quân tử bất khí

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 君子不器. From a saying of Confucius in the Analects.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwən˧˧ tɨ˧˩ ʔɓət̚˧˦ xi˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ kʰɪj˨˩˦] ~ [kwəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ xɪj˨˩˦] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [wəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɓək̚˦˥ kʰɪj˦˥] ~ [wəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɓək̚˦˥ xɪj˦˥] invalid IPA characters (][)

Idiom

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quân tử bất khí

  1. a gentleman is no specialist