{"path":"/entry/52136","title":"明哲保身 (míng zhé bǎo shēn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"明哲保身 (míng zhé bǎo shēn): a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":52136,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["明哲保身"],"TRADITIONAL":["明哲保身"]}},"phonetic":"míng zhé bǎo shēn","phoneticKey":"ming2 zhe2 bao3 shen1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"a wise man looks after his own hide ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to put one's own safety before matters of principle","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":43263,"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 Classic of Poetry, poem 260 (《詩經·大雅·烝民》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"既明且哲，以保其身。\n夙夜匪解，以事一人。","traditional":null},"phonetic":"Jì míng qiě zhé, yǐ bǎo qí shēn.\nSùyè fěi xiè, yǐ shì yīrén.","english":"Intelligent is he and wise, Protecting his own person.\nNever idle, day or night, In the service of the One man.","ref":"The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}