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圣人

shèng rén

2-character word Traditional 聖人

What 圣人 means

1. sage
2. the Sage (i.e. Confucius)
3. old(respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty
4. (religion) saint

The characters in 圣人

• 圣shèng(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)…
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 我宁愿跟罪人笑也不愿跟圣人哭。
  Wǒ nìngyuàn gēn zuìrén xiào yě bù yuàn gēn shèngrén kū.
  I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.
• 我㝉愿跟罪人笑也不愿跟圣人哭。
  I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

Words containing 圣人

• 主保圣人zhǔ bǎo shèng rénpatron saint
• 孔圣人Kǒng shèng rénthe Sage Confucius

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