{"path":"/entry/96240","title":"行不由径 / 行不由徑 (xíng bù yóu jìng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"行不由径 / 行不由徑 (xíng bù yóu jìng): literally never taking a short-cut (idiom) · figuratively upright and honest. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":96240,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["行不由径"],"TRADITIONAL":["行不由徑"]}},"phonetic":"xíng bù yóu jìng","phoneticKey":"xing2 bu4 you2 jing4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally never taking a short-cut ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively upright and honest","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"to not take bypaths","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 6 (《論語·雍也》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子游为武城宰。子曰：「女得人焉尔乎？」曰：「有澹台灭明者，行不由径。非公事，未尝至于偃之室也。」","traditional":"子游為武城宰。子曰：「女得人焉爾乎？」曰：「有澹臺滅明者，行不由徑。非公事，未嘗至於偃之室也。」"},"phonetic":"Zǐyóu wéi Wǔchéng zǎi. Zǐyuē: “Rǔ dé rén yān ěr hū?” Yuē: “Yǒu Tántái Mièmíng zhě, xíng bù yóu jìng. Fēi gōngshì, wèicháng zhìyú Yǎn zhī shì yě.”","english":"Ziyou being governor of Wucheng, the Master said to him, \"Have you got good men there?\" He answered, \"There is Tantai Mieming, who never in walking takes a short cut, and excepting on public business never comes to my office.\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}