进贤黜恶 — “To promote the worthy and dismiss the wicked”
进贤黜恶 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to promote the worthy and dismiss the wicked”. To appoint able and virtuous people while removing the corrupt and incompetent. Literally, “promote the worthy, dismiss the wicked”.
进贤黜恶 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 进贤黜恶 mean?
进贤黜恶 (jìn xián chù è) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to promote the worthy and dismiss the wicked”.
How do you pronounce 进贤黜恶?
进贤黜恶 is pronounced jìn xián chù è in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 进贤黜恶 literally mean?
Literally, 进贤黜恶 means “promote the worthy, dismiss the wicked”. It is used to mean “to promote the worthy and dismiss the wicked”.
What is the Chinese definition of 进贤黜恶?
犹言进贤黜佞。进用贤良，黜退奸佞。