敬贤礼士 — Chinese idiom
敬贤礼士
jìng xián lǐ shì
Traditional: 敬賢禮士
Meaning
- to respect people of virtue and show courtesy to scholars
Character by character
- 敬jìngto respect, to honor; respectfully
- 贤xiánvirtuous, worthy; good, able
- 礼lǐcourtesy, manners, social customs
- 士shìscholar, gentleman; soldier
Idioms sharing a character
- 敬惜字纸 jìng xī zì zhǐ
- 敬业乐群 jìng yè lè qún
- 敬老尊贤 jìng lǎo zūn xián
- 敬而远之 jìng ér yuǎn zhī
- 敬若神明 jìng ruò shén míng
- 相敬如宾 xiāng jìng rú bīn
- 肃然起敬 sù rán qǐ jìng
- 任人唯贤 rèn rén wéi xián
- 任贤使能 rèn xián shǐ néng
- 妒能害贤 dù néng hài xián
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