嫉贤妒能 — Chinese idiom
嫉贤妒能
jí xián dù néng
Traditional: 嫉賢妒能
Meaning
- to envy the virtuous and talented
Character by character
- 嫉jíjealous, envious
- 贤xiánvirtuous, worthy; good, able
- 妒dùjealous, envious
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
Idioms sharing a character
- 嫉恶如仇 jí è rú chóu
- 任人唯贤 rèn rén wéi xián
- 任贤使能 rèn xián shǐ néng
- 妒能害贤 dù néng hài xián
- 招贤纳士 zhāo xián nà shì
- 推贤让能 tuī xián ràng néng
- 敬老尊贤 jìng lǎo zūn xián
- 敬贤礼士 jìng xián lǐ shì
- 求贤若渴 qiú xián ruò kě
- 圣经贤传 shèng jīng xián zhuàn
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