进贤黜奸 — “Promote the worthy, dismiss the wicked”
进贤黜奸 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to promote the virtuous and capable, and dismiss the wicked and treacherous; to appoint the able and upright while removing the corrupt”. Literally, “Promote the worthy, dismiss the wicked”.
进贤黜奸 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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More idioms starting with 进
- jìn进rén人ruò若jiāng将jiā加zhū诸xī膝，，tuì退rén人ruò若jiāng将zhuì坠zhū诸yuān渊Elevate favorites, cast down dislikes
- 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 进贤黜奸 mean?
进贤黜奸 (jìn xián chù jiān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to promote the virtuous and capable, and dismiss the wicked and treacherous; to appoint the able and upright while removing the corrupt”.
How do you pronounce 进贤黜奸?
进贤黜奸 is pronounced jìn xián chù jiān in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 进贤黜奸 literally mean?
Literally, 进贤黜奸 means “Promote the worthy, dismiss the wicked”. It is used to mean “to promote the virtuous and capable, and dismiss the wicked and treacherous; to appoint the able and upright while removing the corrupt”.
What is the Chinese definition of 进贤黜奸?
犹言进贤黜佞。进用贤良，黜退奸佞。