终南捷径
Word
lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)
- Traditional
- 終南捷徑
zhōng nán jié jìng
zhong1nan2jie2jing4Meaning
- lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) CC-CEDICT
- 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) CC-CEDICT