<p>Split 德法兼修:</p>

<p>德 means 道德 virtue, morality;</p>

<p>法 = 法律 law;</p>

<p>兼 = 并，一起， and or together;</p>

<p>修 = 修行， study or major in the context;</p>

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2017-09-15T02:42:51.013Z
2017-09-15T02:42:51.013Z
dan
<p>Another banner welcoming new students to Nankai University in the Law Building (I walk past these daily, so I'm hoping to practice reading them as I walk past each day):</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/TqERA.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TqERA.jpg" alt="励志勤学 德法兼修 祝新同学健康成长进步"></a></p>

<p>I transcribe this as:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>励志勤学 德法兼修 祝新同学健康成长进步<br>
  <sub>Lìzhìqínxué défǎjiānxiū zhù xīntóngxué jiànkāng chéngzhǎng jìnbù</sub></p>
</blockquote>

<p>I believe the last part 祝新同学健康成长进步 translates directly: "wish (<a href="http://dict.cn/%E7%A5%9D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">祝</a>) new students (<a href="http://dict.cn/%E6%96%B0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">新</a><a href="http://dict.cn/%E5%90%8C%E5%AD%A6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">同学</a>) health (<a href="http://dict.cn/%E5%81%A5%E5%BA%B7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">健康</a>), growth (<a href="http://dict.cn/%E6%88%90%E9%95%BF" rel="nofollow noreferrer">成长</a>) and progress (<a href="http://dict.cn/%E8%BF%9B%E6%AD%A5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">进步</a>)".  The first part seems adequately translated using dict.cn; we have: <a href="http://dict.cn/%E5%8A%B1%E5%BF%97" rel="nofollow noreferrer">励志</a> = "pursue a goal with determination" and <a href="http://dict.cn/%E5%8B%A4%E5%AD%A6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">勤学</a> = "study diligently".</p>

<p>I don't understand the middle part 德法兼修 (défǎjiānxiū).</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E5%BE%B7%E6%B3%95" rel="nofollow noreferrer">德法</a> is listed as "defa", and Google Translate translates it to "Germany and France".</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E5%85%BC%E4%BF%AE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">兼修</a> is listed as "minor in", and Google Translate translates it to "minor".</li>
</ul>

<p>I got nothing; neither of these is meaningful.</p>

<p><sub>(If it helps, I noticed it was also mentioned in <a href="http://newsweb.nuaa.edu.cn/2017/0510/c741a41730/page.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a news article</a> entitled 人文与社会科学学院举办“<strong>德法兼修</strong>，点赞青春”普法教育实践课暨玄武区法院庭审进校园活动.)</sub></p>

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2017-09-15T02:41:50.193Z
德：品德 (morality)；法：法律知識 (knowledge about laws)
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What does 德法兼修 mean?
# What does 德法兼修 mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-15)

Another banner welcoming new students to Nankai University in the Law Building (I walk past these daily, so I'm hoping to practice reading them as I walk past each day):

[![励志勤学 德法兼修 祝新同学健康成长进步](https://i.sstatic.net/TqERA.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/TqERA.jpg)

I transcribe this as:

> 励志勤学 德法兼修 祝新同学健康成长进步  
> Lìzhìqínxué défǎjiānxiū zhù xīntóngxué jiànkāng chéngzhǎng jìnbù

I believe the last part 祝新同学健康成长进步 translates directly: "wish ([祝](http://dict.cn/%E7%A5%9D)) new students ([新](http://dict.cn/%E6%96%B0)[同学](http://dict.cn/%E5%90%8C%E5%AD%A6)) health ([健康](http://dict.cn/%E5%81%A5%E5%BA%B7)), growth ([成长](http://dict.cn/%E6%88%90%E9%95%BF)) and progress ([进步](http://dict.cn/%E8%BF%9B%E6%AD%A5))". The first part seems adequately translated using dict.cn; we have: [励志](http://dict.cn/%E5%8A%B1%E5%BF%97) = "pursue a goal with determination" and [勤学](http://dict.cn/%E5%8B%A4%E5%AD%A6) = "study diligently".

I don't understand the middle part 德法兼修 (défǎjiānxiū).

* [德法](http://dict.cn/%E5%BE%B7%E6%B3%95) is listed as "defa", and Google Translate translates it to "Germany and France".
* [兼修](http://dict.cn/%E5%85%BC%E4%BF%AE) is listed as "minor in", and Google Translate translates it to "minor".

I got nothing; neither of these is meaningful.

(If it helps, I noticed it was also mentioned in [a news article](http://newsweb.nuaa.edu.cn/2017/0510/c741a41730/page.htm) entitled 人文与社会科学学院举办“**德法兼修**，点赞青春”普法教育实践课暨玄武区法院庭审进校园活动.)

**Tags:** translation, meaning, meaning-in-context
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 德：品德 (morality)；法：法律知識 (knowledge about laws)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-09-15. Score: 1

Split 德法兼修:

德 means 道德 virtue, morality;

法 = 法律 law;

兼 = 并，一起， and or together;

修 = 修行， study or major in the context;


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