择善而从 — Chinese idiom
择善而从
zé shàn ér cóng
Traditional: 擇善而從
Meaning
- to choose the right course and follow it
Character by character
- 择zéto select, to choose
- 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 从cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
Idioms sharing a character
- 口无择言 kǒu wú zé yán
- 择善固执 zé shàn gù zhí
- 饥不择食 jī bù zé shí
- 乏善可陈 fá shàn kě chén
- 兼善天下 jiān shàn tiān xià
- 劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è
- 善始善终 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
- 善有善报 shàn yǒu shàn bào
- 善罢甘休 shàn bà gān xiū
- 善自为谋 shàn zì wéi móu
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