折中
Chinese
tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick) |
middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) | ||
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| simp. and trad. (折中) |
折 | 中 | |
| alternative forms | 折衷 | ||
Pronunciation
Verb
折中
- to find a happy medium; to compromise
- (literary, chiefly obsolete) to judge; to make judgment based on a standard
- 自天子王侯，中國言六藝者折中於夫子，可謂至聖矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Zì tiānzǐ wánghóu, Zhōngguó yán liùyì zhě zhézhōng yú Fūzǐ, kěwèi zhì shèng yǐ. [Pinyin]
- Everyone within the Zhongguo, — monarchs and noble princes none the less — as long as they speak of the Six Arts, is judged against the paragon of Confucius, who is worthy of the epithet "the Pinnacle of Wisdom".
自天子王侯，中国言六艺者折中于夫子，可谓至圣矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- (to find a happy medium):
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