{ rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn } |
| ① man at birth is fundamentally good in nature ② the first two lines of Three character classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 jing1] |
rén
① man ② person ③ people ④ CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
zhī
① (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) ② him ③ her ④ it
chū
① at first ② (at the) beginning ③ first ④ junior ⑤ basic
xìng
① nature ② character ③ property ④ quality ⑤ attribute ⑥ sexuality ⑦ sex ⑧ gender ⑨ surname ⑩ suffix forming adjective from verb ⑪ suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity ⑫ essence ⑬ CL:個|个[ge4]
běn
① roots or stems of plants ② origin ③ source ④ this ⑤ the current ⑥ root ⑦ foundation ⑧ basis ⑨ (classifier for books, periodicals, files etc)
qiāng
① to kill ② to injure
shàn
① good (virtuous) ② benevolent ③ well-disposed ④ good at sth ⑤ to improve or perfect
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