{"path":"/entry/62169","title":"沐猴而冠 (mù hóu ér guàn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"沐猴而冠 (mù hóu ér guàn): literally a monkey wearing a hat (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":62169,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["沐猴而冠"],"TRADITIONAL":["沐猴而冠"]}},"phonetic":"mù hóu ér guàn","phoneticKey":"mu4 hou2 er2 guan4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally a monkey wearing a hat ","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":"figuratively worthless person in imposing attire","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["冠"],"TRADITIONAL":["冠"]}},"phonetic":"guàn","primaryPhonetic":"guān"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"a monkey wearing a hat","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Shiji","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"人或说项王曰：「关中阻山河四塞，地肥饶，可都以霸。」项王见秦宫皆以烧残破，又心怀思欲东归，曰：「富贵不归故乡，如衣绣夜行，谁知之者！」说者曰：「人言楚人沐猴而冠耳，果然。」项王闻之，烹说者。","traditional":"人或說項王曰：「關中阻山河四塞，地肥饒，可都以霸。」項王見秦宮皆以燒殘破，又心懷思欲東歸，曰：「富貴不歸故鄉，如衣繡夜行，誰知之者！」說者曰：「人言楚人沐猴而冠耳，果然。」項王聞之，烹說者。"},"phonetic":"Rén huò shuō Xiàng wáng yuē: “Guānzhōng zǔ shānhé sìsài, dì féiráo, kě dōu yǐ bà.” Xiàng wáng jiàn Qín gōng jiē yǐ shāo cánpò, yòu xīnhuái sī yù dōng guī, yuē: “Fùguì bù guī gùxiāng, rú yī xiù yèxíng, shéi zhī zhī zhě!” Shuō zhě yuē: “Rén yán Chǔrén mùhóu ér guàn ěr, guǒrán.” Xiàng wáng wén zhī, pēng shuō zhě.","english":"Some advised Xiang Yu, \"Guanzhong is protected by mountains and rivers on all sides, and the land is fertile. It is fit for founding a capital to establish your hegemony.\" Xiang Yu saw the Qin palace burned to rubble, and longing to return east, said, \"To have gained wealth and glory and not return home is like going out at night wearing embroidered clothes. Who would even notice?\" An advisor retorted, \"People say the men of Chu are no more than apes dressed in caps. Sure enough, they are right.\" When Xiang Yu heard this, he had the advisor boiled alive.","ref":"The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}