粵

聖sing3人jan4

simp圣人
sing3 jan4shèng rén

English

  1. sage
  2. the Sage (i.e. Confucius)
  3. (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty
  4. (religion) saint
  5. (of religions) saint; sage ----
  6. a man of perfect moral character ----
  7. (of virtues) sage; remarkably wise and moral person ----
  8. a person who believes that they are better than others; a person with a "holier-than-thou" attitude

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 宗教入面被認定得到神嘅恩典,更加接近神嘅人
  2. 有完美品德嘅人
  3. 德智雙全嘅人
  4. 覺得自己比其他人高尚嘅人,係諷刺嘅用法

Examples

  • 我宁愿跟罪人笑也不愿跟圣人哭。

    I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

    Tatoeba · iiujik CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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