行不由径 — Chinese idiom
行不由径
xíng bù yóu jìng
Traditional: 行不由徑
Meaning
- lit. never taking a short-cut ; fig. upright and honest
Character by character
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 由yóucause, reason; from
- 径jìngpath, diameter; straight, direct
Idioms sharing a character
- 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng
- 一目十行 yī mù shí háng
- 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng
- 三思而行 sān sī ér xíng
- 上行下效 shàng xíng xià xiào
- 不虚此行 bù xū cǐ xíng
- 事怕行家 shì pà háng jiā
- 令行禁止 lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
- 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī
- 功完行满 gōng wán xíng mǎn
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