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Serve Zé Shì High X 出則事公卿,入則事父兄 句子 出則事公卿[Chū

text 出則事公卿,入則事父兄
header 句子
text-pinyin 出則事公卿[chū zé shì gōng qīng], 入則事父兄[rù zé shì fù xiōng]
englishtrans Abroad, to serve the high ministers and nobles; at home, to serve one's father and elder brothers (literally: if go-out, then serve minister-noble; if enter, then serve father-brother)
notes Pattern: X則Y = 如果X的話,就Y/X的時候,Y; if X, then Y/when X, then Y
src Analects 9.19
frontnotes 卿[qīng] - a high noble

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