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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
好人
- good person (of upright character)
- 做好人 ― zuò hǎorén ― to be a good person
- healthy person
- (sometimes derogatory) person who tries to get along with everyone; mediator
- (literary) fair one; beautiful person
要之襋之，好人服之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yāo zhī jí zhī, hǎorén fú zhī.
- sews at the waist and the collar, And the fair one wears it.
昨夜眼皮瞤，今朝見好人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
昨夜眼皮𥆧，今朝见好人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Tang dynasty, 張鷟 (Zhang Zhuo), 《遊仙窟》 (Journey to the Fairy Grotto)
- Zuóyè yǎnpí shùn, jīnzhāo jiàn hǎorén.
- Last night, my eyelids twitched, and this morning, I see a fair one.
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好人 (“good person”)
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Adjective
好人
- (of a person) nice