月旦評

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Chinese[edit]

first day of a lunar month; to judge; to assess
 
to discuss; to comment; to criticize
to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal)
trad. (月旦評) 月旦
simp. (月旦评) 月旦
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Verb[edit]

月旦評

  1. (literary, historical) to critically assess someone's moral character, arising from Xu Shao's habit of doing so on the first day of each lunar month

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
げつ
Grade: 1
たん > げっ
Grade: S
ひょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

月旦評(げったんひょう) (gettanhyō

  1. to critically assess someone's moral character, arising from Xu Shao's habit of doing so on the first day of each lunar month
    Synonym: 品定め

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN