擇主而事
See also: 择主而事
Chinese
- pick over; to select; to choose; to pickto own; to host; master; lord; primaryand; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (擇主而事) 擇 主 而 事 simp. (择主而事) 择 主 而 事
Etymology
- c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 3 and Chapter 14
- 良禽擇木而棲,賢臣擇主而事。
- A good bird chooses (for himself) the tree upon which to perch, the talented subject chooses (for himself) the lord that he shall serve.
- 良禽擇木而棲,賢臣擇主而事。
Pronunciation
Idiom
擇主而事
- to choose a talented and wise lord under which to serve
Related terms
- 良禽擇木/良禽择木 (liángqínzémù)
- 良禽擇木而棲/良禽择木而栖 (liángqín zé mù ér qī)