢思齊
- see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects); emulate the virtuous
- Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher.
Trad. 尊賢使能
- to respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius)
Trad. 尊賢愛物
- to honor the wise and love the people
- respecting noble talent while protecting the common people
Trad. 普賢菩薩
- Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth
Trad. 舉賢良對策
- Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
Trad. 聖賢孔子鳥
- Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)