See also: 月旦评

Chinese edit

first day of a lunar month; to judge; to assess
 
to discuss; to comment; to criticize
to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal)
trad. (月旦評) 月旦
simp. (月旦评) 月旦
 
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月旦評

  1. (literary, historical) to critically assess someone's moral character, arising from Xu Shao's habit of doing so on the first day of each lunar month

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
げつ
Grade: 1
たん > げっ
Grade: S
ひょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

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月旦評(げったんひょう) (gettanhyō

  1. to critically assess someone's moral character, arising from Xu Shao's habit of doing so on the first day of each lunar month
    Synonym: 品定め

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN