{"path":"/entry/70756","title":"特立独行 / 特立獨行 (tè lì dú xíng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"特立独行 / 特立獨行 (tè lì dú xíng): to be unconventional. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":70756,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["特立独行"],"TRADITIONAL":["特立獨行"]}},"phonetic":"tè lì dú xíng","phoneticKey":"te4 li4 du2 xing2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to be unconventional","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"independence of action","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB","NOUN","IDIOM"],"frequency":21143,"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 Book of Rites, Book 41 (《禮記·儒行》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"世治不轻，世乱不沮，同弗与，异弗非也，其特立独行有如此者。","traditional":"世治不輕，世亂不沮，同弗與，異弗非也，其特立獨行有如此者。"},"phonetic":"Shì zhì bù qīng, shì luàn bù jǔ, tóng fú yǔ, yì fú fēi yě, qí tèlì dúxíng yǒu rúcǐ zhě.","english":"When the state is well governed, he does not show any casualness or negligence; when it goes in disarray, he does not feel remorseful or frustrated. He never forms cliques with those who share a common goal, nor does he ever reproach those who cherish different ideals. Such is the distinctiveness of an outstanding Confucian scholar.","ref":"The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}