{"path":"/entry/50683","title":"文质彬彬 / 文質彬彬 (wén zhì bīn bīn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"文质彬彬 / 文質彬彬 (wén zhì bīn bīn): refined in manner. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":50683,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["文质彬彬"],"TRADITIONAL":["文質彬彬"]}},"phonetic":"wén zhì bīn bīn","phoneticKey":"wen2 zhi4 bin1 bin1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"refined in manner","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"gentle","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADJECTIVE","VERB"],"frequency":49769,"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 Analects, Book 6 (《論語·雍也》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子曰：「质胜文则野，文胜质则史。文质彬彬，然后君子。」","traditional":"子曰：「質勝文則野，文勝質則史。文質彬彬，然後君子。」"},"phonetic":"Zǐyuē: “Zhì shèng wén zé yě, wén shèng zhì zé shǐ. Wén zhì bīnbīn, ránhòu jūnzǐ.”","english":"The Master said, \"Where the solid qualities are in excess of accomplishments, we have rusticity; where the accomplishments are in excess of the solid qualities, we have the manners of a clerk. When the accomplishments and solid qualities are equally blended, we then have the man of virtue.\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}