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贤人

xián rén

2-character word Traditional 賢人

What 贤人 means

1. great person of the past
2. venerable forebear
3. the great and the good

The characters in 贤人

• 贤xiánworthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
• 人rénperson; people

Sounds the same

Read xián rén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 闲人idle person; idler; person who has no legitimate reason to be in a certain place

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