勝殘去殺

Chinese

		victorious; able to do; competent enough to	destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled	to go; to leave; to remove	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (勝殘去殺)		勝	殘	去	殺
simp. (胜残去杀)		胜	残	去	杀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngcánqùshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄘㄢˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄕㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngcánqùshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄘㄢˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngcáncyùsha
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-tsʻan²-chʻü⁴-sha¹
    • Yale: shèng-tsán-chyù-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqtsarnchiuhsha
    • Palladius: шэнцаньцюйша (šɛncanʹcjujša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰän³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/

Idiom

勝殘去殺

1. to influence the wicked to abandon crime by means of virtue

   子曰：「善人為邦百年，亦可以勝殘去殺矣。誠哉是言也！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   子曰：「善人为邦百年，亦可以胜残去杀矣。诚哉是言也！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

   Zǐyuē: “Shàn rén wèi bāng bǎinián, yì kěyǐ shèngcánqùshā yǐ. Chéng zāi shì yán yě!” [Pinyin]

   The Master said, "'If good men were to govern a country in succession for a hundred years, they would be able to transform the violently bad, and dispense with capital punishments.' True indeed is this saying!"