良禽擇木

See also: 良禽择木

Chinese

		good; very; very much	birds; fowl	to choose one's own master
trad. (良禽擇木)		良	禽	擇木
simp. (良禽择木)		良	禽	择木
Literally: “a good bird chooses the tree (upon which to perch)”.

Etymology

See 良禽擇木而棲／良禽择木而栖 (liángqín zé mù ér qī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liángqínzémù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄇㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liángqínzémù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liángcínzémù
    • Wade–Giles: liang²-chʻin²-tsê²-mu⁴
    • Yale: lyáng-chín-dzé-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangchyntzermuh
    • Palladius: лянциньцзэму (ljancinʹczɛmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵ mu⁵¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 良禽擇木

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