{"path":"/entry/111040","title":"长袖善舞 / 長袖善舞 (cháng xiù shàn wǔ) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"长袖善舞 / 長袖善舞 (cháng xiù shàn wǔ): long sleeves help one dance beautifully (idiom) · money and power will help you in any occupation. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":111040,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["长袖善舞"],"TRADITIONAL":["長袖善舞"]}},"phonetic":"cháng xiù shàn wǔ","phoneticKey":"chang2 xiu4 shan4 wu3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"long sleeves help one dance beautifully ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"money and power will help you in any occupation","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["长"],"TRADITIONAL":["長"]}},"phonetic":"cháng","primaryPhonetic":"zhǎng"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"long sleeves make a good dance","content":[],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"鄙谚曰：「长袖善舞，多钱善贾。」此言多资之易为工也。","traditional":"鄙諺曰：「長袖善舞，多錢善賈。」此言多資之易為工也。"},"phonetic":"Bǐyàn yuē: “Cháng xiù shàn wǔ, duō qián shàn gǔ.” Cǐ yán duō zī zhī yì wèi gōng yě.","english":"There was a saying that “Long sleeves make a good dance, more money makes better business.” This means that if you have more resources, you can do things easier.","ref":"Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}