聖賢 [圣贤]

Jyutping sing3 jin4
Pinyin shèng xián

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a sage
  2. wise and holy man
  3. virtuous ruler
  4. Buddhist lama
  5. wine
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    聖人​同賢人​；​賢明​及​有​德行​嘅​人
    sages and men of virtue
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    sage; saint
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #3667
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    道教是用老子的教导创立的，他是公元前六零四年在现代的河南省出生的圣贤。
    道教是用老子的教導創立的，他是公元前六零四年在現代的河南省出生的聖賢。
    dào jiào shì yòng lǎo zǐ de jiào dǎo chuàng lì de ， tā shì gōng yuán qián liù líng sì nián zài xiàn dài de hé nán shěng chū shēng de shèng xián 。
    • Taoism was founded on the teachings of Laozi, a sage born in 604 B.C. in present-day Henan Province.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    圣贤生于其时，（亦）无以立于天下，封建者为之也。岂圣人之制使至于是乎？吾固曰：“非圣人之意也，势也。”
    聖賢生於其時，（亦）無以立於天下，封建者為之也。豈聖人之制使至於是乎？吾固曰：“非聖人之意也，勢也。”
    shèng xián shēng yú qí shí ， （ yì ） wú yǐ lì yú tiān xià ， fēng jiàn zhě wèi zhī yě ． qǐ shèng rén zhī zhì shǐ zhì yú shì hū ？ wú gù yuē ： “ fēi shèng rén zhī yì yě ， shì yě ． ”
    • Even if the Sages and Worthies lived during this period, they would also be unable to establish themselves within the Realm, invested lords would instead do this. How can the system of the Sages' own design bring about this problem? I emphatically say, 'It was not designed by the Sages, but merely by circumstance.'
  2. Mandarin
    自然，嘴唇干和头皮痒，古今的圣贤都不称它为美德，但好像也没有斥为恶德的。
    自然，嘴唇乾和頭皮癢，古今的聖賢都不稱它為美德，但好像也沒有斥為惡德的。
    zì rán ， zuǐ chún qián hé tóu pí yǎng ， gǔ jīn de shèng xián dōu bù chēng tā wèi měi dé ， dàn hǎo xiàng yě méi yǒu chì wèi è dé de ．
    • Naturally, dried lips and itchy scalps weren't praised as virtues by sages then and now, but they also weren't condemned as vices.