莫若 mò ruò
mò ruò
phrase
nothing is better than
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 莫若 is an idiomatic phrase in Literary Chinese with this meaning (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 136). For example, 如恥之，莫若師文王。'For a prince who is ashamed of this, the best plan is to imitate king Wen.' (Mengzi: 7.7/36/31, translation by Legge)
Contained in
- 知子莫若父 nobody understands one's son better than his father
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 第二回 Chapter 17 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
- 內業第四十九 Chapter 49: Inner Training Guanzi 管子 — count: 7
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- 王制篇第九 Chapter 9: Royal Regulations Xunzi 荀子 — count: 5
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- Scroll 10 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 4
- 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — count: 4
- 卷四百〇一 列傳第一百六十 辛棄疾 何異 劉宰 劉爚 柴中行 李孟傳 Volume 401 Biographies 160: Xin Qiji, He Yi, Liu Zai, Liu Yue, Chai Zhongxing, Li Mengchuan History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷十三 魏書十三 鍾繇華歆王朗傳 Volume 13: Book of Wei 13 - Biographies of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, and Wang Lang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 4
- 卷三百〇六 列傳第六十五 謝泌 孫何 朱台符 戚綸 張去華 樂黃目 柴成務 Volume 306 Biographies 65: Xie Bi, Sun He, Zhu Taifu, Qi Lun, Zhang Quhua, Le Huangmu, Chai Chengwu History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
Collocations
- 臣莫若 (臣莫若) 知臣莫若君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
- 莫若君 (莫若君) 知臣莫若君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
- 莫若敬 (莫若敬) 守禮莫若敬 — Guanzi 管子, 心術下第三十七 Chapter 37: Scheming II — count: 4
- 莫若礼 (莫若禮) 節樂莫若禮 — Guanzi 管子, 心術下第三十七 Chapter 37: Scheming II — count: 3
- 莫若遣 (莫若遣) 莫若遣君子孫昆弟能勝兵者悉詣軍所 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《蕭相國世家》 House of Chancellor Xiao — count: 3
- 莫若太子 (莫若太子) 莫若太子之自相 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魏世家》 House of Wei — count: 3
- 莫若举 (莫若舉) 莫若舉冀州以讓袁氏 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四上 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 — count: 3
- 莫若使 (莫若使) 則莫若使諸儒金口而木舌 — Exemplary Figures 法言, 卷一 學行 Chapter 1: Study and Practice — count: 2
- 礼莫若 (禮莫若) 守禮莫若敬 — Guanzi 管子, 心術下第三十七 Chapter 37: Scheming II — count: 2
- 乐莫若 (樂莫若) 節樂莫若禮 — Guanzi 管子, 心術下第三十七 Chapter 37: Scheming II — count: 2