进贤退佞 — “To promote the virtuous and dismiss the wicked/corrupt”
进贤退佞 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to promote the virtuous and dismiss the wicked/corrupt”. To appoint worthy individuals and remove incompetent or unethical ones. Literally, “Promote the virtuous, dismiss the wicked”.
进贤退佞 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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- jìn进fǔ俯tuì退fǔ俯inconsistent movement or posture
- jìn进lì利chú除hài害promote good, eliminate harm
- jìn进kě可yǐ以gōng攻，，jù据kě可yǐ以shǒu守strategic flexibility in offense and defense
- jìn进kě可yǐ以gōng攻，，tuì退kě可yǐ以shǒu守flexible in offense and defense
- jìn进kě可tì替bù不offer good strategies to eliminate flawed practices
- jìn进kě可tì替fǒu否Advance good to replace bad
- jìn进shàn善chéng惩jiān奸promote good, punish evil
- jìn进shàn善chéng惩è恶promote good and punish evil
- jìn进shàn善tuì退è恶promote good, dismiss evil
- jìn进shàn善chù黜è恶promote good, dismiss evil
- jìn进rǎng壤guǎng广dì地expand territory
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What does 进贤退佞 mean?
进贤退佞 (jìn xián tuì nìng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to promote the virtuous and dismiss the wicked/corrupt”.
How do you pronounce 进贤退佞?
进贤退佞 is pronounced jìn xián tuì nìng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 进贤退佞 literally mean?
Literally, 进贤退佞 means “Promote the virtuous, dismiss the wicked”. It is used to mean “to promote the virtuous and dismiss the wicked/corrupt”.
What is the Chinese definition of 进贤退佞?
犹言进贤黜佞。进用贤良，黜退奸佞。