DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

妒能害賢

简妒能害贤 · 繁妒能害賢

Mandarin · pinyin dù néng hài xián

jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

妒: dù · jealous, envious
能: néng · to be able; can, permitted to; ability
害: hài · injure, harm; destroy, kill
賢: Look up this written character
贤: xián · virtuous, worthy, good; able

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–2–4–2 · du4 neng2 hai4 xian2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

妒能害賢 · find source passages ↗ · 妒能害贤 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dou3 nang4 hoi6 jin4

Cantonese word readings for 妒能害賢. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack