擇主而事

See also: 择主而事

Chinese

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pick over; to select; to choose; to pick

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to own; to host; master; lord; primary

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and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)

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matter; thing; item; work; affair

|- !trad. (擇主而事) | 擇 | 主 | 而 | 事 |- !simp. (择主而事) | 择 | 主 | 而 | 事 |}

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.

擇主而事

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