{"path":"/entry/18081","title":"反客为主 / 反客為主 (fǎn kè wéi zhǔ) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"反客为主 / 反客為主 (fǎn kè wéi zhǔ): literally the guest acts as host (idiom) · figuratively to turn from passive to active behavior. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":18081,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["反客为主"],"TRADITIONAL":["反客為主"]}},"phonetic":"fǎn kè wéi zhǔ","phoneticKey":"fan3 ke4 wei2 zhu3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally the guest acts as host ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively to turn from passive to active behavior","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":["为"],"TRADITIONAL":["為"]}},"phonetic":"wéi","primaryPhonetic":"wèi"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"to make the guest and host exchange roles","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Romance of the Three Kingdoms","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"渊为人轻躁，恃勇少谋。可激劝士卒，拔寨前进，步步为营，诱渊来战而擒之，此乃「反客为主」之法。","traditional":"淵為人輕躁，恃勇少謀。可激勸士卒，拔寨前進，步步為營，誘淵來戰而擒之，此乃「反客為主」之法。"},"phonetic":"Yuān wéirén qīngzào, shì yǒng shào móu. Kě jīquàn shìzú, bázhài qiánjìn, bùwéiwèiyíng, yòu Yuān lái zhàn ér qín zhī, cǐ nǎi “fǎnkèwéizhǔ” zhī fǎ.","english":"This Xiahou Yuan is easily provoked to anger, and being angry he is bold without discretion. Your way now is to work up the enthusiasm of your soldiers, then break camp and advance. Do this in a series of marches, and you will excite him up to the point of giving battle, when you can capture him. They call this the 'Ruse of the Interchange of Host and Guest'.","ref":"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}