{"path":"/entry/112991","title":"陈陈相因 / 陳陳相因 (chén chén xiāng yīn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"陈陈相因 / 陳陳相因 (chén chén xiāng yīn): to slavishly follow old patterns · to stick to outdated conventions. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":112991,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["陈陈相因"],"TRADITIONAL":["陳陳相因"]}},"phonetic":"chén chén xiāng yīn","phoneticKey":"chen2 chen2 xiang1 yin1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"idiom","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to slavishly follow old patterns","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to stick to outdated conventions","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":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Originally refers to the way old grains a stockpiled in warehouses","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"太仓之粟，陈陈相因，充溢露积于外，至腐败不可食。","traditional":"太倉之粟，陳陳相因，充溢露積於外，至腐敗不可食。"},"phonetic":"Tàicāng zhī sù, chénchén xiàngyīn, chōngyì lùjī yú wài, zhì fǔbài bùkě shí.","english":"In the Imperial Granary, old grains are stacked upon even older ones and are in turn followed by more old grains. They overflow the storage and are exposed outside in piles, until becoming rotten and unfit for consumption.","ref":"The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}