[Hidden-tech] Could someone translate a phrase from Chinese to English?

[keith harmon Snow]

excellent, thank you very much. It is a tablet on a mountain in Wudang Shan
behind the Purple Heaven Palace at the cave shrine of a famous "bee daoist".

Can I ask where your understanding of Chinese comes from?

thank you again

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 8:26 PM, Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> wrote:

> I think it's an obscure Chengyu (four-character idiom), but it's in
> simplified characters, so it must be on the Mainland.
>
> 厚德载道 (hòu dé zài dào) literally means "great virtue fills the road",
> which I guess means something like "great virtue is highly praised".
> (In the right context, it might also mean that "great virtue conveys the
> Way".)
>
> More common similar Chengyu are 厚德载物 (great virtue can carry all
> the things in the world) and 厚德载福 (great virtue brings happiness).
>
> --
> Roger Williams <roger at qux.com>
> Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation
>
> On 16 Mar 2015, at 15:59, Deborah Chandler <debchandler411 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A friend needs a sign translated from Chinese to English. I can't
> > attach it here, due to list guidelines, ut if you are willing to help,
> > could you reply to my friend, Keith, who is cc'ed here?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Deb
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