德不孤，必有鄰

Chinese
 
Germany; virtue; goodness
Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind
 not; no lone; lonely
 
certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will; necessarily
 
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 neighbor; adjacent; close to
trad. (德不孤，必有鄰/德不孤，必有隣) 德 不 孤 ， 必 有 鄰/隣
simp. (德不孤，必有邻) 德 不 孤 ， 必 有 邻

Etymology

From Analects:

子曰：「德不孤，必有鄰。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
子曰：“德不孤，必有邻。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Zǐ yuē: “Dé bù gū, bì yǒu lín.” [Pinyin]
The Master said, "Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors."

Pronunciation

Proverb

德不孤，必有鄰

  1. a virtuous person is never solitary but always has companions

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (德不孤，必有鄰):

Others:

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
德不孤必有鄰

Idiom

德不孤，必有鄰

  1. chữ Hán form of đức bất cô, tất hữu lân (“Virtue never has solitude and always has companionship”).
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