循循善誘

循循善誘

Chinese

		to follow; to adhere to; to abide by	to follow; to adhere to; to abide by	to be good at teaching; to instruct well
trad. (循循善誘)		循	循	善誘
simp. (循循善诱)		循	循	善诱

Etymology

From the Analects, said of Confucius by Yan Yuan.

夫子循循然善誘人，博我以文，約我以禮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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夫子循循然善诱人，博我以文，约我以礼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Fūzǐ xúnxúnrán shànyòu rén, bó wǒ yǐ wén, yuē wǒ yǐ lǐ. [Pinyin]

The Master, by orderly method, skilfully leads men on. He enlarged my mind with learning, and taught me the restraints of propriety.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnxúnshànyòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon⁴ ceon⁴ sin⁶ jau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnxúnshànyòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnsyúnshànyòu
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-hsün²-shan⁴-yu⁴
    • Yale: syún-syún-shàn-yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunshyunshannyow
    • Palladius: сюньсюньшанью (sjunʹsjunʹšanʹju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ ɕyn³⁵ ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon⁴ ceon⁴ sin⁶ jau⁵
    • Yale: chèuhn chèuhn sihn yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen⁴ tsoen⁴ sin⁶ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên⁴ cên⁴ xin⁶ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵn²¹ t͡ʃʰɵn²¹ siːn²² jɐu̯¹³/

Idiom

循循善誘

1. to teach in a systematic and skilful way