{"path":"/entry/86620","title":"群龙无首 / 群龍無首 (qún lóng wú shǒu) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"群龙无首 / 群龍無首 (qún lóng wú shǒu): literally a thunder of dragons without a head. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":86620,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["群龙无首"],"TRADITIONAL":["群龍無首"]}},"phonetic":"qún lóng wú shǒu","phoneticKey":"qun2 long2 wu2 shou3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally a thunder of dragons without a head","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively a group lacking a leader","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":43931,"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 I Ching, Hexagram 1 (《易经·乾卦》):","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"This term has been reinterpreted by taking 首 (shǒu) as \"leader\".","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"用九：见群龙无首，吉。","traditional":"用九：見群龍无首，吉。"},"phonetic":"Yòng jiǔ: jiàn qún lóng wú shǒu, jí.","english":"(The lines of this hexagram are all strong and undivided, as appears from) the use of the number NINE. If the host of dragons (thus) appearing were to divest themselves of their heads, there would be good fortune.","ref":"I Ching, 11ᵗʰ – 8ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}