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圣贤

shèng xián

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 聖賢

圣贤 (shèng xián) means "a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 圣贤 means

1. a sage
2. wise and holy man
3. virtuous ruler
4. Buddhist lama
5. wine

The characters in 圣贤

• 圣shèng(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)…
• 贤xiánworthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Example sentences

• 人非圣贤，孰能无过。
  To err is human.
• 道教是用老子的教导创立的，他是公元前六零四年在现代的河南省出生的圣贤。
  Dàojiào shì yòng lǎozi de jiàodǎo chuànglì de, tā shì gōngyuánqián liù líng sì nián zài xiàndài de Hénánshěng chūshēng de shèngxián.
  Taoism was founded on the teachings of Laozi, a sage born in 604 B.C. in present-day Henan Province.

Words starting with 圣贤

• 圣贤书shèng xián shūholy book
• 圣贤孔子鸟shèng xián Kǒng zǐ niǎoConfuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shèng xián correctly.
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