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终南捷径

zhōng nán jié jìng

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)
  2. 2. 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[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)

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Child Words of 终南捷径

南
nán

south

径
jìng

footpath

捷
jié

Czech

捷径
jié jìng

shortcut

终
zhōng

end

终南
zhōng nán

Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an