盡善盡美
See also: 尽善尽美
Chinese
to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth) |
good | to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth) |
beautiful; beauty; America | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (盡善盡美) | 盡 | 善 | 盡 | 美 | |
| simp. (尽善尽美) | 尽 | 善 | 尽 | 美 | |
| Literally: “to exhaust what is good and beautiful; to be unsurpassed in goodness and beauty”. | |||||
Etymology
From the Analects:
- 子謂《韶》，「盡美矣，又盡善也。」謂《武》，「盡美矣，未盡善也」。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ wèi “Sháo”, “jìn měi yǐ, yòu jìn shàn yě.” Wèi “Wǔ”, “jìn měi yǐ, wèi jìn shàn yě”. [Pinyin]
- The Master said of the Shao that it was perfectly beautiful and also perfectly good. He said of the Wu that it was perfectly beautiful but not perfectly good.
子谓《韶》，“尽美矣，又尽善也。”谓《武》，“尽美矣，未尽善也”。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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