{"path":"/entry/83853","title":"细大不捐 / 細大不捐 (xì dà bù juān) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"细大不捐 / 細大不捐 (xì dà bù juān): not to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":83853,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["细大不捐"],"TRADITIONAL":["細大不捐"]}},"phonetic":"xì dà bù juān","phoneticKey":"xi4 da4 bu4 juan1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"not to discard anything, whether small or big ","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":"all-embracing","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADVERB"],"frequency":null,"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":"Coined by Han Yu in his An Explication of “Progress in Learning” in the early 9ᵗʰ c.","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"贪多务得，细大不捐；焚膏油以继晷，恒兀兀以穷年：先生之业，可谓勤矣。","traditional":"貪多務得，細大不捐；焚膏油以繼晷，恒兀兀以窮年：先生之業，可謂勤矣。"},"phonetic":"Tān duō wù dé, xìdàbùjuān; fén gāoyóu yǐ jì guǐ, héng wùwù yǐ qióng nián: xiānshēng zhī yè, kěwèi qín yǐ.","english":"Yet still you strove and worked for more,\nand big or small did all belong;\nyou burned your oil to stretch the sun's shadow,\ntired and weary year after year.\nTruly, Sir, of your own studies\nit must be said, you've worked hard and long. (Translated by Charles Hartman)","ref":"c. 812, 韓愈 (Han Yu), 《進學解》"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}