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2024
良禽擇木
良禽擇木
See also:
良禽择木
Chinese
good; very; very much
birds; fowl
to choose one's own boss
trad.
(
良禽擇木
)
良
禽
擇木
simp.
(
良禽择木
)
良
禽
择木
Proverb
良禽擇木
A talented person is free to choose his own boss.
Derived terms
良禽擇木而棲
/
良禽择木而栖
(
liángqínzémù ér qī
)
References
“良禽擇木”, in
Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典)
(in Mandarin), accessed
2009-05-17
Etymology
c.
1330 - 1400:
Luo Guanzhong
,
Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 3
and
Chapter 14
良禽擇木
而
棲
,
賢臣
擇主而事
。
A good bird chooses
(for himself)
the tree
upon which to perch, the talented subject chooses (for himself) the lord that he shall serve.
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
liángqínzémù
(
Zhuyin
)
: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄇㄨˋ
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Beijing
)
+
Pinyin
:
liángqínzémù
Zhuyin
:
ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄇㄨˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
liangchyntzermuh
IPA
(key)
:
/li̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵ mu⁵¹/
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