人之初，性本善
Traditional form:
人之初，性本善
Pinyin (reading):
rénzhīchū,xìngběnshàn
Definitions:
- man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經／三字经 ( Sānzì Jīng))
Characters:
- 人 - man, person; people
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 初 - beginning, initial, primary
- 性 - sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
- 本 - root, origin, source; basis
- 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind
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