{"path":"/entry/111470","title":"开源节流 / 開源節流 (kāi yuán jié liú) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"开源节流 / 開源節流 (kāi yuán jié liú): literally to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom) · to increase income and save on spending. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":111470,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["开源节流"],"TRADITIONAL":["開源節流"]}},"phonetic":"kāi yuán jié liú","phoneticKey":"kai1 yuan2 jie2 liu2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally to open a water source and reduce outflow ","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":"to increase income and save on spending","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"to open a source and restrict the flow","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Xunzi","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"百姓时和，事业得叙者，货之源也；等赋府库者，货之流也。故明主必谨养其和，节其流，开其源，而时斟酌焉。潢然使天下必有余，而上不忧不足。","traditional":"百姓時和，事業得敘者，貨之源也；等賦府庫者，貨之流也。故明主必謹養其和，節其流，開其源，而時斟酌焉。潢然使天下必有餘，而上不憂不足。"},"phonetic":"Bǎixìng shí hé, shìyè dé xù zhě, huò zhī yuán yě; děngfù fǔkù zhě, huò zhī liú yě. Gù míngzhǔ bì jǐn yǎng qí hé, jié qí liú, kāi qí yuán, ér shí zhēnzhuó yān. Huángrán shǐ tiānxià bì yǒuyú, ér shàng bù yōu bùzú.","english":"The people being in accord with the proper season and successfully arranging their duties and tasks is the source of wealth; gradations of the tax rate, treasuries, and arsenals are the outflow of wealth. Thus, the enlightened ruler will inevitably be careful to nurture the harmonious accord of the people with the season, restrict the outflow of property, open up its sources, and distribute or dole out goods as the occasion requires. Like a vast flood of surging waters, he will inevitably cause the world to have a surplus, and the ruler will suffer no hardship of inadequacy.","ref":"Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}