人之初，性本善

man at birth is fundamentally good in nature / the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1]

man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1])

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic

nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4]

root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

good (virtuous) / benevolent / well-disposed / good at sth / to improve or perfect