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gentleman is no tool
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gentleman is no tool

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gentleman is no tool

A philosophical idea stating that a person of noble character should not be a mere instrument.

vi Ông ấy luôn nhắc nhở bản thân về quan niệm quân tử bất khí để không trở thành công cụ của kẻ khác.

en He always reminds himself that a gentleman is no tool so as not to become someone else's instrument.

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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 君子不器

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
君子不器
Candidates by syllable
quân 軍 tử 子 bất 不 khí 氣
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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sử quân tử / lấy dạ tiểu nhân đo lòng quân tử / quân tử chu nhi bất tị, tiểu nhân tị nhi bất chu / nguỵ quân tử …
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