{"path":"/entry/6483","title":"以邻为壑 / 以鄰為壑 (yǐ lín wéi hè) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"以邻为壑 / 以鄰為壑 (yǐ lín wéi hè): to use one's neighbor as a drain. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":6483,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["以邻为壑"],"TRADITIONAL":["以鄰為壑"]}},"phonetic":"yǐ lín wéi hè","phoneticKey":"yi3 lin2 wei2 he4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to use one's neighbor as a drain","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to shift one's problems onto others ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["为"],"TRADITIONAL":["為"]}},"phonetic":"wéi","primaryPhonetic":"wèi"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"use the neighbour's field as an outlet for one's overflow","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Mencius (《孟子·告子下》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"禹之治水，水之道也。是故禹以四海为壑，今吾子以邻国为壑。","traditional":"禹之治水，水之道也。是故禹以四海為壑，今吾子以鄰國為壑。"},"phonetic":"Yǔ zhī zhìshuǐ, shuǐ zhī dào yě. Shìgù Yǔ yǐ sìhǎi wéi hè, jīn wúzǐ yǐ línguó wéi hè.","english":"Yu's regulation of the waters was according to the laws of water. He therefore made the four seas their receptacle, while you make the neighbouring States their receptacle.","ref":"Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}