集大成

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Chinese

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to gather; to collect; collected works great accomplishment; great achievement; compendium
trad. (集大成) 大成
simp. #(集大成) 大成

Etymology

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From Mencius (《孟子·萬章下》):

伯夷,;伊尹,;柳下惠,孔子孔子集大成 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
伯夷,;伊尹,;柳下惠,孔子孔子集大成 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Bóyí, shèng zhī qīng zhě yě; Yīyǐn, shèng zhī rèn zhě yě; Liǔxià Huì, shèng zhī hé zhě yě; Kǒngzǐ, shèng zhī shí zhě yě. Kǒngzǐ zhī wèi jí dàchéng. [Pinyin]
Bo Yi among the sages was the pure one; Yi Yin was the one most inclined to take office; Hui of Liu Xia was the accommodating one; and Confucius was the timeous one. In Confucius we have what is called a complete concert.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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集大成

  1. to be a comprehensive expression of; to be an agglomeration of; to epitomise
    學派思想集大成 [MSC, trad.]
    学派思想集大成 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì zhè yī xuépài sīxiǎng de jídàchéng zhě. [Pinyin]
    He epitomized the thought of this school.

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (集大成):
  • Japanese: (しゅう)大成(たいせい) (shūtaisei)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しゅう
Grade: 3
たい
Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 4
kan'on

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しゅう)(たい)(せい) (shūtaiseiしふたいせい (sifutaisei)?

  1. a compilation, a large collection, a survey
    (けん)(きゅう)(しゅう)(たい)(せい)
    kenkyū no shūtaisei
    a comprehensive survey of the research

Verb

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(しゅう)(たい)(せい)する (shūtaisei surutransitive suru (stem (しゅう)(たい)(せい) (shūtaisei shi), past (しゅう)(たい)(せい)した (shūtaisei shita))

  1. to compile (data etc.) in one publication, to survey (available literature)

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
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN