{"path":"/entry/48709","title":"择善固执 / 擇善固執 (zé shàn gù zhí) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"择善固执 / 擇善固執 (zé shàn gù zhí): to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":48709,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["择善固执"],"TRADITIONAL":["擇善固執"]}},"phonetic":"zé shàn gù zhí","phoneticKey":"ze2 shan4 gu4 zhi2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to choose what is good and hold fast to it ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Doctrine of the Mean (《中庸》) in the Book of Rites","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"诚之者，择善而固执之者也。","traditional":"誠之者，擇善而固執之者也。"},"phonetic":"Chéng zhī zhě, zé shàn ér gùzhí zhī zhě yě.","english":"He who attains to sincerity is he who chooses what is good, and firmly holds it fast.","ref":"The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}