良禽择木而栖
Traditional form:
良禽擇木而棲
Pinyin (reading):
liángqínzémù'érqī
Definitions:
- a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb)
- fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity
Characters:
- 良 - good, virtuous, respectable
- 禽 - birds, fowl; to capture; surname
- 择 - to select, to choose
- 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 栖 - perch, roost, to stay
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