賢臣

See also: 贤臣

Chinese

		worthy (person)	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
trad. (賢臣)		賢	臣
simp. (贤臣)		贤	臣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánchén
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-chʻên²
    • Yale: syán-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanchern
    • Palladius: сяньчэнь (sjanʹčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/

Verb

賢臣

1. (literary) a talented minister; a talented subject
   • c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 3 and Chapter 14

     良禽擇木而棲，賢臣擇主而事。

     A good bird chooses (for himself) the tree upon which to perch, the talented subject chooses (for himself) the lord that he shall serve.

Related terms

• 良禽擇木
• 良禽擇木而棲