妒能害贤 — Chinese idiom
妒能害贤
dù néng hài xián
Traditional: 妒能害賢
Meaning
- jealous of the able, envious of the clever
Character by character
- 妒dùjealous, envious
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 害hàito injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
- 贤xiánvirtuous, worthy; good, able
Idioms sharing a character
- 天妒英才 tiān dù yīng cái
- 嫉贤妒能 jí xián dù néng
- 任贤使能 rèn xián shǐ néng
- 全知全能 quán zhī quán néng
- 力所能及 lì suǒ néng jí
- 勤能补拙 qín néng bǔ zhuō
- 各尽所能 gè jìn suǒ néng
- 德薄能鲜 dé bó néng xiǎn
- 爱莫能助 ài mò néng zhù
- 推贤让能 tuī xián ràng néng
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