兼善天下 — Chinese idiom
兼善天下
jiān shàn tiān xià
Meaning
- to work for the common good beyond one's own interests
Character by character
- 兼jiānboth, and; at the same time; to unite, to combine
- 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
Idioms sharing a character
- 兼收并蓄 jiān shōu bìng xù
- 兼济天下 jiān jì tiān xià
- 品学兼优 pǐn xué jiān yōu
- 德才兼备 dé cái jiān bèi
- 恩威兼施 ēn wēi jiān shī
- 才兼文武 cái jiān wén wǔ
- 乏善可陈 fá shàn kě chén
- 劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è
- 善始善终 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
- 善有善报 shàn yǒu shàn bào
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