哲人其萎 — Chinese idiom
哲人其萎
zhé rén qí wěi
Meaning
- a wise man has passed away
Character by character
- 哲zhéwise, sagacious; wise man; philosopher
- 人rénman, person; people
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 萎wěito wither, to wilt
Idioms sharing a character
- 明哲保身 míng zhé bǎo shēn
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
- 乘人不备 chéng rén bù bèi
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
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