{"path":"/entry/2928","title":"不速之客 (bù sù zhī kè) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"不速之客 (bù sù zhī kè): uninvited or unexpected guest. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":2928,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["不速之客"],"TRADITIONAL":["不速之客"]}},"phonetic":"bù sù zhī kè","phoneticKey":"bu4 su4 zhi1 ke4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"idiom","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"uninvited or unexpected guest","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADJECTIVE","IDIOM"],"frequency":15785,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":"bú sù zhī kè"},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From I Ching, Hexagram 5 (《易经·需卦》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"上六：入于穴，有不速之客三人来，敬之终吉。","traditional":"上六：入于穴，有不速之客三人來，敬之終吉。"},"phonetic":"Shàng liù: rù yú xué, yǒu bùsù zhī kè sān rén lái, jìng zhī zhōng jí.","english":"The topmost SIX, divided, shows its subject entered into the cavern. (But) there are three guests coming, without being urged, (to his help). If he receive them respectfully, there will be good fortune in the end.","ref":"I Ching, 11ᵗʰ – 8ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}