Chinese English Dictionary Online

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捷jié径jìng
Trad. 捷徑
  • shortcut
🖌️ 捷 Strokes 🖌️ 径 Strokes
终zhōng南nán捷jié径jìng
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)
🖌️ 终 Strokes 🖌️ 南 Strokes 🖌️ 捷 Strokes 🖌️ 径 Strokes

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