{"path":"/entry/54126","title":"有恃无恐 / 有恃無恐 (yǒu shì wú kǒng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"有恃无恐 / 有恃無恐 (yǒu shì wú kǒng): secure in the knowledge that one has backing. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":54126,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["有恃无恐"],"TRADITIONAL":["有恃無恐"]}},"phonetic":"yǒu shì wú kǒng","phoneticKey":"you3 shi4 wu2 kong3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"secure in the knowledge that one has backing","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":63225,"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":"Paraphrase of a story [634 BCE] from the Zuo Zhuan","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"夏，齐孝公伐我北鄙…齐侯曰：「鲁人恐乎？」对曰：「小人恐矣，君子则否。」齐侯曰：「室如县罄，野无青草，何恃而不恐？」对曰：「恃先王之命。…恃此以不恐。」","traditional":"夏，齊孝公伐我北鄙…齊侯曰：「魯人恐乎？」對曰：「小人恐矣，君子則否。」齊侯曰：「室如縣罄，野無青草，何恃而不恐？」對曰：「恃先王之命。…恃此以不恐。」"},"phonetic":"Xià, Qí Xiàogōng fá wǒ běi bǐ... Qíhóu yuē: “Lǔrén kǒng hū?” Duì yuē: “Xiǎorén kǒng yǐ, jūnzǐ zé fǒu.” Qíhóu yuē: “Shì rú xuán qìng, yě wú qīngcǎo, héshì ér bùkǒng?” Duì yuē: “Shì xiānwáng zhī mìng.... Shì cǐ yǐ bùkǒng.”","english":"In summer, Duke Xiao of Qi invaded our northern frontiers… \"Are the people of Lu afraid?\" asked the Duke of Qi. \"The inferior are afraid indeed, but the superior ones are not,\" said Zhan Xi in reply. The Duke asks, \"Your households suffer from such want like empty containers hang upside down, and not even green grass grow on your fields, let alone food. Whence your lack of fear?\" \"We rely on the indisputable and everlasting commandments of the Sovereign Forefather,\" said Xi. \"… thus supported, we have nothing to fear.\"","ref":"Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}