perfect person; flawless human
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
a perfect person; someone without flaws or faults
Often used in negative constructions or philosophical contexts to express that perfect people do not exist. Commonly appears in the idiom 金无足赤,人无完人.
Jīn金
wú无
zú足
chì赤
,
rén人
wú无
wán完
rén人
。
Gold cannot be pure and man cannot be perfect.
Shì世
jiè界
shàng上
méi没
yǒu有
zhēn真
zhèng正
de的
wán完
rén人
,
měi每
gè个
rén人
dōu都
yǒu有
zì自
jǐ己
de的
quē缺
diǎn点
。
There are no truly perfect people in the world; everyone has their own flaws.
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Tā他
suī虽
rán然
pǐn品
dé德
gāo高
shàng尚
,
dàn但
yě也
bìng并
fēi非
wán完
rén人
。
Although he is of noble character, he is not a perfect person either.
Rú儒
jiā家
zhuī追
qiú求
de的
jūn君
zǐ子
jìng境
jiè界
,
mǒu某
zhǒng种
chéng程
dù度
shàng上
jìn近
yú于
wán完
rén人
。
The ideal of the gentleman (junzi) pursued by Confucianism is, to some extent, close to that of a perfect person.