{"path":"/entry/14241","title":"前倨后恭 / 前倨後恭 (qián jù hòu gōng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"前倨后恭 / 前倨後恭 (qián jù hòu gōng): to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":14241,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["前倨后恭"],"TRADITIONAL":["前倨後恭"]}},"phonetic":"qián jù hòu gōng","phoneticKey":"qian2 ju4 hou4 gong1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to switch from arrogance to deference ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","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":"Quoted from Su Qin, where he was ridiculing his sister-in-law for her attitude after he became famous","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"苏秦笑谓其嫂曰：「何前倨而后恭也？」","traditional":"蘇秦笑謂其嫂曰：「何前倨而後恭也？」"},"phonetic":"Sū Qín xiào wèi qí sǎo yuē: “Hé qián jù ér hòu gōng yě?”","english":"Su Qin smiled and said to his sister-in-law, “Why were you so arrogant in the past but so respectful to me now?”","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}}