终南捷径 — Chinese idiom
终南捷径
Zhōng nán jié jìng
Traditional: 終南捷徑
Meaning
- lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut
- fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 卢藏用 (Lú Càng yòng), 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)
Character by character
- 终Zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 南nánsouth; southern; southward
- 捷jiénimble, quick; triumph, victory
- 径jìngpath, diameter; straight, direct
Idioms sharing a character
- 不知所终 bù zhī suǒ zhōng
- 善始善终 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
- 始终如一 shǐ zhōng rú yī
- 情定终身 qíng dìng zhōng shēn
- 抱恨终天 bào hèn zhōng tiān
- 曲终奏雅 qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
- 有始有终 yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng
- 有始无终 yǒu shǐ wú zhōng
- 为德不终 wéi dé bù zhōng
- 无疾而终 wú jí ér zhōng
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