擇善固執

Chinese

		pick over; to select; to choose pick over; to select; to choose; to pick	good	hard; strong; solid hard; strong; solid; sure	execute (a plan); grasp
trad. (擇善固執)		擇	善	固	執
simp. (择善固执)		择	善	固	执

Etymology

From The Book of Rites: Doctrine of the Mean:

誠之者，擇善而固執之者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

诚之者，择善而固执之者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

Chéng zhī zhě, zé shàn ér gùzhí zhī zhě yě. [Pinyin]

He who attains to sincerity is he who chooses what is good, and firmly holds it fast.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zéshàngùzhí

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak⁶ sin⁶ gu³ zap¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zéshàngùzhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zéshàngùjhíh
  - Wade–Giles: tsê²-shan⁴-ku⁴-chih²
  - Yale: dzé-shàn-gù-jŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzershannguhjyr
  - Palladius: цзэшаньгучжи (czɛšanʹgučži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaak⁶ sin⁶ gu³ zap¹
  - Yale: jaahk sihn gu jāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁹ sin⁶ gu³ dzap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zag⁶ xin⁶ gu³ zeb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːk̚² siːn²² kuː³³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/

Idiom

擇善固執

to insist on the righteous cause

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