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贤
賢
xián
char. virtuous, able; virtuous and able person; (term of respectful address for a younger person)
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
RADICAL
贝 shell (for 贤)貝 shell (for 賢)
SIMILAR CHARACTERS
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Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
贤惠
賢惠
xián huì
adj. (describing a woman only) genial, understanding, virtuous and able
贤妻良母
賢妻良母
xián qī liáng mǔ
n. ideal type of womanhood as an understanding wife and loving mother
贤能
賢能
xián néng
n./adj. able and virtuous person; able and virtuous
贤才
賢才
xián cái
n. virtuous and capable person
见贤思齐
見賢思齊
jiàn xián sī qí
idiom. seeing another better than oneself, one turns his or her thoughts to becoming an equal
求贤若渴
求賢若渴
qiú xián ruò kě
phr. to seek talent with eagerness
礼贤下士
禮賢下士
lǐ xián xià shì
idiom. courteous to the wise and condescending in a good way to the scholarly
任人唯贤
任人唯賢
rèn rén wéi xián
idiom. to make appointments on merit, to assign jobs based on moral standards