"Virtuous" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 良性 | liáng xìng | positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) |  |
| 贤淑 | xián shū | (of a woman) virtuous |  |
| 令 |  lìng | to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem | |
| 懿 | yì | (literary) exemplary / virtuous | |
| 腆 | tiǎn | make strong (as liquors) / virtuous | |
| 有德行 | yǒu dé xíng | virtuous | |
| 淑女 | shū nu:3 | wise and virtuous woman / lady | |
| 王道 | wáng dào | the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 | |
| 自作 | zì zuò | to act for oneself / to view oneself (as clever, virtuous, attractive) | |
| 清高 | qīng gāo | noble and virtuous / aloof from politics and material pursuits | |
| 大义 | dà yì | righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing | |
| 圣贤 | shèng xián | a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine | |
| 善心 | shàn xīn | kindness / benevolence / philanthropy / virtuous intentions | |
| 积德 | jī dé | to accumulate merit / to do good / to give to charity / virtuous actions | |
| 贤良 | xián liáng | (of a man) able and virtuous | |
| 功德无量 | gōng dé wú liàng | no end of virtuous achievements (idiom) / boundless beneficence | |
| 德治 | dé zhì | rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal) | |
| 德才 | dé cái | ethics and ability / virtuous and talented | |
| 贤士 | xián shì | virtuous person / a man of merit | |
| 义行 | yì xíng | virtuous deed | |
| 鸾凤 | luán fèng | luan and phoenix / husband and wife / virtuous person / sovereign / belle | |
| 贤 | xián | worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation | |
| 骥 | jì | thoroughbred horse / refined and virtuous | |
| 爱民如子 | ài mín rú zǐ | (idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler) | |
| 任贤使能 | rèn xián shǐ néng | to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity | |
| 功德圆满 | gōng dé yuán mǎn | virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom) | |
| 爱国如家 | ài guó rú jiā | to love one's country as one's own family (praise for a virtuous ruler) | |
| 推贤让能 | tuī xián ràng néng | to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom) | |
| 淑人君子 | shū rén jūn zi | virtuous gentleman (idiom) | |
| 见贤思齐 | jiàn xián sī qí | see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects) / emulate the virtuous / Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher. | |
| 良性循环 | liáng xìng xún huán | virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop) | |
| 劝化 | quàn huà | to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism) / to beg for alms | |
| 妒贤忌能 | dù xián jì néng | to envy the virtuous and talented (idiom) | |
| 形丑心善 | xíng chǒu xīn shàn | an ugly face may hide a virtuous heart (idiom) | |
| 耀德 | yào dé | to hold up as a virtuous example | |
| 茂亲 | mào qīn | one's capable and virtuous relatives | |
| 贤淑仁慈 | xián shū rén cí | a virtuous and benevolent woman (idiom) | |
| 良朋益友 | liáng péng yì yǒu | virtuous companions and worthy friends | |
| 白虎观 | Bái hǔ guàn | White Tiger Hall, a Han dynasty palace hall in which the famous Virtuous Discussions Held in White Tiger Hall 白虎通德論|白虎通德论 / were held under the aegis of Han Emperor Zhang 漢章帝|汉章帝 | |
