择善固执 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to choose what is good and hold fast to it

Character by character

• 择zéto select, to choose
• 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
• 固gùto solidify; strength
• 执zhíto execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze,

Idioms sharing a character

• 口无择言 kǒu wú zé yán
• 择善而从 zé shàn ér cóng
• 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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