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Definitions4 characters
Zhong1 nan2 jie2 jing4
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 and Lu² Cang⁴ yong⁴, 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)
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Zhong1
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 盧藏用|卢藏用 [Lu2 Cang4 yong4], 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)
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nan2
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 盧藏用|卢藏用 [Lu2 Cang4 yong4], 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)
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jie2
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 盧藏用|卢藏用 [Lu2 Cang4 yong4], 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)
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jing4
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 盧藏用|卢藏用 [Lu2 Cang4 yong4], 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)