{"path":"/entry/61674","title":"求仁得仁 (qiú rén dé rén) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"求仁得仁 (qiú rén dé rén): literally to seek virtue and acquire it (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":61674,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["求仁得仁"],"TRADITIONAL":["求仁得仁"]}},"phonetic":"qiú rén dé rén","phoneticKey":"qiu2 ren2 de2 ren2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally to seek virtue and acquire it ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively to have one's wish fulfilled","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["得"],"TRADITIONAL":["得"]}},"phonetic":"dé","primaryPhonetic":"de"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"seek virtue and acquire it","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 7 (《論語·述而》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"冉有曰：「夫子为卫君乎？」子贡曰：「诺。吾将问之。」入，曰：「伯夷、叔齐何人也？」曰：「古之贤人也。」曰：「怨乎？」曰：「求仁而得仁，又何怨？」出，曰：「夫子不为也。」","traditional":"冉有曰：「夫子為衛君乎？」子貢曰：「諾。吾將問之。」入，曰：「伯夷、叔齊何人也？」曰：「古之賢人也。」曰：「怨乎？」曰：「求仁而得仁，又何怨？」出，曰：「夫子不為也。」"},"phonetic":"Rǎn Yǒu yuē: “Fūzǐ wèi Wèi jūn hū?” Zǐgòng yuē: “Nuò. Wú jiāng wèn zhī.” Rù, yuē: “Bóyí, Shūqí hérén yě?” Yuē: “Gǔ zhī xiánrén yě.” Yuē: “Yuàn hū?” Yuē: “Qiú rén ér dé rén, yòu hé yuàn?” Chū, yuē: “Fūzǐ bù wèi yě.”","english":"Ran You said, \"Is our Master for the ruler of Wei?\" Zigong said, \"Oh! I will ask him.\" He went in accordingly, and said, \"What sort of men were Boyi and Shuqi?\" \"They were ancient worthies,\" said the Master. \"Did they have any repinings because of their course?\" The Master again replied, \"They sought to act virtuously, and they did so; what was there for them to repine about?\" On this, Zigong went out and said, \"Our Master is not for him.\"","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}}