{"path":"/entry/13562","title":"切磋琢磨 (qiē cuō zhuó mó) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"切磋琢磨 (qiē cuō zhuó mó): literally cutting and polishing (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":13562,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["切磋琢磨"],"TRADITIONAL":["切磋琢磨"]}},"phonetic":"qiē cuō zhuó mó","phoneticKey":"qie1 cuo1 zhuo2 mo2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally cutting and polishing ","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 learn by exchanging ideas or experiences","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":["切"],"TRADITIONAL":["切"]}},"phonetic":"qiē","primaryPhonetic":"qiè"},{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["琢"],"TRADITIONAL":["琢"]}},"phonetic":"zhuó","primaryPhonetic":"zuó"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Classic of Poetry, poem 55 (《詩經·衞風·淇奧》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"瞻彼淇奥，绿竹猗猗。\n有匪君子，如切如磋，如琢如磨。","traditional":"瞻彼淇奧，綠竹猗猗。\n有匪君子，如切如磋，如琢如磨。"},"phonetic":"Zhān bǐ Qí yù, lǜ zhú yīyī.\nYǒu fěi jūnzǐ, rú qiē rú cuō, rú zhuó rú mó.","english":"Look at those recesses in the banks of the Qi [river], with their green bamboos, so fresh and luxuriant!\nThere is our elegant and accomplished prince, as from the knife and the file, as from the chisel and the polisher!","ref":"The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}