三人行,必有我師

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Chinese

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three people walking together; threesome
certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will; necessarily
 
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
I; me
a division (milit.); teacher; master
a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
 
trad. (三人行,必有我師) 三人行
simp. (三人行,必有我师) 三人行

Etymology

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From the Analects, Book 7 (《論語·述而》):

子曰:「三人行必有我師不善。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
子曰:「三人行必有我师不善。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Zǐ yuē: “Sān rén xíng, bì yǒu wǒ shī yān. Zé qí shàn zhě ér cóng zhī, qí bùshàn zhě ér gǎi zhī.” [Pinyin]
The Master said, "When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them."

Pronunciation

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Proverb

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三人行,必有我師

  1. there is always someone that one can learn from among a group of people