高山景行

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Chinese

high; tall mountain; hill bright; circumstance; scenery
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 
simp. and trad.
(高山景行) 		高 山 景 行

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 218 (《詩經·小雅·車舝》):

高山仰止，景行行止。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Gāoshān yǎng zhǐ, jǐngxíng xíng zhǐ.
The high hill is looked up to; The great road is easy to be travelled on.

Pronunciation

Idiom

高山景行

  1. (of people) morally upright; noble
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