月旦評

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See also: 月旦评

Chinese

first day of a lunar month; to judge; to assess
to discuss; to comment; to criticize
to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal)
 
trad. (月旦評) 月旦
simp. (月旦评) 月旦
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Verb

月旦評

  1. (literary, historical) to critically assess someone's moral character, arising from Xu Shao's habit of doing so on the first day of each lunar month

Japanese

Kanji in this term
げつ
Grade: 1
たん > げっ
Grade: S
ひょう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

月旦評(げったんひょう) (gettanhyō

  1. to critically assess someone's moral character, arising from Xu Shao's habit of doing so on the first day of each lunar month
    Synonym: 品定め

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN