{"path":"/entry/2494","title":"不耻下问 / 不恥下問 (bù chǐ xià wèn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"不耻下问 / 不恥下問 (bù chǐ xià wèn): not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":2494,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["不耻下问"],"TRADITIONAL":["不恥下問"]}},"phonetic":"bù chǐ xià wèn","phoneticKey":"bu4 chi3 xia4 wen4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADVERB"],"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":"From the Analects, Book 5 (《論語·公冶長》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子贡问曰：「孔文子何以谓之文也？」子曰：「敏而好学，不耻下问，是以谓之文也。」","traditional":"子貢問曰：「孔文子何以謂之文也？」子曰：「敏而好學，不恥下問，是以謂之文也。」"},"phonetic":"Zǐgòng wèn yuē: “Kǒng Wén Zǐ héyǐ wèi zhī wén yě?” Zǐ yuē: “Mǐn ér hào xué, bù chǐ xiàwèn, shìyǐ wèi zhī wén yě.”","english":"Zigong asked, saying, \"On what ground did Kong Wen get that title of Wen?\" The Master said, \"He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning, and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his inferiors! On these grounds he has been styled Wen.\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":7,"sourceName":"HSK 3.0","name":"Levels 7-9"},{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}