虛懷若谷

Chinese

			to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	valley
trad. (虛懷若谷)		虛懷	若	谷
simp. (虚怀若谷)		虚怀	若	谷
Literally: “receptive as an echoing canyon”.

Etymology

From Tao Te Ching Chapter 15 "敦兮其若樸，曠兮其若谷".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xūhuáiruògǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xūhuáiruògǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuhuáiruògǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsü¹-huai²-jo⁴-ku³
  - Yale: syū-hwái-rwò-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhwairuohguu
  - Palladius: сюйхуайжогу (sjujxuajžogu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

虛懷若谷

(figurative) modest and open-minded

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