文人相轻 — Chinese idiom
文人相轻
wén rén xiāng qīng
Traditional: 文人相輕
Meaning
- scholars tend to disparage one another
Character by character
- 文wénculture, literature, writing
- 人rénman, person; people
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 轻qīnglight, gentle; simple, easy
Idioms sharing a character
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
- 不值一文 bù zhí yī wén
- 博文约礼 bó wén yuē lǐ
- 咬文嚼字 yǎo wén jiáo zì
- 天文数字 tiān wén shù zì
- 奇文共赏 qí wén gòng shǎng
- 才兼文武 cái jiān wén wǔ
- 文不加点 wén bù jiā diǎn
- 文如其人 wén rú qí rén
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