{"path":"/entry/76670","title":"相安无事 / 相安無事 (xiāng ān wú shì) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"相安无事 / 相安無事 (xiāng ān wú shì): to live together in harmony. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":76670,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["相安无事"],"TRADITIONAL":["相安無事"]}},"phonetic":"xiāng ān wú shì","phoneticKey":"xiang1 an1 wu2 shi4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"idiom","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to live together in harmony","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":20247,"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":"First attested in c. 1300 in Deng Mu's The Way of Officials","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"古者军民间相安无事，固不得无吏，而为员不多。唐虞建官，厥可稽已，其去民近故也。","traditional":"古者軍民間相安無事，固不得無吏，而爲員不多。唐虞建官，厥可稽已，其去民近故也。"},"phonetic":"Gǔzhě jūnmín jiān xiàng'ānwúshì, gù bùdé wú lì, ér wéi yuán bùduō. Táng-Yú jiàn guān, jué kě jī yǐ, qí qù mín jìn gù yě.","english":"In ancient times, the military and the people coexisted peacefully. Officials were no doubt indispensable, yet their numbers were not many. The official posts established during the reigns of Yao and Shun are well-documented and verifiable. This was because Yao and Shun remained close to the people.","ref":"c. 1300, 鄧牧,《伯牙琴·吏道》"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}