{"path":"/entry/118509","title":"马首是瞻 / 馬首是瞻 (mǎ shǒu shì zhān) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"马首是瞻 / 馬首是瞻 (mǎ shǒu shì zhān): to follow blindly (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":118509,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["马首是瞻"],"TRADITIONAL":["馬首是瞻"]}},"phonetic":"mǎ shǒu shì zhān","phoneticKey":"ma3 shou3 shi4 zhan1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to follow blindly ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to take as one's only guide","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":"má shǒu shì zhān"},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Zuo Zhuan, Duke Xiang, Year 14 (《左傳·襄公十四年》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"荀偃令曰：「鸡鸣而驾，塞井夷灶，唯余马首是瞻！」","traditional":"荀偃令曰：「雞鳴而駕，塞井夷灶，唯余馬首是瞻！」"},"phonetic":"Xún Yǎn lìng yuē: “Jīmíng ér jià, sè jǐng yí zào, wéi yú mǎshǒu shì zhān!”","english":"Xun Yan (荀偃) ordered, \"At cockcrow, yoke your chariots, fill up the wells and level your furnaces. Look only at my horses' heads, [and follow me]!\"","ref":"Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}