{"path":"/entry/42020","title":"愚不可及 (yú bù kě jí) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"愚不可及 (yú bù kě jí): impossibly stupid. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":42020,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["愚不可及"],"TRADITIONAL":["愚不可及"]}},"phonetic":"yú bù kě jí","phoneticKey":"yu2 bu4 ke3 ji2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"impossibly stupid","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》). The modern meaning is a reinterpretation.","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"甯武子，邦有道则知；邦无道则愚。其知可及也，其愚不可及也。","traditional":"甯武子，邦有道則知；邦無道則愚。其知可及也，其愚不可及也。"},"phonetic":"Nìng Wǔ Zǐ, bāng yǒudào zé zhì; bāng wúdào zé yú. Qí zhì kě jí yě, qí yú bùkě jí yě.","english":"Lord Wu of Ning (甯武子) was wise when the state was ruled by justice. He became foolish when the state was ruled by injustice. Others may be as good a wise man as he was, but never as good a fool as he was.","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}