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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

正派的人

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhèng pài de rén

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mensch/mɛnʃ/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他是一个真正的正派的人,总是乐于助人。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person of integrity and honor; a thoroughly good, kind, and admirable human being.

    "He stayed late to help me finish the project when he didn't have to; he is a true mensch."
  2. 2

    A person showing admirable characteristics such as nobility and empathy.

    "Despite losing the election, she handled the defeat like a mensch."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Yiddish word 'mensch' (person, human being), which traces back to the Middle High German 'mensch' and ultimately to the Proto-Germanic '*manniskaz'. It entered English usage primarily through American English and Jewish cultural contexts during the 20th century, shifting from a general term for a human being to an honorific denoting a person of noble character, integrity, and honor.

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