天行健，君子以自強不息

Chinese

day; sky; heaven
 
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 healthy
 
junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person
 
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
trad. (天行健，君子以自強不息) 天 行 健 ， 君子 以 自強不息
simp. (天行健，君子以自强不息) 天 行 健 ， 君子 以 自强不息

Etymology

From the I Ching (易經)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tiān xíng jiàn, jūnzǐ yǐ zìqiángbùxī, tiān xíng jiàn, jūnzǐ yǐ zìqiángbùxí
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˊ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
      • Pinyin: tiān xíng jiàn, jūnzǐ yǐ zìqiángbùxī [Phonetic: tiānxíngjiàn,jūnzíyǐzìqiángbùxī]
      • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian shyng jiann, jiuntzyy yyi tzyhchyangbu4shi
      • IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
    • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
      • Pinyin: tiān xíng jiàn, jūnzǐ yǐ zìqiángbùxí [Phonetic: tiānxíngjiàn,jūnzíyǐzìqiángbùxí]
      • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˊ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian shyng jiann, jiuntzyy yyi tzyhchyangbu4shyi
      • IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/

Proverb

天行健，君子以自強不息

  1. Just as the celestial bodies never run out of energy to orbit round and round, so should we always strive to better ourselves.
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