正人君子

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Chinese

honest and upright person
simp. and trad.
(正人君子)
正人 君子

Etymology

From Jiutangshu:

闒茸正人君子 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
阘茸正人君子 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
From: The Old Book of Tang, 945 CE
Yìn suǒ yuè zhě tàróng xià bèi, suǒ wù zhě zhèngrénjūnzǐ.
Yin was fond of incompetent people, but hated the upright and honest ones.

Pronunciation


Idiom

正人君子

  1. (formal, sometimes sarcastic) an upright and honest person