📖 Meaning
Describes a person of great magnanimity who can tolerate and forgive others. It emphasizes a generous and open-minded disposition that rises above petty grievances and readily pardons the faults of others.
📜 Origin Story
The idiom first appears in the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) zaju play 'Feng Guang Hao' (风光好) by the playwright Dai Shanfu. In the third act, a character says of the scholar: '学士宽宏大度，何所不容' ('The scholar is magnanimous of mind — what is there that he cannot tolerate?'). The line praises the scholar's broad-mindedness and capacity for forgiveness, and the phrase was later adopted as a fixed idiom to describe anyone who is generous in spirit and tolerant of others.
💡 Example Usage
他为人宽宏大度，从不计较别人的过失。
He is magnanimous by nature and never dwells on other people's faults.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 宽宏大度
- Pinyin: kuān hóng dà dù
- Literal Translation: broad, great, large, tolerance
- Category: Quality
- Characters: 4