{"path":"/entry/37211","title":"平易近人 (píng yì jìn rén) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"平易近人 (píng yì jìn rén): amiable and approachable (idiom) · easygoing. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":37211,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["平易近人"],"TRADITIONAL":["平易近人"]}},"phonetic":"píng yì jìn rén","phoneticKey":"ping2 yi4 jin4 ren2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"amiable and approachable ","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":"easygoing","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"modest and unassuming","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"of writing","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"plain and simple","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"easy to understand","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADJECTIVE","VERB"],"frequency":24123,"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":"Originally 平易近民, as in Shiji:","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Later popularized in the Tang dynasty, as in Bai Juyi's work in 806 AD:","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"During the Tang dynasty, 民 (mín) should be replaced by 人 (rén) so as to observe the taboo of mentioning Emperor's name (李世民).","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"闻伯禽报政迟，乃叹曰：「呜呼，鲁后世其北面事齐矣！夫政不简不易，民不有近；平易近民，民必归之。」","traditional":"聞伯禽報政遲，乃嘆曰：「嗚呼，魯後世其北面事齊矣！夫政不簡不易，民不有近；平易近民，民必歸之。」"},"phonetic":"Wén Bóqín bàozhèng chí, nǎi tàn yuē: “Wūhū, Lǔ hòushì qí běimiàn shì Qí yǐ! Fū zhèng bù jiǎn bù yì, mín bù yǒu jìn; píngyì jìn mín, mín bì guī zhī.”","english":"When he heard that Bo Qin reported the government affairs late, he sighed and said, \"Alas, in later generations Lu will face north to serve Qi! As for the government policies, if they are not simple and easy [to carry out], then the people will not be close [to the ruler]; If they are easy and in close relation with people, then people will surely support [the ruler].\"","ref":"The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE"},{"text":{"simplified":"故周公叹曰：“夫平易近人，人必归之，鲁后代其北面事齐矣。”","traditional":"故周公歎曰：“夫平易近人，人必歸之，魯後代其北面事齊矣。”"},"phonetic":"Gù Zhōugōng tàn yuē: “Fú píngyìjìnrén, rén bì guī zhī, Lǔ hòudài qí běimiàn shì Qí yǐ.”","english":"Thus the Duke of Zhou lamented: \"Where [governance] is accessible and approachable, the people will pledge allegiance. Our descendants enfeoffed in Lu shall bow to Qi in days to come.\"","ref":"806, 白居易, 《策林》Chapter XII"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}