{"path":"/entry/121506","title":"黄袍加身 / 黃袍加身 (huáng páo jiā shēn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"黄袍加身 / 黃袍加身 (huáng páo jiā shēn): literally to take the yellow gown (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":121506,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["黄袍加身"],"TRADITIONAL":["黃袍加身"]}},"phonetic":"huáng páo jiā shēn","phoneticKey":"huang2 pao2 jia1 shen1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally to take the yellow gown ","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":"figuratively to be made emperor","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to take the crown","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"to add to oneself a yellow robe; to drape oneself with a yellow robe","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"The idiom comes from the event in 960 when military commander Zhao Kuangyin removed child emperor Guo Zongxun from the throne and proclaimed himself a new emperor after being presented an imperial dragon robe by his subordinates.","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"After becoming emperor, Zhao, for fear that military figures might betray him like he betraying his emperor, invited them to a wine banquet and successfully persuaded them to retire. This happened in 961 and gave rise to another idiom, 杯酒释兵权 (bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán).","traditional":"After becoming emperor, Zhao, for fear that military figures might betray him like he betraying his emperor, invited them to a wine banquet and successfully persuaded them to retire. This happened in 961 and gave rise to another idiom, 杯酒釋兵權 (bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán)."}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"诸校露刃列于庭，曰：「诸军无主，愿策太尉为天子。」未及对，有以黄衣加太祖身，众皆罗拜，呼万岁，即掖太祖乘马。","traditional":"諸校露刃列於庭，曰：「諸軍無主，願策太尉為天子。」未及對，有以黃衣加太祖身，眾皆羅拜，呼萬歲，即掖太祖乘馬。"},"phonetic":"Zhū xiào lù rèn liè yú tíng, yuē: “Zhū jūn wúzhǔ, yuàn cè tàiwèi wèi tiānzǐ.” Wèijí duì, yǒu yǐ huáng yī jiā tàizǔ shēn, zhòng jiē luóbài, hū wànsuì, jí yē tàizǔ chéngmǎ.","english":null,"ref":"1345 CE, Toqto'a (lead editor), History of Song"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}