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终南捷径
Zhōng nán jié jìng
What 终南捷径 means
- lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)
- fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of {卢藏用|Lú Càng yòng}, who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
The characters in 终南捷径
- 终zhōngend; finish
- 南nánsouth
- 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick
- 径jìngfootpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
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