识时务者为俊杰
Traditional form:
識時務者為俊傑
Pinyin (reading):
shíshíwùzhěwéijùnjié
Definitions:
- (idiom) only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends; a wise man submits to circumstances
Characters:
- 识 - knowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know
- 时 - time, season; period, era, age
- 务 - affairs, business; should; must
- 者 - that which; they who; those who
- 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 俊 - talented, capable; handsome
- 杰 - hero; heroic, outstanding
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