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君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚
简 君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚 · 繁 君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚Mandarin · pinyin jūn zi tǎn dàng dàng , xiǎo rén cháng qī qī
Meanings
- good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
Characters in this entry
- 君
- jūn · sovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince
- 子
- zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
- 坦
- tǎn · flat, smooth; self-possessed
- 蕩
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- 小
- xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 長
- zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
- 戚
- qī · relative; be related to; sad
- 荡
- dàng · pond, pool; wash away, cleanse
- 长
- zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
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