高山景行

Chinese
high; tall mountain; hill bright; circumstance; scenery
 
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad.
(高山景行)		 高 山 景 行

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry:

高山仰止、景行行止。 [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, jǐngháng xíng zhǐ. [Pinyin]
The high hill is looked up to; The great road is easy to be travelled on.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gāoshānjǐngxíng, gāoshānjǐngxìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ, ㄍㄠ ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): gou1 saan1 ging2 hang4, gou1 saan1 ging2 hang6

Idiom

高山景行

  1. (of people) morally upright; noble
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