圣人

shèng rén · sheng ren

Traditional 聖人

Meaning

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  1. sage
  2. the Sage (i.e. Confucius)
  3. (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty
  4. (religion) saint

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)宁(nìng)愿(yuàn)跟(gēn)罪(zuì)人(rén)笑(xiào)也(yě)不(bú)愿(yuàn)跟(gēn)圣(shèng)人(rén)哭(kū)。

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

Tatoeba: Chinese by iiujik · English by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

在(zài)许(xǔ)多(duō)人(rén)心(xīn)中(zhōng),他(tā)是(shì)位(wèi)品(pǐn)德(dé)高(gāo)尚(shàng)的(de)圣(shèng)人(rén)。

In many people's hearts, he is a sage of noble character.

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