擇善固執

Chinese

		pick over; to select; to choose pick over; to select; to choose; to pick	good	hard; strong; solid hard; strong; solid; sure	execute (a plan); grasp
trad. (擇善固執)		擇	善	固	執
simp. (择善固执)		择	善	固	执

Etymology

From the Doctrine of the Mean (《中庸》) in the Book of Rites:

誠之者，擇善而固執之者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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诚之者，择善而固执之者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Chéng zhī zhě, zé shàn ér gùzhí zhī zhě yě. [Pinyin]

He who attains to sincerity is he who chooses what is good, and firmly holds it fast.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zéshàngùzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak⁶ sin⁶ gu³ zap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zéshàngùzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zéshàngùjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: tsê²-shan⁴-ku⁴-chih²
    • Yale: dzé-shàn-gù-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzershannguhjyr
    • Palladius: цзэшаньгучжи (czɛšanʹgučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaak⁶ sin⁶ gu³ zap¹
    • Yale: jaahk sihn gu jāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁹ sin⁶ gu³ dzap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag⁶ xin⁶ gu³ zeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːk̚² siːn²² kuː³³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/

Idiom

擇善固執

1. to insist on the righteous cause