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人之初，性本善

Mandarin · pinyin rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn

man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經 Sān zì Jīng)

Characters in this entry

人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
初: chū · beginning, initial, primary
性: xìng · nature, character, sex
本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
善: shàn · good, virtuous, charitable, kind

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Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

jan4 zi1 co1 ，sing3 bun2 sin6

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