群而不黨

Chinese

		crowd; flock; group	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	not; no	party; association; club party; association; club; society
trad. (群而不黨/羣而不黨)		群/羣	而	不	黨
simp. (群而不党)		群	而	不	党

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 15 (《論語·衞靈公》):

子曰：「君子矜而不爭，群而不黨。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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子曰：「君子矜而不争，群而不党。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐyuē: “Jūnzǐ jīn ér bù zhēng, qún ér bù dǎng.” [Pinyin]

The Master said, "The superior man is dignified, but does not wrangle. He is sociable, but not a partisan."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qún'érbùdǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan⁴ ji⁴ bat¹ dong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qún'érbùdǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyún-érbùdǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻün²-êrh²-pu⁴-tang³
    • Yale: chyún-ér-bù-dǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyunerlbudaang
    • Palladius: цюньэрбудан (cjunʹerbudan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan⁴ ji⁴ bat¹ dong²
    • Yale: kwàhn yìh bāt dóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan⁴ ji⁴ bat⁷ dong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen⁴ yi⁴ bed¹ dong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn²¹ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ tɔːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

群而不黨

1. to get along well with others but not form a clique with others