善者不辯，辯者不善

Chinese

		good	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)	not; no	dispute; debate; argue dispute; debate; argue; discuss		dispute; debate; argue dispute; debate; argue; discuss	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)	not; no	good
trad. (善者不辯，辯者不善)		善	者	不	辯	，	辯	者	不	善
simp. (善者不辩，辩者不善)		善	者	不	辩	，	辩	者	不	善
Literally: “Those who are skilled (in the Dao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàn zhě bù biàn, biàn zhě bù shàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ , ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ ze² bat¹ bin⁶, bin⁶ ze² bat¹ sin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàn zhě bù biàn, biàn zhě bù shàn [Phonetic: shàn zhě bú biàn, biàn zhě bú shàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ , ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàn jhě bù biàn, biàn jhě bù shàn
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴ chê³ pu⁴ pien⁴, pien⁴ chê³ pu⁴ shan⁴
    • Yale: shàn jě bù byàn-, byàn jě bù shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann jee bu biann, biann jee bu shann
    • Palladius: шань чжэ бу бянь, бянь чжэ бу шань (šanʹ čžɛ bu bjanʹ, bjanʹ čžɛ bu šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin⁶ ze² bat¹ bin⁶, bin⁶ ze² bat¹ sin⁶
    • Yale: sihn jé bāt bihn, bihn jé bāt sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ dze² bat⁷ bin⁶, bin⁶ dze² bat⁷ sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ zé² bed¹ bin⁶, bin⁶ zé² bed¹ xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² t͡sɛː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ piːn²² piːn²² t͡sɛː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/

Idiom

善者不辯，辯者不善

1. Good words are not persuasive, persuasive words are not good; Do not be taken in by appearances