褒貶

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Chinese

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to praise
to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate
to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate; disparage; censure; depreciate
 
trad. (褒貶)
simp. (褒贬)
alternative forms 襃貶襃贬

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • bāobiǎn - to praise and censure;
  • bāobian - to speak ill of.

Verb

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褒貶

  1. to praise and censure; to pass judgment on
    褒貶人物褒贬人物  ―  bāobiǎn rénwù  ―  to pass judgment on people
    不加褒貶不加褒贬  ―  bùjiā bāobiǎn  ―  to make no comment, complimentary or otherwise; to neither praise nor censure
  2. to speak ill of; to cry down
    背地裡褒貶 [MSC, trad.]
    背地里褒贬 [MSC, simp.]
    Bié zài bèidìlǐ bāobian rén. [Pinyin]
    Don't speak ill of anybody behind this back.

Synonyms

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  • (to praise and censure): (literary) 臧否 (zāngpǐ)

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: S
へん
Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
襃貶 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 褒貶 (MC paw pjemX).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ほう)(へん) (hōhenほうへん (foufen)?

  1. praise and censure

Derived terms

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Verb

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(ほう)(へん)する (hōhen suruほうへん (foufen)?suru (stem (ほう)(へん) (hōhen shi), past (ほう)(へん)した (hōhen shita))

  1. to praise and censure

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN