See also: 月旦评

Chinese

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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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Verb

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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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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