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Trad. 口徑
- bore; caliber; diameter; aperture
- (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line
Trad. 直情徑行
- straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom)
Trad. 周三徑一
- when the circumference is three, the diameter is (approximately) one
Trad. 行不從徑
- lit. not following the straight path (idiom); fig. looking for a shortcut to get ahead in work or study
Trad. 行不由徑
- lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom); fig. upright and honest
Trad. 獨辟蹊徑
- to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality
Trad. 大相徑庭
- as different as can be (idiom)
- poles apart
Trad. 終南捷徑
- lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)
- fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用[Lu2 Cang4 yong4], who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
Trad. 徑情直遂
- to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
Trad. 另闢蹊徑
- to take an alternate route (idiom)
- to find an alternative
- to take a different approach
- to blaze a new trail
Trad. 雲霧徑跡
- cloud track (trace of ionizing particle in cloud chamber)
Trad. 羊腸小徑
- winding road (twisting and turning like a sheep's intestine)
Trad. 統一口徑
- to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue; to sing from the same hymn sheet
Trad. 國際田徑聯合會
- International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
- abbr. to 國際田聯|国际田联[Guo2 ji4 Tian2 Lian2]