见义勇为 (jiàn yì yǒng wéi) – to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects)
jiàn yì yǒng wéi
to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects)
Definitions
- 1to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth
- 2acting heroically in a just cause
Simplified & traditional
见义勇为
Simplified
見義勇為
Traditional
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Related words
为
wéi
as (in the capacity of)
见
jiàn
to see
看见
kàn jiàn
to see
再见
zài jiàn
goodbye
因为
yīn wèi
because
见面
jiàn miàn
to meet
认为
rèn wéi
to believe
为了
wèi le
for
以为
yǐ wéi
to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
成为
chéng wéi
to become
意见
yì jiàn
idea
勇敢
yǒng gǎn
brave
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