贤
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worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 貝 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 賢
- Common rank
- #1,420
- Unicode
- U+8D24
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Words with 贤
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贤者时间 | (slang) post-nut clarity moment | |
| 圣经贤传 | lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts | |
| 礼贤下士 | respect for the wise | |
| 圣贤孔子鸟 | Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird) | |
| 进贤县 | Jinxian, a county in Nanchang City 南昌市[Nan2 chang1 Shi4], Jiangxi | |
| 集贤县 | Jixian, a county in Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市[Shuang1 ya1 shan1 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 贤者模式 | (slang) state of post-nut clarity; post-orgasmic state of calm detachment | |
| 圣贤书 | holy book | |
| 招贤纳士 | invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent | |
| 见贤思齐 | see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects); emulate the virtuous; Follow the ex… | |
| 贤人 | great person of the past; venerable forebear; the great and the good | |
| 尊贤爱物 | to honor the wise and love the people; respecting noble talent while protecting the common… | |
| 贤相 | sagacious prime minister (in feudal China) | |
| 贤明 | wise and capable; sagacious | |
| 任贤使能 | to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and … | |
| 前贤 | sages of the past; worthy predecessors | |
| 贤内助 | (said of sb else's wife) a good wife | |
| 李修贤 | Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director | |
| 贤达 | prominent and worthy personage | |
| 敬贤礼士 | (idiom) to respect people of virtue and show courtesy to scholars |