盡善盡美

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See also: 尽善尽美

Chinese

to use up; to exhaust; to end
to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something)
 
 good
to use up; to exhaust; to end
to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something)
 
 beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (盡善盡美) 盡 善 盡 美
simp. (尽善尽美) 尽 善 尽 美
Literally: “to exhaust what is good and beautiful; to be unsurpassed in goodness and beauty”.

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 3 (《論語·八佾》):

子謂韶，「盡美矣，又盡善也。」謂武，「盡美矣，未盡善也」。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
子谓韶，「尽美矣，又尽善也。」谓武，「尽美矣，未尽善也」。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Zǐ wèi Sháo, “jìn měi yǐ, yòu jìn shàn yě.” Wèi Wǔ, “jìn měi yǐ, wèi jìn shàn yě”.
The Master said of the Shao that it was perfectly beautiful and also perfectly good. He said of the Wu that it was perfectly beautiful but not perfectly good.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 盡 善 美
Reading # 1/2 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15) 常 (25) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 仙 (77) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 慈忍切 常演切 無鄙切
Baxter dzinX dzyenX mijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ziɪnX/ /d͡ʑiᴇnX/ /mˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡zinX/ /d͡ʑiɛnX/ /mᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡zjenX/ /d͡ʑjænX/ /miɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zinX/ /d͡ʑianX/ /mjiX/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ziĕnX/ /ʑiɛnX/ /mjiX/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zĭĕnX/ /ʑĭɛnX/ /miX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱi̯ĕnX/ /ʑi̯ɛnX/ /miX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jìn shàn mǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zan6 sin6 mei5

Idiom

盡善盡美

  1. perfect; flawless

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (盡善盡美):

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
盡善盡美

Idiom

盡善盡美

  1. chữ Hán form of tận thiện tận mỹ (“very good or beautiful”).
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