三人行，必有我師
Chinese
| three people walking together; threesome | certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily |
to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
I; me | a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model | |||
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| trad. (三人行，必有我師) | 三人行 | ， | 必 | 有 | 我 | 師 | |
| simp. (三人行，必有我师) | 三人行 | ， | 必 | 有 | 我 | 师 | |
Etymology
From the Analects, Book 7 (《論語·述而》):
- 子曰：「三人行，必有我師焉。擇其善者而從之，其不善者而改之。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ yuē: “Sān rén xíng, bì yǒu wǒ shī yān. Zé qí shàn zhě ér cóng zhī, qí bùshàn zhě ér gǎi zhī.” [Pinyin]
- The Master said, "When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them."
子曰：“三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
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