虛懷若谷

Chinese

			to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	valley
trad. (虛懷若谷)		虛懷	若	谷
simp. (虚怀若谷)		虚怀	若	谷
Literally: “receptive as an echoing canyon”.

Etymology

From Tao Te Ching Chapter 15 "敦兮其若樸，曠兮其若谷".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūhuáiruògǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūhuáiruògǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuhuáiruògǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-huai²-jo⁴-ku³
    • Yale: syū-hwái-rwò-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhwairuohguu
    • Palladius: сюйхуайжогу (sjujxuajžogu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

虛懷若谷

1. (figurative) modest and open-minded